Merkaz Hamagshimim Hadassah serves as a housing facility for young Olim and tourists looking for a pluralistic community, activism and Zionism during their time in Israel. Since its establishment, The Merkaz has housed young English speakers from the USA, Canada, Great Britain, Australia, South Africa, Gibraltar, Mexico, Switzerland, Spain, Uruguay, Germany, Poland and Kosovo.

The Merkaz is offering young olim a soft landing in Israel. The Housing is for people 20-35 who are either olim or are seriously considering Aliyah. The rent you pay includes all utilities (water, electricity, and city taxes), wi-fi internet service and maintenance service, saving you the trouble of dealing with Israeli bureaucracy for the first couple of months.

It also offers an opportunity to live within a community of people who are in the same stage in life, going through the same things and being able to support each other in the process.

The new apartments are located in Derech Hebron 80, in the neighborhood of Baka, near our new offices. Each apartment can house 2-3 residents. Each resident get their own room and each apartment also have a living room, a kitchen, 2 toilettes and a bathroom.

In each room there is a bed, a closet and a table, and the living room has sofas, table, and all kitchen facilities (refrigerator, microwave, oven and stove).

The apartments are air conditioned and have both electric and solar water heater. There is a free gym at the basement of the building and a laundry facility 5 minutes walk from the apartments (in our office building).

Choosing to live as a resident in the Merkaz is committing to the values of pluralism, community, activism and Zionism. Each resident commits (as part of their contract) to donate 10 hours a month to the community and to The Merkaz. These hours can be dedicated to a project within our activism center, to support our theater, gallery or other cultural events, to help us in public relations and fundraising or in arranging events for the community.

 

In order to become a resident you need to:

Once we have all that, we will contact you and invite you for an interview. The interview can take place face to face or over the phone if the candidate is not yet in Israel.

 

Right now we have openings for March 1^st 2010, all of them for 5 and a half month (until August 15^th 2010).

 

The cost is 2000 NIS per person for month. This includes: all utilities, city taxes, maintenance (but not cleaning), use of gym, use of cheap laundry service at The Merkaz.

 

Before sending in your Application, be sure to read through our Residents’ Booklet to understand the terms and benefits of living at The Merkaz. 

  

For more information about housing or life at The Merkaz, contact Adi, at 972-2-6722405 # 109 or email adi@themerkaz.org

 

For Mail:

Merkaz Hamagshimim Hadassah

Beit ArEl

Gad 8

POB 9241

93622

 

To Come and Meet us:

5 Tzipora st – 4^th floor

Baka, Jerusalem