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NEWS
In the shadow of the serious security situation
Countrywide Chinuch Atzmai Summer Programs End
by Betzalel Kahn
The annual Chinuch Atzmai summer day camps, which were held
in 115 of the movement's schools all over the country from
Dimona and Yeruchom in the south to Bet She'an and Chatzor in
the north, have ended. The programs included rich and varied
educational and social activities for approximately twenty
thousand pupils who spent their time in an exciting,
educational framework after the end of the school year. The
programs took place under the direction and supervision of
hundreds of the regular educational staff.
The long-established summer programs, in which the great
efforts and success of the Educational and Welfare Unit in
the Chinuch Atzmai are evident, took as their central theme,
"Leave and Return in Peace." Much effort was made to
emphasize the importance of road safety, from an educational
viewpoint — the Torah mitzvah of "venishmartem me'od
lenafshoseichem."
Dozens of summer day camps in the north in Tzfas, Carmiel,
Tiveria, Acre, Kiryat Ata, Natzrat, Nahariya and Rechasim
were shut down earlier in accordance with the instructions of
the Home Front Command and Education Ministry, because of the
security situation in the north. The summer camps in the
center and south of the country also took place in the shadow
of the terrible events. In accordance with the ruling of
Maran HaRav Yosef Sholom Eliashiv all trips were cancelled
and activities took place only on the school premises.
Towards the end of the camp programs, the heads of Chinuch
Atzmai together with delegates of the local authorities
conducted a tour of some of the venues. They praised the
dedicated work and visited schools including: the Adir School
in Bet She'an, the Torani School in Rechasim, the Beis Yaakov
in Rosh Ha'ayin, the Toras Moshe School in Yeruchom, the Beis
Yaakov Beis Dovid in Cholon and the Mesillah School in Rishon
LeZion.
The delegation of the Chinuch Atzmai administration, headed
by HaRav Avrohom Yosef Lazerson and Rabbi Tzvi Baumel
included senior representatives of the Welfare Unit in the
Chinuch Atzmai, representatives of the Education Ministry,
educational superintendent S. Shimoni, Mr. Shlomo Dahan,
national educational superintendent for summer camps, and
Rabbi C. Farber the national supervisor for road safety in
the chareidi school system. The delegation visited the day
camps and was impressed with the rich programs on offer. They
were joined in their tour by Mayors and other city
representatives. These summer camps provide spiritual rescue
and fun for tens of thousands of Chinuch Atzmai pupils,
particularly those from peripheral areas and in the far-flung
development towns.
Before the summer camps began a central seminar for the
teachers and counselors was held in Bnei Brak, where the
speakers included HaRav Yehuda Yosefi and the heads of
Chinuch Atzmai Rabbi Avrohom Yosef Lazerson, Rabbi Meir
Luria, and Rabbi Tzvi Baumel. Talks about education for road
safety were given by Rabbi C. Farber and Dr. R. Rotem, from
the Education Ministry.
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