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After only seven days of registration which closed Wednesday (September 20, 2011), 22,479 eligible Jewish young adults in North America applied to participate in Taglit-Birthright Israel winter trips which begin in November 2011 and run through March 2012.
Published: 2011
Updated: Nov. 10, 2011
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The Shalom Hartman Institute has recently launched iEngage – The Engaging Israel Project, a research and leadership center, whose iEngage website aims to be a web-based multimedia resource center for the distribution of the project’s growing corpus of materials, articles, adult education curricula and video lectures. The project’s goal is to encourage Jews to re-examine core questions connected to the Jewish State to re-define the relationship between the two communities.
Published: 2011
Updated: Nov. 09, 2011
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Sicha Basadeh provides group hands-on learning experiences all around Israel utilizing their mobile factories for the production of Biblical – Talmudic agricultural products. From start to finish each person is completely involved in extracting their own honey from honeycombs, producing 100% pure oil from freshly harvested olives and baking their own matzot for Pesach. Of course, each natural product is packaged to be used at home with family and friends.
Published: 2011
Updated: Nov. 08, 2011
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Applications for the Natan/Birthright Israel NEXT Grants for Social Entrepreneurs are now being accepted! Birthright Israel alumni and their peers are eligible to apply for up to $10,000 from Natan to support innovative, ongoing projects that create vibrant communities among young Jewish adults.
Published: 2011
Updated: Nov. 02, 2011
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Following the success of last year’s study tour, The MOFET Institute, which is involved in promoting the professional development of teacher educators, invites you to participate in a unique experience in Israel. This study tour will include an introduction to The MOFET Institute, visits to teacher education institutions and institutions of higher education, trips to schools in which communication-based programs and online teaching are implemented, and an encounter with the Israeli hi-tech industry.
Published: 2011
Updated: Nov. 02, 2011
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With 11,000 participants this year – up from 3,000 in its inception year in 2004 – Masa Israel Journey has opened a new alumni division, and it has placed regional representatives in cities throughout the United States in partnership with local Federations.
Published: 2011
Updated: Oct. 05, 2011
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IsraelKids is a brand new site for all you need to know in family fun, activities, and resources in Israel! We have hundreds of listings for local services, resources, activities, tiyulim, creative ideas with food and crafts, and lots more.
Published: 2011
Updated: Oct. 05, 2011
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Don’t miss the amazing story of how…a Pharaoh, a Roman Soldier, three snails, a molecule, and the sun come together to make a simple blue thread called ….Tekhelet. The Ptil Tekhelet Organization offers marine snorkeling tours at the Dor/Nachsholim beach in search of the 'hillazon' (marine snail) used to produce the ancient tekhelet dye in its local habitat. The tekhelet was used in the manufacture of tzitzit (fringes) in ancient times.
Published: 2011
Updated: Oct. 04, 2011
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On Wednesday October 5th, Jewish students around the world are invited to attend an online prayer gathering on behalf of Gilad Shalit and the other missing IDF soldiers. The Gathering will be broadcast around the world from the tent of the Shalit family in Jerusalem, with the full support of the Shalit family using the WEBEX videoconference platform.
Published: 2011
Updated: Sep. 27, 2011
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The Naphtali Herz Imber Jewish Day School proudly proclaimed its commitment to Israel, yet many of its students experienced profound ambivalence toward the Jewish State. Why? The school was committed to a series of contradictory values which surfaced in its approach to Israel education. This article outlines three distinct yet interrelated tensions: tensions between an open exchange of ideas and a non-debatable loyalty to Israel; between pluralism and Zionism; and between inclusivity and expertise. It demonstrates how American Jewish students—when confronted with values in tension—struggled to make sense of Israel and their relationship to it.
Published: 2011
Updated: Sep. 27, 2011