Write On for Israel: Elie Wiesel Reframes "Us vs. Them"

by | Jul 5, 2012

By: Joshua Fattal On June 11th at the Park Avenue Synagogue, one generation taught and inspired the next as Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel spoke with a panel of seven students and graduates of Write On For Israel, an advocacy through journalism project of The Jewish Week....

Analyzing BASIS

by | Jul 2, 2012

By: Susan Folkman BASIS (the Bay Area Schools Israel Synergy Initiative), an initiative funded by the Jim Joseph Foundation since 2008, strives to bring Jewish students and their families closer to Israel and to strengthen the connection of our youth to Israel and the...

Moving Beyond the Israel Education and Advocacy Dichotomy

by | Feb 16, 2012

by David Bernstein There is a debate escalating in American Jewish circles between those who favor Israel advocacy and those who favor Israel education for high school and college age Jewish students. For many years, the establishment favored Israel advocacy. It armed...

Moving the Dial on Israel Education and Advocacy

by | Nov 10, 2011

By: Yossi Prager What is top of mind for the wealthiest funders of Jewish education/identity in North America?  Based on AVI CHAI’s conversations: Israel education and advocacy. As part of AVI CHAI’s spend-down strategy, our Trustees and staff have been meeting with...

How Do We Frame Jewish History for Our Students?

by | Oct 25, 2011

By: Rachel Mohl Abrahams Last month in the Forward, Rachel Burstein wrote about day schools focusing on themes of Jewish persecution. She claims that in her courses in Brooklyn College, she could always identify the day school graduates based on their selections of...
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