The Key To Successful AbsorptionThe Gush Etzion Community Absorption Program has been created especially to welcome English-speaking families to Gush Etzion and extensive aliyah services and support. The services are unique in that olim receive the benefits of an absorption center, and the comfort of a private home or apartment within their chosen community.
Community LifeRight from the start, you and your family will be part of the warm, active community life of Gush Etzion. A buddy family will be assigned to you to help ease your way through the early months. Youth movement activities abound for children of all ages, as well as shiurim for adults in Hebrew and in English. Exciting social and educational activities, tours and outings are designed to help you acclimate.
HousingNewly arrived families will live in pleasant, furnished flats that can be rented in the private market.
Real Estate Opportunities
Learning Hebrew
The Absorption Program offers a six-month, intensive Hebrew Ulpan course for adults. Course level is based on the needs of the olim and can be expanded as necessary. For a more extensive range of classes, other Ulpans are available in nearby Jerusalem.
Children enter regular schools, where they receive special help in Hebrew. This is in the form of extra hours of in-school Hebrew tutoring by teachers and sherut leumi girls, and by matching up volunteer high school students with children who need extra support.
Employment
Olim can explore a wide range of professional opportunities employment counselor. Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, as well as Gush Etzion`s Industrial Park, are all within easy commuting distance Government grants and low-interest loans are available for beginning businesses and for entrepreneurs.
A Permanent Home In Gush Etzion
When you`re ready to put down permanent roots in the region, new residential projects in Gush Etzion offer many appealing, quality options.
- High-quality flats with balconies
- Garden apartments
- Townhouses
- Build-your-own-home plans
During the summer of 2005, we were fortunate to absorb 18 families from the US and Canada. Additional families also expressed interest in making Gush Etzion their home, and we hope that with the new building projects underway, future Olim will soon be able to join the rapidly growing Gush Etzion communities.
Summer camps were provided for the children to help prepare them for the school year, and 3 levels of year long ulpan classes are now full of adults, with an additional class for retirees. Two devoted girls from the Sherut Leumi, the national volunteer service program, work with the new olim during school hours, and high school ‘mentors’ are assigned to each individual student for afternoon visits at home. A support group has recently been created for the adult Olim, led by a psychologist who is an Oleh herself, therefore has a special understanding of the relevant issues.
