Summer Events at the Yodfat Community Center
Join the summer events celebration at the Yodfat Community Center, which includes a variety of events, workshops, classes, lectures, and activities for all ages. The events take place throughout July and the beginning of August, featuring diverse activities such as capoeira workshops, a summer opening festival, gardening workshops, Mexican cuisine, and more.
Join the summer events celebration at the Yodfat Community Center, which includes a variety of events, workshops, classes, lectures, and activities for all ages. The events take place throughout July and the beginning of August, featuring diverse activities such as capoeira workshops, a summer opening festival, gardening workshops, Mexican cuisine, and more.
Join the summer event celebration at the Yodfat Community Center! A variety of events, workshops, classes, lectures, and activities for all ages!
**July Events:**
- **Wednesday, 01.07.2026 at 17:00** | Capoeira Workshop | **Free entry with prior registration.** An energetic, rhythmic, and captivating experience combining martial arts, music, acrobatics, and lots of adrenaline. In partnership with Community Safety Authority.
- **Thursday, 02.07.2026 at 17:00** | Summer Opening Festival | **Free entry with prior registration.** A refreshing, colorful, and joyful celebration to kick off the summer break! The event includes a giant foam cannon that will cover the area in a white and rhythmic celebration. Parents are welcome to relax in the shade while the kids celebrate in a big way.
- **Sunday, 05.07.2026 at 17:00** | Gardening and Environment Care Workshop | **Free entry with prior registration.** Taking responsibility, connecting to the earth, and giving back to nature around us! A green and practical experience where we'll learn how to make our public spaces and neighborhoods beautiful, blooming, and healthier.
- **Monday, 06.07.2026 at 17:00** | Young Chef: Mexican Cooking | **Free entry with prior registration.** A delicious workshop for kids dedicated to tortillas from around the world. Each participant will make their own tortilla roll from a variety of spreads and chopped vegetables, and learn how to properly roll a sandwich that won't fall apart.
- **Tuesday, 07.07.2026 at 17:00** | Collage Creation from Haifa Museum | **Free entry with prior registration.** A unique art workshop where we will learn to combine pictures, texts, fabrics, and special papers into one original artwork, experimenting with cutting, tearing, and assembly techniques. Each participant will leave with a framed picture ready to hang.
- **Wednesday, 08.07.2026 at 17:00** | Capoeira Workshop | **Free entry with prior registration.** Another weekly session full of energy, rhythm, and movement combining the basics of capoeira, acrobatics, and Brazilian music. In partnership with Community Safety Authority.
- **Thursday, 09.07.2026 at 20:00** | White Night: Cinema Comes to Us | **Free entry with prior registration.** A nighttime community celebration! The evening includes a massive movie screening on a giant screen with hot popcorn and delicious pizzas, alongside board game areas, Xbox, party games in the dark, and cozy chill spots.
- **Sunday, 12.07.2026 at 17:00** | Gardening and Environment Care Workshop | **Free entry with prior registration.** A green and experiential meeting of working with the earth, planting, and maintaining the community garden for the benefit of all neighborhood residents. In partnership with Community Safety Authority.
- **Tuesday, 14.07.2026 at 17:00** | Foam Printing | **Free entry with prior registration.** Designing and carving templates workshop: kids will learn to design and carve models and shapes on soft foam pages, try applying print colors with rollers, and go home with a personal reusable foam template.
- **Wednesday, 15.07.2026 at 17:00** | Capoeira Workshop | **Free entry with prior registration.** A rhythmic and strengthening group capoeira training for teenagers and kids to improve fitness, flexibility, and coordination. In partnership with Community Safety Authority.
- **Thursday, 16.07.2026 at 17:00** | Sports Activity in the Field | **Free entry with prior registration.** No sitting at home! An energetic, rhythmic, and joyful sports meeting at the community center field inviting kids to move and have fun together.
- **Sunday, 19.07.2026 at 17:00** | Gardening and Environment Care Workshop | **Free entry with prior registration.** Continuing to make the environment greener: a practical meeting for environmental work, planting flowers, and designing Yodfat Garden. In partnership with Community Safety Authority.
- **Monday, 20.07.2026 at 17:00** | Young Chef: Asian Celebration | **Free entry with prior registration.** A colorful vegetarian sushi workshop! Kids will get to know Far Eastern ingredients, practice fine motor skills with rolling mats, learn how to cut thin strips of vegetables, and make their personal sushi roll.
- **Tuesday, 21.07.2026 at 17:00** | Origami Workshop | **Free entry with prior registration.** Dive into the world of traditional Japanese paper folding art. Learn geometric folding techniques and create stunning design elements from paper, in a relaxing experience that encourages thinking and creativity.
- **Sunday, 26.07.2026 at 17:00** | Activation and Performance in Arabic at the Garden | **Free entry with prior registration.** A festive cultural event in the community center garden, combining engaging community activities with a captivating children's performance in Arabic under the open sky.
- **Monday, 27.07.2026 at 17:00** | Young Chef: Colorful Health | **Free entry with prior registration.** Kids will learn about the importance of eating vegetables in five colors and how to produce a sauce (emulsion) in a jar. In the workshop, we will prepare a colorful and stunning layered salad in a transparent jar and crush together basil and fresh herbs to make homemade pesto.
- **Tuesday, 28.07.2026 at 17:00** | Activation and Guided Tour at Haifa Museum | **Free entry with prior registration.** An enriching cultural meeting for the whole family, combining a fascinating guided tour, an experiential acquaintance with the city's art and history assets, alongside unique and creative activation.
- **Wednesday, 29.07.2026 at 17:00** | Capoeira Workshop | **Free entry with prior registration.** A festive capoeira and acrobatics meeting closing the July activities with high energies, rhythm, and fitness. In partnership with Community Safety Authority.
- **Thursday, 30.07.2026 at 17:00** | Sports Activity in the Field | **Free entry with prior registration.** A group, competitive, and fun sports experience for kids at Yodfat Field to enhance energy, health, and cooperation.
**August Events:**
- **Sunday, 01.08.2026 at 17:00** | Activation and Performance in Arabic at the Garden | **Free entry with prior registration.** Opening August with another community cultural meeting in the garden, including an experiential performance and a joyful activation in Arabic for the whole family.
- **Monday, 02.08.2026 at 17:00** | Young Chef: Local Cuisine | **Free entry with prior registration.** A meeting dedicated to local Mediterranean food. Kids will work with prepared dough and learn stuffing and closing techniques for preparing filled pastries (cheese/spinach sambusak). Simultaneously, we'll practice advanced cutting skills for making finely chopped Arabic salad.
- **Tuesday, 03.08.2026 at 17:00** | Free Creation in Open Space | **Free entry with prior registration.** Transforming the community center's open space into a vibrant, colorful open art studio where we create, paint, and have fun together freely.
- **Wednesday, 04.08.2026 at 17:00** | Outdoor Activity | **Free entry with prior registration.** An enjoyable outdoor community activity experience for kids and families.
- **Thursday, 05.08.2026 at 17:00** | Sports Activity in the Field | **Free entry with prior registration.** A meeting of ball games, challenges, and rhythmic sports activity inviting kids to release energy and enjoy together on the field.
- **Sunday, 09.08.2026 at 17:00** | Gardening and Environment Care Workshop | **Free entry with prior registration.** A practical gardening meeting for August: continuing to nurture the neighborhood's green corners, plant, water, and keep our nature and environment blooming.
- **Monday, 10.08.2026 at 17:00** | Young Chef: Sweet and Cool for Summer | **Free entry with prior registration.** A very sweet workshop where we'll learn about sweetness balance and techniques of whipping, piping, and layering. Kids will prepare personal dessert cups with biscuit crumbs and cream cheese, alongside preparing natural fruit shakes to pour into ice pop molds for freezing.
- **Tuesday, 11.08.2026 at 17:00** | Free Creation in Open Space | **Free entry with prior registration.** Yodfat space becomes an open studio for art and imagination – a variety of creative materials, colors, and ideas for a shared and enjoyable activity.
- **Wednesday, 12.08.2026 at 17:00** | Outdoor Activity | **Free entry with prior registration.** A summer experience of going out for a community and fun family outdoor activity.
- **Thursday, 13.08.2026 at 17:00** | Sports Activity in the Field | **Free entry with prior registration.** Group sports training and games at Yodfat Field for developing game skills, coordination, and a summer social bond.
- **Sunday, 16.08.2026 at 17:00** | Gardening and Environment Care Workshop | **Free entry with prior registration.** A green workshop connecting to the earth and caring for the public space, inviting neighborhood residents to cultivate a healthier and more beautiful environment together.
- **Monday, 17.08.2026 at 17:00** | Young Chef: Little Italy | **Free entry with prior registration.** Kids will get to know the Italian kitchen and learn about incorporating Italy’s flag colors into food. Practically, we'll compose small caprese skewers (cherry tomatoes, cheese cubes, and basil) alongside assembling upgraded personal pizzas on halved pitas with creative toppings.
- **Tuesday, 18.08.2026 at 17:00** | Free Creation in Open Space | **Free entry with prior registration.** A creative and relaxing afternoon in an open space inviting kids to freely and imaginatively create, paint, and meet together.
- **Thursday, 20.08.2026 at 17:00** | Sports Activity in the Field | **Free entry with prior registration.** A rhythmic, competitive, and enjoyable sports activity to conclude the summer sports activities on the community field.
- **Sunday, 23.08.2026 at 17:00** | Gardening and Environment Care Workshop | **Free entry with prior registration.** A concluding gardening meeting for the summer holiday, where we'll complete the maintenance and planting work in the community garden for the coming year.
- **Monday, 24.08.2026 at 17:00** | Young Chef: Closing Event - Festive Food Market! | **Free entry with prior registration.** A festive summary meeting and award of "Certified Chef" certificates! Kids will set up and operate their own food stalls and host parents to a festive buffet of free muesli bar (yogurt, granola, cut fruits) alongside hot and tasty pancakes.
- **Thursday, 25.08.2026 at 17:00** | End of Summer Events Celebration | **Free entry with prior registration.** Say goodbye to the summer break with a particularly refreshing giant celebration! The event includes a crazy foam cannon that will wash the area in a white celebration, jumping music, rhythm, and many fun surprises for kids and the whole family.
For more details and registration for the events: 04-8485805
