University, the Open University, the Hebrew University Center for Enrichment in Education, and volunteer tutoring by scientists at the Nuclear Research Center aim to improve educational achievements and provide enrichment, especially in the sciences. Culture The Yeruham Matnas (Local Community Center) organizes plays, performances, summer events, music lessons, sports activities, nature-oriented extracurricular activities, neighborhood clubs, immigrant absorption activities, a Yiddish choir and communal theater group. The Library has 60,000 books in Hebrew, Russian and English, and offers enrichment activities for pre-school and elementary school students, meetings with authors, computer training, workshops for parents and children and creative writing groups. The Matnas Youth Department runs the "Machsan 52" youth club, youth rock bands and two youth councils (for different age groups). The Israeli scout movement Tzofim and Bnai Akiva, both have branches in the city. Midreshet Beyahad Seminar Center and youth hostel arranges hikes, workshops and other programming for visiting groups, mainly students, as well as Jewish programming in local schools. Other cultural programs are the "Teudat Zehut" Yeruham project for community empowerment through documentation and the Bamidbar Regional Center for creative, pluralistic Judaism. Sister cities Miami, Florida Highland Park, Illinois References External links Atid BaMidbar Development towns Local councils in Southern District (Israel) Populated places established in 1951 1951 establishments in Israel