A program of teacher training at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem to revitalize Jewish studies in state high schools. The four-year program recruits exceptional students and provides them with an intensive academic and educational training, at the end of which they receive a master’s degree in Jewish studies and a teaching certificate, and commit to teaching in state high schools for at least four years. Revivim has recruited ten cohorts of teachers-in-training, five of which are graduates now teaching in the field. In 2007/08 an evaluation was begun to assess the contribution and influence of 67 alumni from the first three cohorts of the program who teach in state schools around the country. The evaluation affirms the conclusions of an earlier evaluation of the first two cohorts — that the alumni represent outstanding additions to the school system. AVI CHAI has provided support to all but the second cohort.

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