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"The village of houses"
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THE VILLAGE OF AMI YOUTH IS A YOUTH VILLAGE LOCATED IN THE WEST OF A FRESH CITY, NEAR A FRESH PARK. THE VILLAGE WAS FOUNDED IN 1947, AFTER WORLD WAR II AS A VILLAGE FOR HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS. HE WAS NAMED AFTER THE GOTTFELD DAUGHTER (1890–1966), THE PRESIDENT OF THE EAST AMERICAN WOMEN, WHO LED TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE YOUTH VILLAGE. FOR MORE DAYS, THE NAME OF THE VILLAGE IS ALSO THE NAME OF THE MOTHER-IN-LAW EDUCATIONAL NETWORK (FORMERLY: EASTERN FEMALE ASSOCIATIONS IN AMERICA) OPERATING THE NETWORK OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. A YOUTH VILLAGE, UNLIKE OTHER INSTITUTIONS, IS BASED ON THE PRINCIPLE THAT THE DISABLED HAVE SOME AUTONOMY IN THE INTERNAL MANAGEMENT OF THE VILLAGE. HIS FIRST FOUNDER AND MANAGER WAS AN ABOMINABLE LIFE.
BUILDING THE VILLAGE
THE PLAN TO ESTABLISH THE CHILDREN’S STRIKE IN A FRESH COLONY IN HEBRON, SO CALLED A HOME VILLAGE IN THE BEGINNING, WAS REPAIRED IN JUNE 1946. THERE WAS AN EXPECTATION THAT FOLLOWING THE PUBLICATION OF THE NEW WHITE BOOK BY THE BRITISH COMMISSION OF INQUIRY THAT WAS THEN IN ISRAEL, 100,000 REFUGEES AND 30,000 OF THEM WOULD BE CHILDREN. EASTERN FEMALE ASSOCIATIONS IN AMERICA HAVE BEEN HARNESSED FOR EFFORT, AND BEGAN COLLECTING FUNDS FOR BUILDING A NEW CHILD VILLAGE. ACCORDING TO THE PLANS, THERE WERE 300 CHILDREN, AND SO, ALONG WITH THE REST OF THE INSTITUTIONS, THE NUMBER OF INPUTS IN THE EASTERN WOMEN’S INSTITUTIONS WILL BE REACHED TO 800. ON DECEMBER 26, 1946, A NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED THAT THE TECHNICAL ARRANGEMENTS IN THE VILLAGE OF THE CHILDREN WILL SOON END, AND IN THE NEXT MONTH, THREE BUILDINGS WILL END IN WHICH THERE WILL BE 100 CHILDREN, “USUALLY TRYING TO ESTABLISH THE ORPHANS IN SUCH A WAY THAT THE ORPHANS WILL SOON FORGET WHAT THEY ARE IN THE DIASPORA UNDER THE NAZI OCCUPATION.”
THE FOUNDER OF THE NEW VILLAGE
THE ORIENTAL WOMEN ESTABLISHED THE NEW INSTITUTION THAT WAS BUILT FOR THE CHILDREN OF TEHRAN BETWEEN 1943 AND 1947 AND SUCCESSFULLY RECORDED HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS. AT THE BEGINNING OF 1947, THE END OF THE GREAT FREEDOM OF THE YEAR OF TEL AVIV, 54 CAMPERS FROM THE CHILDREN’S HOUSEHOLD IN THE ORIGIN, FROM WHERE THEY WERE FORCED TO EVACUATE THE WAR. IN THE FIRST FEW MONTHS, THE STUDENTS WERE PARTNERS IN THE CONSTRUCTION WORK, IN WHICH THEY HELPED THE BUILDERS, THE MESSENGERS AND THE SADATS. NEXT TO THE PERMANENT HOUSES, THERE ARE WALLS THAT ARE RENTED. THESE WALLS WERE BUILT TOGETHER WITH CHILDREN.
THE FIRST GROUP OF CHILDREN, HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS FROM HUNGARY, ARRIVED THROUGH CYPRUS IN AUGUST 1947, BEFORE THE UNITED NATIONS RESOLUTION. IT WAS A GESTURE OF THE MANDATORY AUTHORITIES TO BE DEPORTED IN THE SHIPS THAT ARE BEING EVACUATED TO THE ISLAND OF CYPRUS.
THE EMPHASIS ON AESTHETICS
THE VILLAGE POLICY WAS TO CREATE FOR THE STUDENTS A CULTURAL EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENT, SIMILAR TO WHAT WAS CUSTOMARY IN THE YOUNG VILLAGE OF BEN-NAZI. THE CHILDREN LISTENED TO CLASSICAL MUSIC, DID MORNING GYMNASTICS AND ALSO LEARNED FROM A SHARE OF EUROPEAN CULTURE, SUCH AS THE CREATION OF FRIEDRICH SCHILLER. IN ADDITION, A DANCE VILLAGE WITH TOO MIXED SATURDAYS. THE GOAL WAS TO INSTILL IN THE EXCEPTIONS OF EUROPEAN CULTURE.
THE ORDER OF TODAY AND THE TRENDS OF LEARNING
IN THE “CITY OF THE HOUSES”, HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN WERE EDUCATED AT THE SAME TIME, SOME OF THE PEDAGOGICAL CHANGES OF TAKING RESPONSIBILITY AND SELF-MANAGEMENT LED TO THE VILLAGE BEING RUN BY A LIMITED MANUAL TEAM THAT OVERSEES THE AGENDA.
AS IS ACCEPTED IN THE EARLY YOUTH VILLAGES, THERE WAS NO SEPARATION TO THE AGE LAYERS, AND THE ADULT STUDENTS WERE THE MENTOR TO YOUNGER PEOPLE. THEY LIVED TOGETHER AND WERE COMMITTED TO A PERSONAL EXAMPLE OF HER DAILY LIFE. AMONG THE VETERAN GUIDES WHO LIVE IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, WE WILL USE THEM AT THE BEGINNING OF THE VILLAGE’S JUDENHA, SHLOMO, AND THE ZOBA OF THE KINGSEL, A LIFE OF THE CROWN, ESTHER PINCHOVER (TO THE HOUSE OF FRANKL), MENACHEM COHEN (TODAY PROFESSOR AND DEAN OF JEWISH SCIENCE AT BAR-ILAN UNIVERSITY AND TODAY EDITORS GREAT BIBLES OF THE CROWN), AND ATHENS FRANKL (HEBREW PROFESSOR OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY, AND THE TALMUD.
THE STUDENT’S AGENDA IS ALL FIVE AND FIVE