Development of a website and online resources to support the teaching and study of Bible. In September 2003, AVI CHAI began a three-year grant to the Center for Educational Technology, Snunit and Gesher, three major independent educational organizations, to develop Internet-based tools to enhance the quality of Bible teaching in state mamlachti schools (and eventually to reach a broader audience as well). Designed to comply with the Ministry of Education’s new Bible guidelines, Mikranet now comprises: on-line access to the Bible, modern and classical commentaries, Mishna, Talmud, and Midrash; a large database from multiple disciplines to support Bible teaching including art and video; web-based teaching materials; and an on-line Teacher Center for information exchange and assistance. In 2009, the foundation approved an expansion to the project to address additional target audiences: elementary school students and teachers, as well as the general public. As part of this expansion,videos and animation clips are being added to the site to help in the understanding of difficult chapters, and to consider the possible implications of Biblical texts to contemporary issues and events.

www.mikranet.org.il