What impact, if any, do informal activities/conversations between Seminary teachers and students have on the religious observance and/or identification of their graduates, and are some activities more impactful than others? Read this Case Study.
The streets of Jerusalem have names that are not found in every city in the world. There are neighborhoods where the medieval commentators like the Ramban and Maimonides, the Rashba and the Radak, intersect on a daily basis. Only a block or two away, one can meet...
Dr. Moshe Sokolow explores the question of whether benei yeshiva should be exempt from military service. Click here to read the article.
This article discusses the category of Hasidei Umot Haolam, with a focus on the achievements of Nelson Mandela. To read the article, click here.
Background The Israeli Knesset has 120 seats. Israelis do not vote for a specific candidate but for a party list. The system is one of proportional representation, whereby the number of seats each list is granted is in proportion to the number of votes it receives in...
This session (part 3 of 3) provides innovative and fun school programming ideas for Israel education. The session looks at ideas to help students understand why and how Israel has been on the frontline of, not just war, but inventions and discoveries, and why Israel...
This session (part 2 of 3) provides innovative and fun school programming ideas for Israel education, focusing on the ongoing relationship between Israel and Judaism. Michael Dickson is currently the Associate Director of StandWithUS International. Previously, he has...
This session (part 1 of 3) provides innovative and fun school programming ideas for teaching Israeli history. Presented in January 2008. Michael Dickson is currently the Associate Director of StandWithUS International. Previously, he has been executive of youth...
Based on a text composed by Shlomo Goren, Chief Rabbi of Israel with Forward by Joseph H. Lookstein, Chairman, Rabbinic Cabinet, United Jewish Appeal, for the observance of an Israel Independence Day family, congregational or communal seder. (1978) Click here. ...
This article is collection of readings in Hebrew that are appropriate to be read during a Yom Ha'atzmaut Seuda. To read the article, click here.