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The Israel Experience:

MEETINGS - HOSTS AND GUESTS
The Torah Educational Experience in Israel "Talpiot Center"

  • Purpose:

    Strengthen the connection between young people from Israel and the Diaspora by emphasizing their common Jewish culture and heritage. Provide a Torah-oriented educational program for the joint study of subjects that are appropriate for each age group. Visitors are hosted in the homes of the Israeli youths and get to know the life and the Land of Israel.

  • Process:

    A two-part educational process will be used:

  • Organization/Project Coordinator:

    The Talpiot Center has many years experience in bringing groups together for educational purposes. This program has been running for 9 years with a 6thgrade class from England being hosted in Jerusalem by a statereligious school.

  • Target group: Ages 11-16 (presently geared to 5th grade).

  • Number of participants: Maximum 45 in a class.

  • Duration of activity: 6-8 days.

  • Location of activity: Jerusalem.

  • Aids and materials: Subject depends on age and composition of group and orientation of overseas school.

  • Special requirements for module participants: None.

  • Description of the module implementors: Mordecahai Am-Shalom and the educational staff of the Talpiot Center together with counterparts (principal, class teacher and tour guide) from the visiting school.

    Additional Modules

  • The desert according to Jewish sources and the history of Jewish Settlement in the Negev

    A joint two days trip based on acquaintance with the desert through Jewish sources and study of subjects through firsthand experience together with textbooks and other sources material.

  • Fauna and Flora in the desert

    Sometimes the two-day trip is based on "Fauna and Flora in the desert" and the meaning of the partnership between them.

  • Planting and its meaning/"And you shall Come into the Land"

    Aimed at strengthening the connection between overseas students and the Land/country through a day trip. Includes tree planting and forestry.

  • Realism and relevance of Jewish sources through a two-day trip in the Galil

    There is a possibility to hold a two-day trip to the Galil and to base it on the study of Mishna based on the travels of the sanhedrin.


    For information and orders:

    In Israel

    The Department For Torah Education and Culture in the Diaspora
    2 Leib Yaffe Str., Talpiot, Jerusalem 93390
    Tel: 02-77714993/721630
    Fax: 02-723076
    Contact Person: Mr. Mordechai Am-Shalom

    In the USA

    The Department For Torah Education and Culture in the Diaspora
    110 E.59 Str.
    N.Y.C. N.Y. 10022
    Tel: 212-339-6075
    Fax: 212-318-6177

    See: Meetings

    Last updated: May 5, 1996
    Esther Carciente: esthers@jajz-ed.org.il
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