Hispin

Town Profile

Town Name: Hispin
Population:
Founding Date: In 1977
Local Employment: The families make a living from liberal professions
Tourism: Hispin is located in the heart of nature sites and Jewish history from the First and Second Temple periods and the Talmudic era. Nature winks from beyond the home, and sites of heroic heritage are located nearby.

Background & Settlement

In the southern Golan, a regional rural center for the group of religious settlements in the Golan was established in 1977. Today, the Hispin community numbers about 300 families, combining the realization of settlement values with quality of life and

Education, Culture, and Leisure

Great attention is devoted to the 650 children and youth in Hispin.

The education system includes a 3-classroom daycare, a family daycare (mishpachton), four kindergartens, the 'Golan' Regional School educating girls from 1st–8th grade and boys from 1st–6th grade. Talmud Torah for boys according to the Barkai method. Settlement youth continue their studies at the High School Yeshiva located in the settlement - 7th–12th grades, and girls at the Ulpanit in Tiberias or the Ulpanit in Katzrin.

In the afternoons, the settlement operates a network of Torah classes for kindergarten and school children, branches of: Oz, Bnei Akiva, and extensive local youth activities.

In addition, diverse extracurricular activities are offered at the Hispin Regional Community Center. For adults, regional cultural activities take place at the community center branch, alongside Torah classes and unique cultural events held for residents.

Early childhood: 0 minutes (in the settlement)
Elementary school: 0 minutes (in the settlement)
Secondary (boys): 0 minutes (in the settlement)
Secondary (girls): 15 minutes (in Katzrin)

Quality of Life

Hispin is situated in the heart of nature reserves and Jewish historical sites from the First and Second Temple and Talmudic periods. Nature beckons right outside the doorstep, and valor heritage sites are situated nearby.

For the convenience of residents in the settlement: a regional library providing daily service to residents of the settlement and surrounding area, regional clinics of Clalit and Maccabi healthcare funds, specialist medical services, dental clinic, grocery store, swimming pool, midrasha, and Torah institutions.