“After the death of the last witnesses, the remembrance of the Holocaust must not be entrusted to the historians alone. Now comes the hour of artistic creation.” -Aharon Appelfeld
Israel Teen Intern Speaks about Yom Ha'Shoah
by The iCenter on March 20, 2013
Yom Ha'Shoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, has an added part to its name in Israel. In Israel, it's known as Yom Ha'Shoah V'Hagevurah, which translates to Holocaust and Heroism Day. The two words "Holocaust" and "Heroism" are said together, and the aspect of heroism is an especially prominent one.
Below, please find a spotlight of Amy Richman, the descendent of a family that was saved by a famous hero, Oskar Schindler, during the Holocaust.
Jewish LearningWorks and the Jim Joseph Foundation Announce the Launch of www.BASISIsraeleducation.org
by The iCenter on March 5, 2013 Source: Jim Joseph Foundation
New website offers toolkit for Israel education and documents a 4 year, community-wide Israel Education Initiative designed to forge enduring connections between American Jewish students, schools and educators, and Israel.
Israel Isn’t the Problem – We are.
by Anne Lanski on February 20, 2013
The following article was also featured in eJewish Philanthropy.
What comes to mind when you hear the words, “Israel education” – curriculum, crisis, complexity, ambivalence, or maybe – nothing?
Israel education is about Jewish identity.
Too often, Israel education is treated as a curriculum to be taught, a crisis to be managed, or a problem to be addressed. Too often, we conduct our communal conversation about Israel – rather than with Israel. Too often, we allow Israel education to create divisions between us.
Keep Dreaming: Zionism. Think again
by The iCenter on February 18, 2013 Source: JPost
by David Breakstone
"Stop referring to us as Diaspora Jews,” a leading Israel educator living overseas admonished us. “That’s not how we see ourselves.
We’re Jews living in North America, like you are Jews living in Israel.”
“It’s not the same,” replied an Israeli.
“Calling where you live ‘the Diaspora’ isn’t a put-down; it’s simply an expression of the special place that the Land of Israel has always held in Jewish tradition.
Israel Education at a New Stage
by The iCenter on February 18, 2013 Source: Jim Joseph Foundation
by Chip Edelsberg
The Jim Joseph Foundation continually seeks to deepen its knowledge of what constitutes effective Israel education. Within the last few months, several of the Foundation’s investments in Israel education have reached new stages of development. As a result, we have a better understanding of ways in which the Foundation’s philanthropy can help to build a bona fide field of Israel Education.
