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MOFET JTEC Portal Newsletter
We are delighted to send you the latest issue of The MOFET JTEC Portal resource listing.
The current bulletin contains research findings, educational resources, conference information, etc. selected from journals and other Jewish education publications.
In order to better meet the needs of our readers, we are interested in hearing from you about the MOFET JTEC Portal and this newsletter. Is the selection of new items added to the Portal useful and interesting to you? What other types of items should be included? Please share your thoughts with us via email.
Wishing you interesting and enjoyable reading,
Reuven Werber
The MOFET JTEC Portal Team
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 ‘Shalom’ and ‘Salaam’: Day Schools Embrace Arabic
A small but growing number of Jewish day schools across the United States — including Modern Orthodox, Conservative and community schools —have started to teach Arabic. The schools are offering Arabic as a curricular class or an extracurricular club in answer to a growing demand by students. Jewish students’ motivations for learning Arabic range from connecting to family roots, acquiring economic or political communications skills, or trying to understand the Arabs in order to contribute in some small way, to the peace process.
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 Moishe House Receives New $1.25m. Grant from Jim Joseph
Moishe House, a network of 25 homes throughout the world that serve as grassroots community centers for the young adult Jewish community ages 21-30, announced yesterday that they have received a four-year $1.25 million grant from the Jim Joseph Foundation (JJF). This funding, along with a grant from the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation (CLSFF) made in September, 2008 will be used to enhance Moishe House’s core operations, expand its reach to a total of 34 cities over the next four years, and hire a full-time Jewish educator to support house residents.
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 Israel Studies Centers and Chairs
A list which represents an effort by the Association for Israel Studies to identify centers, institutes, study programs and chairs that focus on the academic study of modern Israel. It includes only institutions whose primary focus is on modern Israel, rather than on Jewish or Middle Eastern studies more broadly. It also excludes institutions or organizations that focus primarily on policy advocacy or public outreach rather than scholarly research and instruction.
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 The Eliasaf Robinson Tel Aviv Collection and Exhibition
A rich online exhibit and digital collection of the materials about Tel Aviv, 'The First Hebrew City,' which marks its centennial in 2009. Browse or search books, photographs, posters, postcards, and other material about Tel Aviv. The digitized collection now includes over one thousand photographs and postcards, three hundred printed volumes, two hundred large format materials (posters, maps and sewer diagrams) and six linear feet of archival materials. In addition to the annotated exhibit and digitized materials, the site includes an introductory essay, searching and browsing aid and related links.
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Resource Centers for Jewish Educators
The first issue of JESNA's Snapshots & Insights, a publication series designed to disseminate emergent data and understandings on various aspects of Jewish education based on research, assessment and practical experience, examines the history and current state of resource centers for Jewish educators, alternative models, and lessons learned about best practices.
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