חוויה חינוכית מקיפה ואינטגרטיבית

Creating Immersive and Integrative Israel Education

Alex Pomson and Barry Chazan

The usual questions about Israel education are:

  1. What is Israel education?
  2. What are the contents of Israel education?
  3. How do we do Israel education?

But we believe there is a fourth question, “where should Israel education take place?”

Why Ask Where?

In one sense, the question is misleading. Obviously, we should do Israel education wherever young Jews (or Jews of any age) are: in day schools, complementary schools, camps, JCCs, youth programming, Israel trips, retreats—in the many venues where Jewish education is implemented. But the where question we are asking is not geographical; it’s ecological and environmental. What we are really asking is: where does Israel education live in the ecosystem of an educational institution or framework?

To answer that question we are required (of course!) to refer to a prior question cited above: what is Israel education? As many of the chapters in The Aleph Bet of Israel Education 2nd Edition have made clear, Israel education is a multi-dimensional activity concerned with the development of knowledge, attitudes and behaviors. It involves the nurturing of:

  1. An understanding of the origins of the Jewish people in...

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