State ulpan
Ulpan Migdal HaEmek (regional, serving Afula)
אולפן מגדל העמק
Founded 1990. Operates as a regional ulpan: the class opens where the most olim live. Bus 348 from Afula. NBN directory entry last updated 2019.
- 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 aged 18 to 60 (Aleph) and 60+ (pensioners) from Afula, Nof HaGalil, Migdal HaEmek and surroundings
- Eligibility
- New olim referred by the Ministry of Aliyah and Integration; non-olim are referred via the municipal absorption department
- Cost
- Free with oleh benefit; tourists pay (amount not stated)
- Format
- in person, non-residential
- Schedule
- Aleph Sunday to Thursday, 8:30 to 13:00; pensioners 3 days a week, 8:30 to 12:00; occupational twice a week, 17:00 to 20:15
- Duration
- 5 months (Aleph), 10 months (pensioners), about 4 months / 150 hours (occupational)
- Levels
- Aleph, occupational integration
Contact
- AddressMigdal HaEmek Matnas, 5 Ramat Yizrael Street
- 04-6417015
- ulpanim.ivrit@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.