State ulpan
Ulpan Hanita (Hanita Absorption Center)
אולפן חניתה
Absorption centre opened in 2005 for Ethiopian olim; most students have little prior schooling.
- Type
- State ulpan
- Run by
- Ministry of Education, Adult Education Division (teachers and curriculum); students referred by the Ministry of Aliyah and Integration
- Who it is for
- New olim from Ethiopia, mostly small young families
- Eligibility
- Residents of the Hanita absorption centre
- Format
- in person, at a residential absorption centre
- Schedule
- Mornings, 5 days a week; Judaism studies towards conversion in the afternoon
- Duration
- 10 months
- Levels
- Beginner (initial ulpan)
- Support in
- Hebrew, with Amharic-speaking teachers
Contact
- AddressHanita Absorption Center, Haifa
- 04-8322018 (absorption centre office)
- dtafere10@gmail.com
- Websiteae.lms.education.gov.il
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Rules and schedules change. Confirm the details with your absorption counsellor at the Ministry of Aliyah and Integration or with the ulpan itself.