ICH-ISRAEL, the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Israel Center, is a non-profit organization founded by volunteers to highlight the importance of preserving Israel's heritage. The center acts to protect and promote these traditions, supporting safeguarding projects and fostering cultural diversity through events, workshops and educational courses. The organization operates independently and outside any political context, its main objective being the development of the Israeli cultural domain. 

Intangible cultural heritage (ICH) includes practices, representations, expressions, knowledge, and skills, as well as the instruments, objects, artefacts, and cultural spaces that are considered to be part of a place's cultural heritage.

To be included in Intangible Cultural Heritage Inventory of Israel, communities, groups, and individuals must recognize the elements manifested in the following domains as part of their heritage:

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• Oral traditions and expressions, including language 

• Performing arts

• Social practices, rituals and festive events

• Knowledge and practices concerning nature and the universe

• Traditional craftsmanship

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Objectives

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• Safeguarding the intangible cultural heritage of Israel

• Promoting the intangible cultural heritage of the different communities, groups and individuals of Israel

• Raising awareness of the importance of the intangible cultural heritage of Israel

• Developing research and classification for elements of the intangible cultural heritage of Israel

• Supporting the transmission of skills and knowledge of the intangible cultural heritage of Israel

• Promoting existing traditional events and folklore 

• Developing certificate courses and workshops

• Supporting new projects and entrepreneurship in the field of intangible cultural heritage

• Bringing together stakeholders of Israel’s intangible cultural heritage during events

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The intangible cultural heritage, transmitted from generation to generation, has been constantly recreated by the different communities in their environment and their particular history, and provides them with a sense of identity and continuity, thus promoting respect for cultural diversity and human creativity.