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Young People
Lead The Way

SHELLEY KLEIMAN SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS

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bsorbing ideas is one
thing. Being able to
communicate them ef-
fectively is something
else entirely. At the
Jerusalem-based Institute for
Youth Leaders from Abroad,
program participants gain
the knowledge and the tools
both to counter anti-Semitic
propaganda on campuses
worldwide and to imbue the
youth they lead with a strong
sense of their Jewish identity.
Established in 1946 with
the aim of developing Jewish
and Zionist youth leadership,
the "Machon" (Institute), as it
is more generally known, is
part of the Youth and
Hechalutz Department of the
World Zionist Organization.
Program participants, all re-
cent high-school graduates
and veteran youth leaders,
participate in seminars,
mount exhibitions, prepare
video presentations, visit
Yeshivot and development
towns, and tour settlements,
excavations and industrial
sites throughout Israel.
Located in Kiryat Moriah
in Jerusalem, just a couple of
minutes from the Haas Pro-
menade, with its panoramic
view of the city, the Machon
attracts youth leaders from
North and South America,
Europe and Great Britain,
South Africa, Australia and
New Zealand.
Participants are a highly
select and motivated group,
representing Zionist youth
movements and Jewish
organizations such as Dror-
Habonim, Betar, Hashomer
Hatzair, Hanoar Hazioni and
Maccabi who must commit
themselves to at least two
years of movement work after
their year at Machon. "Most
contribute much more,"
points out Institute Director
Chaim Feder.
The first five months of the
program (beginning in
September for northern
hemisphere participants and
in February for southern
hemisphere ones) consists of
an intense 40-hour-week
study program at the
Machon. This is followed by
five months on a kibbutz,
moshav or in a developoment
town, often affiliated with the
participant's sponsoring
organization.
Seminars, each lasting
about two weeks, cover topics
ranging from Jewish history
and the history of Zionism, to

the Holocaust and the Arab-
Israeli conflict. Also integral
to the program is a course in
leadership skills, where the
dynamics of successful pro-
gram planning are examined
and programs organized us-
ing arts and crafts, games and
dramatic presentations.
"We're given new ways of
communicating educational
material that are different
and more stimulating than
what's normally found in
Hebrew school," says partici-
pant Rachelle Tucker of
Toronto, Canada.
Leadership skills are em-
phasized in all the courses.
For example, the Holocaust
seminar, says Mr. Feder,
stresses the importance of
"acquiring facts, becoming
familiar with Holocaust
literature and learning to

Participants gain
the knowledge to
counter
propaganda on
campuses
worldwide.

evaluate the emotional im-
pact of the material, as well
as the elements that go into
organizing a successful
Holocaust presentation."
Only a small percentage of
last semester's participants
came from the United States.
"The Zionist Youth move-
ment in North America has
been in a steady decline," ex-
plains Mr. Feder. In South
America, community centers
have been gaining in
popularity, but are not Jewish
or Zionist-oriented.
Although the emphasis at
the Machon is less on Zionist
ideology and more on develop-
ing a strongly articulated
Jewish identity, 70 percent of
Machon graduates have
returned to Israel on aliyah.
"If a Machon graduate isn't
going to move here, who is?"
asks Mr. Feder.
Says
"machon-nik"
Rachelle Tucker, eager to
return home and put into
practice all she has learned,
"You have to instill in youth
a love and desire to visit the
Jewish State before broaching
the question of aliyah."

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