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This article develops a menu of media studies orientations for teaching Israel to Americans. It explores distinctive aspects of media studies, the relevance to Israel education of the work of Marland and applies the orientations through case studies of the Israeli television series Be-Tipul and Hatufim and their American adaptations, In Treatment and Homeland.
Published: 2013
Updated: Apr. 29, 2013
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Repair the World, in conjunction with the Jewish Agency for Israel, is pleased to announce the release of a new study, “Serving a Complex Israel: A Report on Israel-based Immersive Jewish Service-learning.” The study shows that contrary to common assumptions held in the Jewish world, exposing young Jews to the complex issues underlying Israeli society increases their commitment to the country and motivates them to want to work towards social change in Israel.
Published: 2013
Updated: Mar. 12, 2013
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A new institute has launched to advance the study of modern Israel in the United States and around the world. The independent, non-partisan Israel Institute will support scholarship, teaching and research in an array of academic and cultural disciplines—including history, politics, international relations, economics, society, culture, art and literature—to foster deeper, more multi-faceted knowledge of modern Israel.
Published: 2013
Updated: Mar. 05, 2013
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Lisa Eisen and Charles Edelsberg outline how young people can form relationships with Israel by engaging with the state, land and people in a variety of formal and informal settings.
Published: 2013
Updated: Feb. 04, 2013
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Vita Zlotova, an Oranim Destination Israel intern from Moscow at The Jaffa Institute, writes about her wonderfully rewarding experience as a tutor to small groups of deprived elementary school in Jaffa.
Published: 2013
Updated: Feb. 04, 2013
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Dina Kraft writes about dozens of young Israeli envoys who are aggressively pushing engagement with all things Israel on North American college campuses as Hillel Israel Fellows
Published: 2013
Updated: Feb. 03, 2013
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Jessica Jacobs recently returned from Israel where she was privileged to be accompanying her students on The Jewish Federation’s Tel Aviv-Los Angeles-Vilnius School Twinning program. A total of thirty 8th grade students from Kehillat Israel Religious School in Pacific Palisades, Shalom Aleichem School in Vilnius, Lithuania and Shevach Mofet School in Tel Aviv, traveled, studied and came together for 10 amazing days.
Published: 2013
Updated: Jan. 30, 2013
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Jessica Steinberg writes about the special Birthright 2012-2013 winter season Bus No.195 with 20 participants with Asperger’s Syndrome, now known as the “Mishpocha”, a project of Shorashim/KOACH, the college organization run by the Conservative Movement.
Published: 2013
Updated: Jan. 15, 2013
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Midreshet Devora is pleased to announce that they have teamed up with Jerusalem Culinary Institute’s (JCI) Professional Program to provide young women who are looking to pursue a career as cooks or caterers with courses in Culinary, Patisserie and Bread Making. Observant women between the ages of 18-26 can combine serious Torah study and exposure to the Land and culture of Israel at Midreshet Devora with the Professional Program at JCI.
Published: 2013
Updated: Jan. 08, 2013
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In a new partnership, six American academic institutions have teamed up to offer their graduate students a Master’s Concentration Program in Israel Education. Students study a common curriculum, gather together for eight colloquium days, receive individual mentoring, and create their own learning experience in Israel.
Published: 2012
Updated: Dec. 18, 2012