Founded in 1949 by the KIBBUTZ ARTZI Federation of
Kibbutzs in memory of
HAVIVA REIK, Givat Haviva is a national education center. It is located in
the Northern Sharon Valley (East of Hadera).
Our mission today is to cope with the major issues that
are on the national agenda and that surround the social life in the State
of Israel. These include advancing Arab-Jewish relations within Israel and
among our neighboring Arab countries. We deal also with the polarity that
exists between religious and secular Jews in the country, teaching the
heritage of the Holocaust and its effect on today's society, contemplating
the ideology and future of the Kibbutz Movement, aiding in the absorption
of new immigrants.
We handle all these issues striving to maintain
the principles of democracy, compromise and dialogue, which are a
precondition to resisting the patterns of hatred, intolerance, and fear
that have permeated our society. And therefore, we accentuate these ideals
in our work in all of our centers and believe that education continues to
be the most important contribution Givat Haviva can make towards the
political peace process.
Over 50,000 children, youth and adults from Israel
and abroad come to Givat Haviva each year to participate in its seminars,
workshops, courses, conferences and formal and informal educational
programs in a range of academic and professional fields.
On-site facilities include a dinning room, two air
conditioned auditoriums for conferences and events, a club for hosting
VIP's, 22 classrooms, a computer lab, language lab, research library,
seminar room and spacious, air conditioned meting rooms. There are 112
dormitory rooms on campus (approximately 450 beds), swimming pool, sports
field and spacious lawns.
