What is ‘Michve Alon’?

Michve Alon is a base in Northern Israel that focuses on all different types of education for soldiers in the IDF. It is most well known for its Hebrew Course for recently drafted soldiers. This course runs three months long and is combined basic training and Hebrew ulpan classes, to ensure that the soldiers can go on in their service with good enough Hebrew to participate in almost any position in the IDF. Soldiers can draft to Michve Alon at three different times throughout the year (April, August and December).