Mechinat Shahar Nitzan

Mechinat Shahar Nitzan is a religiously mixed mechina in Kibbutz Nitzan, southern coastal plain, Israel, for gap-year students, open to men and women.

A coed pre-military mechina on Kibbutz Nitzan on Israel's southern coastal plain, part of the Shahar network. Named in memory of graduate Tomer Barak, who fell in military service on October 7, the half-year program builds resilience and self-efficacy alongside connection to the state, Israeli society, and Jewish identity.

Duration

Gap Year — Half year (~6 months, roughly August/September to February/March)

How to sign up

Apply via the online registration form linked from the branch page.

https://mehina.net/nitzan/

Contact

+972-58-510-6303https://mehina.net/nitzan/

Last updated: July 23, 2026