Shai Hirsh – Shavuot 2020
My name is Shai Hirsh. I was born in the town of Elei Sinai, in the Gush Katif region of the Gaza Strip. Today I live on Kibbutz Hannaton and work in agriculture on nearby Moshav Yodfat. As a...
Ayala Shrell Fox – Shavuot 2020
When I travel, I always feel the need to locate the local Jewish community and connect with the people, especially when I travel during a holiday. Over the course of two years, I found myself celebrating the holiday of...
Menachem Succot Shavuot 2020
There was another incident involving one gentile who came before Shammai and said to Shammai: Convert me on condition that you teach me the entire Torah while I am standing on one foot. Shammai pushed him away with the...
Religion and State in Israel: Learning Tolerance
Seminar on Religion and State The goal of this annual seminar is to expose Hannaton Mechina participants to the complexity of the overlap between religion and state in many areas of Israeli society, to help them learn in-depth the...
Reflections on Hannaton
Rishe Groner Visiting Hannaton was the perfect way to kick off a full year of experiencing Israel through both study and community. As second year Rabbinical students, we had come to expect the highs and lows of this unique...
On Law, Judaism and Everything in Between
Meet Maor Lankri, Mechina class of 2014, who recently completed his mandatory military service and shares his thoughts on Judaism and law. On Judaism, law and everything in between I believe that there’s been a big change in our...
Enough with the Witch Hunts: I also have the Right to Express Myself
ישראל היום, 18.7.19 Enough with the Witch Hunts: I Also Have the Right to Express Myself In contemporary Israeli discourse, where many opinions are expressed, including those commonly seen as peculiar or even contradictory, dissenting or contrary voices are...
The “Shibolim” garin initiated by the Hannaton Mechina is underway!
Students in the Hannaton Mechina’s activism committee started collaborating with ‘Shibolim’ to promote accessibility for people with disabilities. Abigail, who initiated the idea with her friends, discusses the first meeting. As part of our volunteer work at the Hannaton...
Take a Sec and Spread some Goodness
This article originally appeared in Hebrew on YNET, 15.5.19 The TakeASec venture (take a second, in slang), the result of a collaboration between the Hannaton Mechina and the Tag Meir organization, is being held throughout the north this week,...