The Keshet Center, an early childhood enrichment program, is located in Moshav Shomera on Israel's northern border with Lebanon. The Center opened in 2000 and currently operates with the support of the Jewish Agency. The center provides enrichment programs to 20 early childhood classes within the population of the Regional Council of Maale Yosef.

Many of the settlements are literally on the border and are sparsely populated. Therefore, most of the programs have children aged 3-6 in the same educational framework.

Transportation to the Center is provided by the Regional Council. The children participate in the program in groups of 30 per visit, along with their regular classroom teachers and two professionals from the Keshet Center.

The main theme this year is the Diaspora Jewish communities – the first topic was "Jews of Morocco," the second was "Jews of Kurdistan." The majority of the population of Maale Yosef region is originally from either Kurdistan or Morocco. The Keshet Center program attempts to connect the children to their families' Jewish traditions and life style through art, drama, music, movement and games. .

The Center demonstrates these communities' Jewish heritage through a rich array of sets and decorations - a market place area with stands full of goods, different handicrafts workshops, where the children experience the typical arts and crafts of the special community, such as: embroidery, weaving, chiseling, clay work and silversmith/ goldsmith.

During the time that preparations for the Center's opening were underway, families were asked to send in materials about the Jewish communities in Morocco and Kurdistan. The response was gratifying; resulting in more families' becoming involved in the Center's activities and sharing traditional fabrics, dishes, pictures, music cassettes and more. Mothers and grandmothers sent traditional foods and recipes. All the items became part of the regular exhibition; very quickly all the settlements in the region were busy with this project. As a result of this enthusiastic response, we have decided to expand our activities to include parents and children during the months of May and June. We plan to highlight other Diaspora Jewish communities in the year ahead.