Professional Development Resources: Israel

Teaching Hebrew as a Second/Foreign Language

This time last year I sat at my desk thinking about what is wrong with the teaching of Hebrew as a second/foreign language. The... Read more

Teaching About Israel

This article originally appeared in Tradition Volume 19 #3 Fall 1981 . Reprinted here with permission. Teaching about Israel today is not merely teaching... Read more

The Law and the Land: Why Biblical Israel has Artificial Territorial Boundaries

This article originally appeared in Tradition, 28,2, 1994. Appears here with permission. I. Israel’s Territorial Boundaries Anyone acquainted with the first mishna in the... Read more

Students’ Identification with Israel

Ideas by participants of the “Engaging the Disengagement” Online Discussion and Semadar Goldstein of The Lookstein Center 1. Classroom debates: a) A soldier’s dilemma... Read more

Knowledge and Attitudes of Post High School Jewish-American Orthodox Students in Israel- A Follow-Up

This article is a rejoinder to a previous research article that explored the attitudes and knowledge of Post High School American students in Israel.... Read more

Knowledge and Attitudes of Post High School Jewish-American Orthodox Students in Israel

This article describes an empirical research that was conducted among a random sample of yeshiva/seminary students, in order to determine the basic knowledge level of... Read more

Articles about Yom Ha'atzmaut from the AVI CHAI Bookshelf

The following four articles have been “Reprinted with permission of the AVI CHAI Bookshelf www.avichai.birthrightisrael.com, where birthright Israel alumni can order free books and... Read more