Zazim Masa Tlalim Zazim Gap Year - Tlalim Group Projects

Masa Tlalim Zazim Gap Year

Experience, Explore, Evolve

Get Ready for the Journey of Your Life

Zazim is a brand new 5-month Israel program offering participants the opportunity to develop their Jewish and Zionist identities, their understanding of Israel, her country and people, while building leadership and life skills. Zazim is an a-political, secular program, encouraging participants to explore and develop their own opinions and ideas.

At the same time, Zazim builds and strengthens our local Jewish communities on the participants return. Zazim participants are asked to commit to two years of Jewish communal volunteering on their return with communal organisations such as CSG, Youth HEAR, AUJS, CHS, Flying Fox, Friendship circle.

Highlights of Zazim

Participants spend the first eight weeks at The Machon, followed by eight weeks living in apartments in the Tel Aviv area while undertaking seminars, meaningful volunteering and continuing to explore Israel. Participants will then travel to Morocco for two weeks to gain an understanding the Jewish Diaspora in these countries, similarities and differences to our own community, and deepening their understanding of Jewish history and of Mizrachi and Sephardi Jews in these areas.

Jerusalem: The Machon L’Madrichim

Founded in 1946, the Jewish Agency’s Machon Le Madrichim (The Machon) is the premier youth leadership and Jewish communal training organisation providing broad Jewish and Israel education to participants.

Participants will spend the first 8 weeks based on The Machon campus in Jerusalem where they will be joined by other young Jewish adults from Latin and North America, Europe, South Africa and Australia.

Travel the length and breadth of Israel while also covering:
– Middle East Studies
– Geopolitics
– Israel Society and Politics
– Learning Hebrew (Ulpan)
– Leadership
– Arab Israeli conflict
– Jewish and Israeli history
– Israeli Art and workshops
– Contemporary Issues in Judaism

Apartments in Tel Aviv area

Participants will spend the next eight weeks living independently in various furnished apartments in the Tel Aviv area (in close proximity to each other) and will be provided with weekly grocery money.

They will take part in three weeklong seminars related to their volunteering area of interest for their return. This could include:

– First Aid and Search & Rescue
– Holocaust and genocide seminar
– Counter terrorism and Krav Maga
– Hasbara and public relations
– Understanding and fostering Arab and Jewish relations

Interspersed between these seminars will be meaningful volunteering such as assisting farmers with their crops, rebuilding damaged and devastated communities in the North and South of Israel, as well as continued travel around Israel.

This period will also include the amazing and breath-taking weeklong Yam Le Yam (Sea to Sea) hike across Israel along with wonderful weekends in unique places in Israel.

Morocco

Explore Morocco through epicurean experiences and active adventures. Compare and contrast the current Jewish communities in these countries, as well as deepen their understanding of Jewish history and unique Sephardi and Mizrachi culture of Morocco.

North of Israel

The final two weeks will consist of fun travel throughout the North of Israel including water hikes, tour of Safed, Jeep tour. We will wrap up the experience with a concluding seminar and final ceremony.

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Masa Tlalim Zazim Gap Year

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