Community-Based Enrichment Programs
The IACC Children, Youth, and Young Adults Department creates a meaningful space for personal and social development that complements the formal education system.
Our community centers design and implement a wide range of enrichment programs that equip children and youth with essential life skills and values, while fostering social and emotional development. These activities include youth leadership training and empowerment, volunteering, and civic engagement initiatives.
These programs promote responsibility, cooperation, and mutual respect, while creating meaningful learning experiences and opportunities for self-expression. Participation strengthens a sense of belonging and fosters civic engagement among youth and young adults.
Programs
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Local Beat Israel – Making Music, Building Community
Local Beat is a nationwide musical initiative of the IACC that combines experiential study of sources from Jewish-Israeli musical culture with the creation of original music. The program is open to musicians age 21 and up – singers, solo instrumentalists, and ensembles, who work in diverse formats. They take part in a structured creative process that deepens their connection to Jewish identity and to one another.
The Connected program for immigrant youth from France provides a supportive informal framework to help support and help immigrant children integrate into Israeli society.
The program is a joint venture of the Sports Department, together with the "Hechaluts" organization and the Hapoel Center, and its main goals are to provide a response to the need on the ground in creating close encounters between boys and girls from different communities and groups in Israeli society, and instilling values of fair sports education, tolerance, cooperation and equality.
A youth mentoring program is designed to reduce the dropout phenomenon in the Haredi sector, by reducing gaps and creating social mobility among youth in Haredi society.
An educational and recreational program for students with special needs, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education.
K-12 program that promotes self-confidence and perseverance while encouraging a healthy lifestyle.
The Arts Enrichment Program exposes Israeli K-12 students to diverse artistic fields, inspiring them to engage thoughtfully through rich cultural worlds.
Offering educational enrichment and extracurricular activities for K-12.
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Derech Eretz Program
At a time when we are all looking for creative ways to help teenagers disconnect from their screens and engage in meaningful activities, the Israel Association of Community Centers’ Derech Eretz Program, led by the Department for Children, Youth and Young Adults, is doing exactly that — with inspiring results across the country.
The program operates in more than 65 local authorities throughout Israel and reaches nearly 15,000 teenagers from all sectors and religious backgrounds. Its goal is t
Celebrating Summer, Community and Belonging
Approximately 180 participants and staff members from IACC’s Re’im Program came together for a special summer event at Migdal Tzedek National Park in Rosh HaAyin.
The event was a joint initiative of IACC’s Department for People with Disabilities and the Sports and Healthy Lifestyle Department, in partnership with Telma – Families of Champions. The collaboration reflects a shared approach that sees physical activity, meaningful leisure and social connection as essential elements of quality of
Connecting to Community: A Festive Summer Event for French Olim in Jerusalem
The annual summer event of Mehubarim, IACC’s program for French olim, was recently held at its first stop in Jerusalem, bringing together approximately 1,200 immigrant children and parents.
The Mehubarim Program provides children and young people from French-speaking immigrant families with a supportive informal framework, helping them integrate into Israeli society and develop a stronger sense of community and belonging.