State ulpan
Tiberias and Valleys Ulpanim
אולפני טבריה והעמקים
Also covers the Kinneret young adults project in Moshavat Kinneret and the HaBayta campus at Kibbutz Sde Eliyahu. 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; tourists for a fee; pensioners; working olim; young adults
- 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
- Initial ulpan Sunday to Thursday, 8:30 to 13:00; pensioners 3 days a week, 8:30 to 12:00; occupational integration twice a week, 17:00 to 20:15
- Duration
- 5 months (initial), 10 months (pensioners), about 150 hours (occupational)
- Levels
- Aleph, occupational integration
Contact
- AddressGalil Center, 51 HaGalil Street (young adults and pensioners); Ulpan Hod, 16 Ussishkin Street; Ulpan Arazim, 51 HaShomer Street, Tiberias
- 054-9980302 (director Dafna Cohen)
- dafnacohen129@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.