Education

We believe that the existing knowledge in the organization is relevant to everyone living in the Middle East in general and in Israel in particular. However, we recognize that apart from students in Middle Eastern circles in academia, the chances of being exposed to this knowledge are small.

We emphasize the field of youth and young adults' education, assuming that they are the ones who will shape the Israeli reality later on. Therefore, they are the target audience at the center of the educational activity.

We emphasize the field of youth and young adults' education, assuming that they are the ones who will shape the Israeli reality later on. Therefore, they are the target audience at the center of the educational activity. Our educational activity for Mechinot is named after Prof. Steve P. Cohen and in honor of his memory.

Stephen P. Cohen, (aka "Steve"), a professor of social psychology and a respected North American Jewish thinker, dedicated his life to building mutual understanding and a reduction of hatred and violence between Jews and Arabs. He worked as an intermediary with Israeli government officials at the highest levels throughout the '80s and '90s and the leadership of the PLO, and served as a back-channel mediator with leaders in Syria and Jordan. Steve believed that building trust between enemies was the only path towards an eventual peace for the Jewish people, for Israel, and its neighbors.

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The educational activities of the forum focus on courses and lectures for Pre-Military Leadership Academies courses because those academies place on their banner the cultivation and development of those youth for active involvement in Israeli society through political and critical thinking.

The facilitator from FORTH is the Educational team, educators with relevant academic backgrounds and oriented toward learning and dialogue with young audiences.

“The main thing I take from the course is to stay optimistic. Not to give up and act from wherever I will be later in life. Not to be tolerant of reality.”

“I took from the course the understanding that in a conflict as it is called it is conducted between two sides and each side needs to make concessions for a better solution for our country and our generation”

The forum operates in a configuration of short series, one-off lectures, and tours with organizations and programs for young adults after military age. These programs usually train young people motivated to know the Israeli reality more profoundly and act within it. FORTH’s contents give them a solution of a broad and complex view of reality in the local and the broader context.

These organizations are attended, as needed, by lecturers from the research fellowship or educational team who provide knowledge in the relevant field and raise questions for discussion and action. The contents deal with the contents of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Arab society in Israel, and various issues in the Middle East such as ecology, security, politics, culture, gender and more.

“The main thing I take from the course is to stay optimistic. Not to give up and act from wherever I will be later in life. Not to be tolerant of reality.”

As a professional and diverse body of information, FORTH offers fascinating lectures and lecture series dealing with various aspects of the Middle East and local contexts: culture, gender, politics, security, in-depth processes and more. The lecturers are top researchers in the Israeli and international academia and have experience lecturing to the general public. The different types of series we offer are suitable for cultural centers, regional councils, workers’ committees and more.

“I took from the course the understanding that in a conflict as it is called it is conducted between two sides and each side needs to make concessions for a better solution for our country and our generation”

שנת תשפ"א 2020-2021

5 מאות חניכים במסגרת הקורסים

40 מפגשי הרצאות במסגרת סדרות איו"

סה"כ חניכי מכינות
שפגשנו השנה

1,000

קורסים במכינות

30 הרצאות צעירים אחרי גילאי צבא

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