The ICH - ISRAEL Association provides annual membership for both individuals and national and international organizations. By joining the ICH - ISRAEL Association, you and/or your organization will receive benefits that include the following:​ Networking opportunities Discounts to all the activities of the Association's Programming (Harkada, Excursions, Festival, Workshops, Courses, Trainings, camps, etc.) The ICH - ISRAEL Association provides annual membership for both individuals and national and international organizations. By joining the ICH - ISRAEL Association, you and/or your organization will receive benefits that include the following: Networking opportunities Discounts to all the activities of the Association's Programming (Harkada, Excursions, Festival, Workshops, Courses, Trainings, camps, etc.) Membership To request to become a member, fill in the form below, we'll get back to you as soon as possible. First name* Last name* Phone number* Birthday* Day Month Year Multi-line address Country/Region* Address* City* Zip / Postal code* Email* Status* Individual Student Organization Send Request

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The program prepares students for the role of professional producer for varied shows and provides them with knowledge of the work and functions of a professional producer. The program includes the production of theatrical works, the acquisition of practical skills, the management of staging, planning, technical management (sound, lighting, video ...), scenic arts, costumes, teamwork, budget, production financing, public management, relations with legal bodies, networking, and advertising. FOLK THEATER PRODUCER The Intangible Cultural Heritage Center of Israel courses aim to safeguard, transmit, and sustain Israel's cultural heritage. Courses do not require a prior degree. A basic test must be completed before registration, and each student receives personalized follow-up during training. Training booklets and online courses will be available in French, English, and Hebrew depending on the students' native language. After graduation, students will be supported in their job search or in the creation of their enterprise, including through the development network of the association and its partners, and will benefit from individual monitoring until getting a job. The Theater Producer's Course concerns Israeli theater, its diverse cultural backgrounds, its history, its evolution, and its function of transmitting the Israeli cultural heritage nationally and internationally. This course is both professional and practical and focuses on employment and company creation in Israel. Professional orientation and professional development sessions are given throughout the training. The theater course project The program prepares students for the role of professional producer for varied and creative shows and provides them with thorough knowledge of the work and functions of a professional producer. The program includes the production of theatrical works, the acquisition of practical skills, the management of the staging, the planning, the technical management (sound, lights, video ...), the scenic arts, the costumes, teamwork, budget management, production financing, public management, relations with municipalities and legal bodies, networking, advertising... Professional internships are planned within a theater company and an event production company. The training includes in-depth technical learning, organizational, management, and teamwork skills that form the basis of successful work in theatrical production. CONTACT US

The ICH - ISRAEL Association provides annual membership for both individuals and national and international organizations. By joining the ICH - ISRAEL Association, you and/or your organization will receive benefits that include the following:​ Networking opportunities Discounts to all the activities of the Association's Programming (Harkada, Excursions, Festival, Workshops, Courses, Trainings, camps, etc.) Become a Volunteer As a volunteer, you will do your part to help further our mission. You’ll also gain a lot of experience and personal development along the way! Here are a few reasons you should volunteer with ICH -ISRAEL: Meet like-minded people and build relationships Enhance leadership, communication, social, and relationship skills through professional experiences and leadership opportunities. Provide a sense of purpose, build your self-esteem, and allow you to grow both personally and professionally; Strengthen your resume Have fun Of the many ways to give, volunteering is one of the most profound. Giving your time and knowledge is invaluable. What you will achieve: Help people: The volunteer participates to help others. The volunteer will contribute to the development of the association's assistance projects to help people achieve their goals and will carry out an important mission for him. Gain experience and develop new skills. The volunteer has the opportunity to try a new field before embarking on a career change. He will have a new experience before being hired in another position. Meet experts and teachers. It's a quick and easy way to meet artists and experts and develop their own professional network. The volunteer will also meet people with similar backgrounds or careers. Build the resume : Many hiring companies and recruiters are looking for work experience, and in this case, less is not more. Volunteering is a great way to gain experience and play a leading role. Become part of a large network : ICH ISRAEL develops a local, national, and international network, which means that the work of the volunteer has a significant impact at the local level but also within the international network. We offer a variety of volunteer opportunities – both short and long term. If you’re interested in serving, please complete the form. Become a volunteer To request to become a volunteer, fill in the form below, we'll get back to you as soon as possible. First name* Last name* Email* Phone number* Birthday* Day Month Year Multi-line address Country/Region* Address* City* Zip / Postal code* Select fields* Education Research Folk Dance Folk Music Theater Language Knowledge of nature Religious traditions Crafts Community's tradition other Add a message or tell us more about what you need Send Request

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Holidays in Israel are based on Judaism, the religion of the Jewish people. Judaism includes the religion, philosophy, and culture of the Jewish people. ​ Jewish religious traditions are based on halakhic traditions and moral principles marked by values such as justice, truth, peace, loving-kindness (chesed), compassion, humility, and self-respect. Specific Jewish ethical practices include practices of charity (tzedakah) and refraining from negative speech (lashon hara). RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS The National calendar and holidays in Israel are based on Judaism, the religion of the Jewish people. Judaism includes the religion, philosophy, and culture of the Jewish people. Jewish religious traditions are based on halakhic traditions and moral principles marked by values such as justice, truth, peace, loving-kindness (chesed), compassion, humility, and self-respect. Specific Jewish ethical practices include practices of charity (tzedakah) and refraining from negative speech (lashon hara). Jewish holidays are special days in the Jewish calendar, which celebrate moments in Jewish history, as well as central themes in the relationship between G'd and the world, such as creation, revelation, and redemption. The Shabbat Shabbat is Judaism's day of rest and the seventh day of the week. Shabbat begins every Friday in the late afternoon, traditionally 40 minutes before sunset in Jerusalem, with the lighting of candles. It ends on Saturday evening at nightfall, as soon as three stars appear in the sky. Shabbat observance entails refraining from work activities and engaging in restful activities to honor the day. Shabbat is ushered in by lighting candles and reciting a blessing. Three festive meals are eaten: in the evening, in the early afternoon, and late in the afternoon. The Friday evening meal begins with a blessing on wine called kiddush and a blessing recited over two loaves of challah. Shabbat is closed with a havdalah blessing. Read More Rosh Hashana Rosh Hashanah is a holiday from the Torah and is the Jewish New Year. It is celebrated today as a Jewish holiday on the 1st and 2nd of Tishrei. Rosh Hashanah is considered to be the day of G'd's reign over mankind and the day of judgment, in which the person is sentenced for the previous year and determined what would happen to him next year. The main mitzvah of the holiday is blowing the shofar. The days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are called the Ten Days of Repentance. Read More Yom Kippour Yom Kippur is celebrated on the 10th of Tishri and is centered on repentance and forgiveness, and according to the commandment of the Torah, the torment of the soul is required. Yom Kippur is a day of fasting and repentance. It is not because of mourning or tribulation that there is a need to fast, but because of the great holiness of the day. In fact, Yom Kippur is considered happy because, according to the Torah, when Moses returned from Mount Sinai, where he remained for 40 days, G'd forgave Israel the sin of the Golden Calf. Moses came down from the mountain to Yom Kippur with the new tables of the law. Read More Sukkot Sukkot is a seven-day Jewish festival that begins on the 15th of Tishrei. Spiritually, it commemorates the Exodus and highlights the Jewish people's reliance on Divine protection. The name Sukkot is the plural form of sukkah, a temporary booth constructed with walls and topped with s'chach (organic thatch). These structures serve as a reminder of the fragile dwellings the Israelites lived in during their 40-year journey through the wilderness after escaping Egyptian bondage. Throughout the festival, it is customary to eat meals inside the sukkah and to recite a daily blessing over the Lulav and Etrog. Read More Hanukkah Hanukkah is a Jewish festival commemorating the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Empire. It is also known as the Festival of Lights. Hanukkah is observed for eight nights and days, starting on the 25th day of Kislev according to the Hebrew calendar. The festival is observed by lighting the candles of a Menorah with eight branches, called a hanukkiah. One branch is placed above and is used to light the eight candles. This candle is called the shamash. Each night, one additional candle is lit by the shamash until all eight candles are lit together on the final night of the festival. Read More Tu Bishvat Tu BiShvat is a Jewish holiday occurring on the 15th day of Shevat. It is also called the "New Year of the Trees." In Israel, the kabbalistic Tu BiShvat seder has been revived and is now celebrated by many Jews, religious and secular. Special haggadot have been written for this purpose. In contemporary Israel, the day is celebrated as an ecological awareness day, and trees are planted in celebration. Tu Bishvat is the Israeli Arbor Day. Ecological organizations in Israel and the diaspora have adopted the holiday to further environmental-awareness programs. Read More Purim Purim is a Jewish holiday that commemorates the saving of the Jewish people from Haman, the royal vizier to King Ahasuerus of Persia, who was planning to kill all the Jews. The story is recorded in the Book of Esther ( Megillat Ester). Haman's plans were foiled by Mordechai and Esther; Esther had risen to become Queen of Persia. The day of deliverance became a day of feasting and rejoicing. Purim is celebrated among Jews annually on the 14th day of the month of Adar, the day following the victory of the Jews over their enemies, by exchanging gifts of food and drink and donating charity to the poor. Read More Pessa'h The Jews celebrate the Passover in commemoration of their release by G'd, their slavery in ancient Egypt, and their freedom as a nation under the leadership of Moses. It commemorates the story of the exodus. Pessa'h begins with a special night known as Seder, on the evening of 14 Nisan. On the evening of the Seder, it is customary to eat matzah and maror, and the recitation of the Haggadah takes place in order to commemorate the story of the Exodus; also to eat Korban Pesach, haroset, eggs, and karpas, and drink four cups of wine. Read More Lag BaOmer Lag BaOmer is a Jewish holiday celebrated on the 33rd day of the counting of the Omer, which takes place on the 18th day of Iyar. This day marks the hillula (birthday of death) of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, a Mishnah sage and main disciple of Rabbi Akiva in the 2nd century, and the day he revealed the deepest secrets of the Kabbalah in the form of the Zohar. This association has spawned many well-known customs and practices on Lag BaOmer, including the lighting of bonfires and pilgrimages to Bar Yochai's tomb in Meron. Read More Shavouot Shavuot is a Jewish holiday that takes place on the sixth day of Sivan, after the counting of the Omer, which begins the day after the first day of Pesach, seven weeks. This count of days and weeks is meant to express anticipation and desire for the gift of the Torah. The three days before the week are called "the three days of limitation," commemorating the days when the Israelites prepared for the revelation on Mount Sinai. Shavuot commemorates the anniversary of the day when G'd gave the Torah to the nation of Israel at Mount Sinai. Read More Tisha Beav Tisha B'Av is a day of fasting and the culmination of the mourning period of these three weeks. This fast commemorates the various calamities that have afflicted the Jewish people throughout the generations, with a focus on the disasters that occurred on 9 Av. At the beginning of the fast, it is customary to read the Book of Lamentations and, throughout the day, to recite lamentations about the destruction of the Temple and other disasters. Read More Ceremonial Objects The Sefer Torah ''All the people came together as one in the square before the Water Gate. They told Ezra the teacher of the Law to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses, which the Lord had commanded for Israel. So, on the first day of the seventh month, Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly, which was made up of men and women and all who were able to understand. He read it aloud from daybreak till noon as he faced the square before the Water Gate in the presence of the men, women, and others who could understand. And all the people listened attentively to the Book of the Law .'' Nehemiah Chapter 8 Read More The Menorah ''Make a lampstand of pure gold. Hammer out its base and shaft, and make its flowerlike cups, buds, and blossoms of one piece with them. Six branches are to extend from the sides of the lampstand—three on one side and three on the other. Three cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms are to be on one branch, three on the next branch, and the same for all six branches extending from the lampstand. And on the lampstand are to be four cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms... The buds and branches shall be all of one piece with the lampstand, hammered out of pure gold. '' Chemot (Exodus) Chapter 25: 31- 40 Read More The Ark of the Covenant “They shall construct an ark of acacia wood two and a half cubits long, and one and a half cubits wide, and one and a half cubits high. You shall overlay it with pure gold, inside and out you shall overlay it, and you shall make a gold molding around it. You shall cast four gold rings for it and fasten them on its four feet, and two rings shall be on one side of it and two rings on the other side of it. You shall make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold. You shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to carry the ark with them .'' Chemot (Exodus) Chapter 25:10 Read More The Shofar ''Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation.'' Vayikra (Leviticus) Chapter 23: 24 ''And in the seventh month, on the first day, there shall be a holy convocation for you; you shall not perform any mundane work. It shall be a day of shofar sounding for you .'' Bamidbar (Numbers) Chapter 29 Read More The Tallit '' The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: Speak to the children of Israel, and you shall say to them that they shall make for themselves fringes on the corners of their garments, throughout their generations, and they shall affix a thread of sky blue on the fringe of each corner. These shall be fringes for you, and when you see it, you will remember all the commandments of the Lord to perform them, and you shall not wander after your hearts and after your eyes after which you are going astray. So that you shall remember and perform all My commandments, and you shall be holy to your God. '' Bamidbar (Numbers) Chapter 15: 38 Read More The Tefilins '' And it shall be to you as a sign upon your hand and as a remembrance between your eyes, so that the law of the Lord shall be in your mouth, for with a mighty hand the Lord took you out of Egypt. .'' Chemot (Exodus) Chapter 13: 9 ''And you shall bind them for a sign upon your hand, and they shall be for ornaments between your eyes .'' Devarim (Deuteronomy) - Chapter 6: 8 ''You shall put these words of mine on your heart and on your soul; and you shall tie them for a sign upon your arm, and they shall be as totafot between your eyes .''  Devarim (Deuteronomy) - Chapter 11:18 Read More The Mezuzah '' And you shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart and with all your soul, and with all your means. And these words, which I command you this day, shall be upon your heart. And these words, which I command you today, will be on your heart; and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and you shall speak of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk on your way, when you lie down, and when you rise. You will write them on the posts of your house and on your doors.' ' Devarim (Deuteronomy) - Chapter 6: 4-9 Read More