Hodayot
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Hodayot (lit. "Thanksgiving") is a religious boarding school and youth village
in the Lower Galilee, Israel
. Hodayot was founded in May 1950.
The village is situated on the early site of Kibbutz
Lavi, which moved half a kilometer eastward. It has 211 students, many of them of Ethiopian origin. One of the special tracks offered by the high school is a police studies program, with classes in criminology, sociology and crime-solving. The school also has a life sciences and agriculture track. Medicinal herbs based on the teachings of Maimonides
are grown in the school's greenhouses, and the students experiment with various composting techniques.
In addition to students, Hodayot has many Ethiopian helpers/workers. There are about 8 workers between the ages of 16-20, helping with the kitchen and around the village. The head worker, Sammy, has developed relationships with many students, and sets a great influence for young people.
Youth village
A youth village is a boarding school model first developed in Mandate Palestine in the 1930s to care for groups of children and teenagers fleeing the Nazis...
in the Lower Galilee, Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
. Hodayot was founded in May 1950.
The village is situated on the early site of Kibbutz
Kibbutz
A kibbutz is a collective community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. Today, farming has been partly supplanted by other economic branches, including industrial plants and high-tech enterprises. Kibbutzim began as utopian communities, a combination of socialism and Zionism...
Lavi, which moved half a kilometer eastward. It has 211 students, many of them of Ethiopian origin. One of the special tracks offered by the high school is a police studies program, with classes in criminology, sociology and crime-solving. The school also has a life sciences and agriculture track. Medicinal herbs based on the teachings of Maimonides
Maimonides
Moses ben-Maimon, called Maimonides and also known as Mūsā ibn Maymūn in Arabic, or Rambam , was a preeminent medieval Jewish philosopher and one of the greatest Torah scholars and physicians of the Middle Ages...
are grown in the school's greenhouses, and the students experiment with various composting techniques.
In addition to students, Hodayot has many Ethiopian helpers/workers. There are about 8 workers between the ages of 16-20, helping with the kitchen and around the village. The head worker, Sammy, has developed relationships with many students, and sets a great influence for young people.