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Israel Engagement Community of Practice

The Israel Engagement Community of Practice (CoP) is open to all professional leaders, lay leaders, secular and Judaic studies teachers, and specialists in Jewish day schools across North America who have major responsibility at their schools for policy, programming, curriculum development, and teaching about Israel and the Jewish people.

Within the CoP, professionals and lay leaders collaborate on ways to share best educational practices to create deeper connections between Israel and the American Diasporas. Conversation (on conference calls and online) focuses on how, when, and where to meaningfully integrate programming into a school's curriculum to ensure that students engage in both cognitive and affective learning to promote their understandings of Israel and their relationship to it.

Marion Gribetz is the facilitator. She is a faculty member and Associate Dean at Shoolman School of Jewish Education at Hebrew College .She has taught in Jewish day schools, congregational settings, JCCs, museums, and universities. From 1984-87, she was a Jerusalem Fellow and began her doctoral studies in Jewish art and education. During that time she worked at Jerusalem's Israel Museum and served on the faculty of Melton Center at Hebrew University.

She is able to tap into wide variety of rich resources and networks in the US and Israel.

We welcome your participation.This learning community can have a profound impact on a vitally important aspect of Jewish education in the 21st century within our day schools. To join, please contact Marion Gribetz.

Special Thanks

makom logoPEJE expresses its gratitude to Makom, the Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies and the Ruderman Family Foundation for their very generous support of this CoP.


Conference Call Information

Beyond Distancing : what materials can we use to engage middle
and high school students with Israel
Based on the research conducted by the Andrea and Charles Bronfman Foundation about young adult Jews and their relationship with Israel we will explore together the materials created in response to this research and plan together how these materials could be used in JDS to increase teen engagement with Israel. We will also think about ways to reach out to non day school students with these materials as a way of encouraging increased engagement with Israel and potential recruitment of students to JDS
Wednesday, May 28, 4 pm, Eastern
Speakers: Amelia Klein, Reboot

Summary of the year
Possible guest presentation of recent trends in Israel Engagement ,follow up on topics generated at the Assembly and reflections on Israel @60
Thursday, June 12, 4pm Eastern
Speakers: TBA

To join the call:
Dial (US): 1-866-266-3378 (toll-free)
Dial (CAN): 1-888-444-4129 (toll-free)
Enter conference ID: 6173670109
Enter password: 7353

To log on to the website: Go to http://www.idtconnect.com/dataconE.asp
Enter conference ID: 6173670109 (no spaces)
Enter your first and last name
Enter your school's name
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