Israel Engagement Community of Practice
The Israel Engagement Community of Practice (CoP) was housed at PEJE from January 2007 to June 2009 with Marion Gribetz serving as the facilitator. The CoP was open to all professional leaders, lay leaders, secular and Judaic studies teachers, and specialists in Jewish day schools across North America whose position included major responsibility for policy, programming, curriculum development, and teaching about Israel and the Jewish people. Over these years, PEJE deeply appreciated the support of Makom, the Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies and the Ruderman Family Foundation for their very generous support of this CoP.
The iCenter now sponsors this CoP. The iCenter welcomes your participation, thoughts, comments, and requests. Please contact Anne Lanski at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . For further information, please go to, www.theiCenter.org.
Conference Call PowerPoint Presentations
- Maximizing and Using Israeli Music Videos on You Tube and Wrap up of the Year
June 3, 2009, Jamie Skog, JTS Davidson School Intern, MAKOM (Guest) - Creating Standards and Benchmarks for Israel Education
Indicators for Successful Israel Engagement
March 31, 2009, Dr. Alex Sinclair, MAKOM, Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies, Jerusalem (Guest)
Download presentation mp3 - Duration: 59mins 25secs | File size: 6.8MB - Maximizing the Presence of Shilichim and Israelis in Schools to Increase Israel Engagement
February 25, 2009, Shalom Orzach, AVI CHAI, Shimon Harel, JAFI and Paul Shaviv, CHAT (Guest), Marion Gribetz and Reuven Greenvald, MAKOM(Facilitators) - Exploring Financial Resources to Fund Israel Trips and Exchange Programs
January 14, 2009, Shoshanah Zaritt and Christine Miller,Gann Academy, Waltham, MA and Lilach Bluevise and Julia Malaga, Solomon Schechter Day School of Essex and Union, West Orange, NJ (Guest)Download presentation mp3 - Duration: 57mins 13secs | File size: 6.6MB - Inclusion of Children with Diverse Learning Needs in Israel Experiences in our Schools
December 8, 2008, Dr. David Ackerman, Chana Zweiter (Respondents), Howard Blas, Eli Meiri (Guests), Dr. Sandy Miller-Jacobs (Moderator) - ZIKA: An Interactive Program Exploring Past and Present Connections to Israel Exploring Living History Techniques as They Relate to Deeper Engagement or Zika to Israel
October 30, 2008, Joyce Klein (Guest)Download presentation mp3 - Duration: 57mins 12secs | File size: 3.3MB - Israel @60: New Experiences - Lessons Learned
June 12, 2008, Aileen Goldstein, Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School, Deb Engel-Kollin, Pressman Academy & CoP members (Guest) - Trends in Israeli Pop Art: Engaging our Students
May 28, 2008, Amelia Klein, Reboot (Guest)Download presentation mp3 - Duration: 66mins 44secs | File size: 3.8MB - Israel@60: Celebrating, Educating, Sharing
February 13, 2008, Eitan Eliram, Jewish Agency for Israel (Guest)Download presentation mp3 - Duration: 59mins 06secs | File size: 3.4MB - Israel-US School Partnerships A Case Study from Los Angeles and Tel Aviv
November 29, 2007, Deb Engel Kollin Pressman Academy, Los Angeles, CA, Yoram Amir, Magen School, Maoz Aviv, North Tel Aviv (Guests) - Building a Mission-Driven, Community-Centered Semester of Study in Israel
October 30, 2007, Rabbi Edward Harwitz, Milken Community High School, Los Angeles (Guest)