Section archive - Conferences & Events

Every year, twenty-six outstanding North American teenagers are selected for The Bronfman Youth Fellowships in Israel, which begins with a five week, expenses-paid summer in Israel. In their five weeks, the Fellows encounter the land and people of Israel, study Judaism and major issues in contemporary Jewish life, and learn about themselves and each other. Applications for the 2013 Fellowship are now available and must be submitted by January 7, 2013.

Join Hidden Sparks for the 2012-13 school year of Hidden Sparks Without Walls, an online audio conference accessible from home or school. The Hidden Sparks Without Walls initiative is designed to strengthen an educator's knowledge and practice in working with diverse learners. The program offers free short-term distance classes for teachers, educators and administrators in Jewish day schools and yeshivot, to give them the tools to enhance the ways in which children learn and behave. It also enables teachers across similar or diverse disciplines to share ideas, curricula, and talk about their practice.

The MOFET JTEC Leadership Seminar in Israel for Jewish educators and community leaders (July 9, 2013 – July 18, 2013) will deal with issues and models of Jewish leadership throughout the history of the Jewish people, up to the present time, examining the participants' management and leadership styles and helping them promote community leadership in the roles they are currently performing or will perform in the future.

The Steiner Summer Yiddish Program at the Yiddish Book Center offers college students a tuition-free, seven-week exploration of Yiddish language and culture. The program runs from June 9-July 26, 2013. The 2013 Steiner Summer Yiddish Program is open to all full-time college students under the age of 26, who are either at the beginning or in the second year of their Yiddish language studies.