Study programs

Often, volunteers, under the pressure of their work, do not find time to stop and reflect on the meaning of volunteering: on the connection between their actions and their personal, Jewish, and social identity, on the connection between their actions and the identity of the population in whose midst they work, and on the relationship between the specific cases they deal with during the year of service and the structural and systemic problems of Israeli society. The program is designed to create a significant personal and group process through the study of a selection of Jewish sources that deal with social issues, concerning the identity of the participants and the many challenges that arise during the year of service, while creating a common group language. Through the thought and emotion that the program reveals and arouses during the work, the work of the "Shashim" can deepen and create change with far-reaching consequences. The learning that occurs alongside the action creates an internal process - it strengthens the sense of belonging to the Jewish heritage; and it also drives an external and practical process - it changes the attitude towards the residents of the neighborhood and deepens the understanding of the residents' lifestyle, their values and the difficulties they face. The "Shashim" will have the opportunity to express their feelings and thoughts towards the social reality that surrounds them from within the world of Jewish concepts and ideas.