Givat Washington
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Givat Washington also known as Beit Raban is a religious youth village
in central Israel
. Located near Kvutzat Yavne, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Yavne Regional Council
. In 2006 it had a population of 670.
The village was established in 1946 by the Jewish community of Washington D.C., and initially served as an educational establishment for young Holocaust
survivors. It now has a secondary school
, a midrasha
, an ulpan
and an academic college. By 2005 most of the residents were immigrants from France
and Colombia
.
Youth village
A youth village is a boarding school model first developed in Mandate Palestine in the 1930s to care for groups of children and teenagers fleeing the Nazis...
in central Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
. Located near Kvutzat Yavne, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Yavne Regional Council
Hevel Yavne Regional Council
Hevel Yavne Regional Council is a regional council in the Center District of Israel. Founded in 1950, it covers 32,000 dunams and six religious communities...
. In 2006 it had a population of 670.
The village was established in 1946 by the Jewish community of Washington D.C., and initially served as an educational establishment for young Holocaust
The Holocaust
The Holocaust , also known as the Shoah , was the genocide of approximately six million European Jews and millions of others during World War II, a programme of systematic state-sponsored murder by Nazi...
survivors. It now has a secondary school
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
, a midrasha
Midrasha
A refers to an institute of Jewish studies for women. In Israel, it is often an Orthodox institution that caters solely to women, and roughly the equivalent of a yeshiva for men. The term is often translated as 'seminary'. In the United States, the term has also been used to refer to...
, an ulpan
Ulpan
An ulpan is an institute or school for the intensive study of Hebrew. Ulpan is a Hebrew word meaning basically studio or teaching, instruction....
and an academic college. By 2005 most of the residents were immigrants from France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
and Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
.