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    <title>Updates for MOFET JTEC - Jewish Portal of Teacher Education</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Contains new articles and information on various subjects from the MOFET JTEC - Jewish Portal of Teacher Education web site.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:44:17 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Redesigning Jewish Education for the 21st Century]]></title>
      <link>http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/ArticlePage.aspx?id=744</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Redesigning Jewish Education for the 21st Century, the initial Working Paper of the Lippman Kanfer Institute, lays out the case for change in how we do and deliver Jewish education in order to keep it relevant and effective in the 21st century.  The Paper describes three core "design principles" for the Jewish education we need: that it be learner-centered, relationship-infused, and life-focused.  The Working Paper imagines what an educational system based on these principles might look like and discusses a variety of strategies for making the changes needed.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 14:26:15 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/ArticlePage.aspx?id=744</guid>
      <category domain="http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/SectionPage.aspx?id=11">Trends in Jewish Education</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[Paideia Launches 5th European Project-Incubator]]></title>
      <link>http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/ArticlePage.aspx?id=723</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Twenty-seven innovators and social entrepreneurs from twelve European countries and Israel have recently been welcomed by Paideia for its 5th annual Project-Incubator, a two-week intensive boot camp for projects dedicated to advancing European Jewish culture in action.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:25:06 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/ArticlePage.aspx?id=723</guid>
      <category domain="http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/SectionPage.aspx?id=11">Trends in Jewish Education</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[China's Kaifeng Jewish Community Descendants Study at Yeshiva in Jerusalem]]></title>
      <link>http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/ArticlePage.aspx?id=722</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Nathan Jeffay writes about seven descendants of the ancient Jewish community of Kaifeng in China who have come to study Judaism in Israel and rejoin the Jewish People. Kaifeng’s Jews are said to have been merchants from Persia or Iraq who made their way eastward along the Silk Road and established themselves in the city with the blessing of the Chinese emperor. The Kaifeng Jewish community was founded over a thousand years ago, numbering in the thousands; however the community disintegrated in the mid-19th century, with the death of its last rabbi, and those members that hadn’t done so already intermarried and dropped most aspects of religious observance. The seven men in Jerusalem are descendants of this community in which families retained a sense of Jewish identity and, in some cases, in a manner reminiscent of the Marranos of Spain and Portugal, clung to some disjointed traditions.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:19:52 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/ArticlePage.aspx?id=722</guid>
      <category domain="http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/SectionPage.aspx?id=11">Trends in Jewish Education</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[Program Raises Jewish Identification in Holon Schools]]></title>
      <link>http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/ArticlePage.aspx?id=742</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A novel program, Hitchadshut, aimed at enhancing Jewish identity in public schools is showing significant success after a two-year pilot in Holon, Israel, ahead of expansion to additional cities.The program, established by the Panim non-profit organization and the Legacy Heritage Foundation, has set out to rectify a key problem of the Israeli educational system, the lack of discourse on Judaism and the significance of being Jewish.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 13:45:14 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/ArticlePage.aspx?id=742</guid>
      <category domain="http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/SectionPage.aspx?id=10">Formal Education</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[Arabic Studies to Become Compulsory in Israeli Schools]]></title>
      <link>http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/ArticlePage.aspx?id=740</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A new Israeli Government program will see Arabic language classes made compulsory in Israel's schools, starting from the fifth grade. Beginning this year as pilot initiative in 170 public and religious-public schools in northern Israel, the scheme will eventually be adopted across the country.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 13:28:56 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/ArticlePage.aspx?id=740</guid>
      <category domain="http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/SectionPage.aspx?id=10">Formal Education</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[Teaching Talmud in Moscow]]></title>
      <link>http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/ArticlePage.aspx?id=731</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Rabbi Judith Hauptman. Professor of Talmud and Rabbinic Culture at the Jewish Theological Seminary, writes of her experiences in teaching an introductory course in Talmud to students at Moscow State University for the Humanities. The course, given in English, revolved around Talmudic texts in three themes— Shabbat, Passover, and Jewish marriage.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 10:49:27 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/ArticlePage.aspx?id=731</guid>
      <category domain="http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/SectionPage.aspx?id=10">Formal Education</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[FSU Summer Camp Blog 2010]]></title>
      <link>http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/ArticlePage.aspx?id=736</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Jewish Agency for Israel is pleased to inform all of their readers that the FSU Summer Camps Blog 2010 is back.  In keeping with tradition, this year's blog posts will chronicle key activities taking place in their summer camps, located in 14 different locations across the FSU. This summer there will be close to 5,000 children and youngsters, ages 7 -17, attending the summer camps.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 09:13:19 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/ArticlePage.aspx?id=736</guid>
      <category domain="http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/SectionPage.aspx?id=9">Informal Education</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[IDF Gives Cadets Taste of 'Cultural Judaism' in Tel Aviv]]></title>
      <link>http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/ArticlePage.aspx?id=713</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) is working to widen their cadets' perspective by having them familiarize themselves with the epicenter of Israel's secular experience: Tel Aviv. Participants in the IDF cadets course will spend a Saturday in Tel Aviv, where they will tour areas in the southern part of the city inhabited primarily by migrant workers and low-income families, along with parts of Jaffa.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2010 13:24:14 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/ArticlePage.aspx?id=713</guid>
      <category domain="http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/SectionPage.aspx?id=9">Informal Education</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[Raising the Bar: Re-Imagine the B’nai Mitzvah Celebration]]></title>
      <link>http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/ArticlePage.aspx?id=699</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Based on four years of pilot programs with families in New York City, Los Angeles, Jerusalem and London, Storahtelling is proud to present Raising the Bar – serving the B’nai Mitzvah experience with an innovative, personalized program that re-imagines the process and product of the B’nai Mitzvah milestone. Storahtelling works with both unaffiliated and affiliated families, within and beyond traditional settings.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:50:16 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/ArticlePage.aspx?id=699</guid>
      <category domain="http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/SectionPage.aspx?id=9">Informal Education</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[Limmud FSU Nobel Prize Winners Festival Held in Jerusalem]]></title>
      <link>http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/ArticlePage.aspx?id=724</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Three action - packed days of activity have finally finished at Kiryat Moriah in Jerusalem, as Limmud FSU Jerusalem 2010 came to an end on July 23, 2010. About 1200 participants from twenty-three towns and cities around Israel and from five additional countries attended 150 sessions, including 15 round-table discussions led by 250 presenters.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:29:59 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/ArticlePage.aspx?id=724</guid>
      <category domain="http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/SectionPage.aspx?id=8">Adult Education</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[Vital Signs: A Minyan Grows in Washington, D.C.]]></title>
      <link>http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/ArticlePage.aspx?id=662</link>
      <description><![CDATA[This is the sixth in a series on people and places fostering commitment to Judaism and the Jewish people in the United States and elsewhere by Professor Jack Wertheimer of the Jewish Theological Seminary. In it he tells about The DC Minyan, an independent traditional egalitarian Jewish community.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 10:23:09 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/ArticlePage.aspx?id=662</guid>
      <category domain="http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/SectionPage.aspx?id=8">Adult Education</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[Vital Signs: Adult Education, Chabad-Style]]></title>
      <link>http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/ArticlePage.aspx?id=630</link>
      <description><![CDATA[This is the fourth in a series on people and places fostering commitment to Judaism and the Jewish people in the United States and elsewhere by Professor Jack Wertheimer of the Jewish Theological Seminary. In it he tells about the largest adult Jewish education program in the world, the Jewish Learning Institute (JLI) of Chabad.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:14:39 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/ArticlePage.aspx?id=630</guid>
      <category domain="http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/SectionPage.aspx?id=8">Adult Education</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[MOFET's Online Academy Opens Registration for Fall Semester]]></title>
      <link>http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/ArticlePage.aspx?id=716</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The MOFET Institute's Online Academy has opened registration for the Fall semester of online courses whose main objective is to prepare teachers, educators and leaders in Jewish communities in the Diaspora for their mission. The courses, in areas that are suitable for educators and leaders in the Jewish world as well as students in universities and colleges in the fields of the didactics and pedagogy of teaching Jewish subjects in the Diaspora, are taught via the internet, a-synchronously with synchronous components. The course developers and lecturers are all experts in their fields and senior staff members of Israel's top institutes of higher education.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 15 Aug 2010 16:29:29 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/ArticlePage.aspx?id=716</guid>
      <category domain="http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/SectionPage.aspx?id=7">Teacher Education</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[Jim Joseph Announces $33m. to Train Educators]]></title>
      <link>http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/ArticlePage.aspx?id=671</link>
      <description><![CDATA[As part of a continued concentrated effort to increase the number of credentialed future Jewish educators and to improve the quality of professional preparation and Jewish education they receive, the Jim Joseph Foundation (JJF) has announced that $33 million in grants have been awarded to the three leading training institutions for Jewish educators.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 08:18:11 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/ArticlePage.aspx?id=671</guid>
      <category domain="http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/SectionPage.aspx?id=7">Teacher Education</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[Jim Joseph Funds New Stanford Doctoral Program]]></title>
      <link>http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/ArticlePage.aspx?id=656</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Committed to the creation of a new generation of scholars in Jewish education, the Jim Joseph Foundation has announced a $12 million grant, awarded to Stanford University’s School of Education (SUSE) to create a doctoral Concentration in Education and Jewish Studies. A key component of the new concentration is the establishment of an endowed Jim Joseph Professorship in Education and Jewish Studies. The gift is the largest in the history of Stanford’s School of Education.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2010 14:47:16 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/ArticlePage.aspx?id=656</guid>
      <category domain="http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/SectionPage.aspx?id=7">Teacher Education</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[JOFA Campus Fellowships 2010-2011]]></title>
      <link>http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/ArticlePage.aspx?id=739</link>
      <description><![CDATA[JOFA is pleased to announce the launch of its new JOFA Campus Fellowship for academic year 2010-2011. This program will give eight undergraduate Orthodox women across North America the opportunity to become leaders in their campus communities. JOFA Fellows will participate in a cutting-edge leadership seminar in New York City where they will meet and learn from JOFA leaders.  The Fellows will work together with JOFA to plan and execute relevant and exciting programming for their campuses. The cohort of JOFA Fellows will form a supportive network, empowering them to effect change in their campus communities and beyond.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 13:21:54 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/ArticlePage.aspx?id=739</guid>
      <category domain="http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/SectionPage.aspx?id=6">In-Service Training</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[Apples, Honey and the Internet: Teaching Rosh HaShana Using the Internet]]></title>
      <link>http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/ArticlePage.aspx?id=715</link>
      <description><![CDATA[MOFET JTEC - Jewish Teacher Education Community of The MOFET Institute is proud to present an online webinar in English without charge to the global Jewish education community with Dr. Elaine Hoter on " Apples, Honey and the Internet: Teaching Rosh HaShana Using the Internet " on Wednesday September 1, 2010 - 7:00-8:30 P.M. - Israel time (GT + 2:00)]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 15 Aug 2010 16:20:41 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/ArticlePage.aspx?id=715</guid>
      <category domain="http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/SectionPage.aspx?id=6">In-Service Training</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[National Middle East Language Resource Center Seminar for College and K-12 Teachers of Hebrew - 2010]]></title>
      <link>http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/ArticlePage.aspx?id=705</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The National Middle East Language Resource Center (NMELRC) will offer its 2010 Seminar for College and K-12 Teachers of Hebrew on October 30-31, 2010, at the University of Denver. The Seminar will be co-chaired by Shmuel Bolozky and Sari Havis; its main topic will be assessment in general, and its focus will be listening comprehension.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 04 Jul 2010 15:22:28 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/ArticlePage.aspx?id=705</guid>
      <category domain="http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/SectionPage.aspx?id=6">In-Service Training</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[A Meeting of Educational Minds in NY]]></title>
      <link>http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/ArticlePage.aspx?id=733</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Julie Wiener interviews the two execs overseeing the merger and restructuring of New York’s two central agencies for Jewish education: the 100-year-old Board of Jewish Education of Greater New York and the relatively youthful Suffolk Association for Jewish Education Services. Robert Sherman and Deborah Friedman tell about new programs launched, new professionals brought in and a complete rethinking of everyday operations.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 14:52:11 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/ArticlePage.aspx?id=733</guid>
      <category domain="http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/SectionPage.aspx?id=5">Education &amp; Administration</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[Growing Jewish Education in Challenging Times: A Roundtable on Critical Challenges and Opportunities]]></title>
      <link>http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/ArticlePage.aspx?id=727</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Leaders from a wide range of settings and representing a variety of perspectives were invited to address a list of cardinal questions dealing with Jewish education under current conditions of economic pressure in a roundtable series of essays that appeared over several weeks on eJewishPhilanthropy and on the JESNA website. Their analyses and proposals have been gathered together in this publication, along with the comments of readers to several of the essays who add their own opinions to the mix. The publishers encourage Jewish education stakeholders to use this publication to stimulate further discussion on the critical issues the essays address.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 10:14:08 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/ArticlePage.aspx?id=727</guid>
      <category domain="http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/SectionPage.aspx?id=5">Education &amp; Administration</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[GuideStar Israel – Online Database of Non-profit Organizations in Israel]]></title>
      <link>http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/ArticlePage.aspx?id=717</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A newly launched website containing profiles of each of the 30,000 registered non-profit organizations in Israel. GuideStar Israel is the main information website on non-profit organizations in Israel. It features official information regarding all NPOs in Israel out of the Registrar of NPOs databases, coupled with additional, richer and more "colorful" information which is provided by the NPOs themselves. This combination creates the most comprehensive and qualitative database of civil social organizations in Israel and provides internet presence to all non-profit organizations operating in Israel – to the largest, most established ones as well as to thousands of smaller organizations which have, thus far, not been able to exploit this medium.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 15 Aug 2010 16:44:03 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/ArticlePage.aspx?id=717</guid>
      <category domain="http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/SectionPage.aspx?id=5">Education &amp; Administration</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[Jewish Agency and Genesis Philanthropy Group Hold International Summer Camp in Israel for Russian Speaking Youth from FSU and Israel]]></title>
      <link>http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/ArticlePage.aspx?id=745</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Jewish Agency and the Genesis Philanthropy Group held an international summer camp, the Rimon Project,  for Russian-speaking youth at the Nordiya Youth Hostel near Netanya from August 1-13. The camp, supported by the Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago, is organized specially for young people ages 13-16 from different parts of the Former Soviet Union and from Israel.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 14:36:05 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/ArticlePage.aspx?id=745</guid>
      <category domain="http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/SectionPage.aspx?id=4">Israel Education</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[Still Connected: American Jewish Attitudes about Israel]]></title>
      <link>http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/ArticlePage.aspx?id=743</link>
      <description><![CDATA[To assess American Jewish views about Israel, a survey was conducted in June 2010, beginning two weeks after the Gaza flotilla incident, of more than 1,200 individuals who were identified as Jewish in a large national panel. The survey explores American Jewish attachment to Israel, in particular in the younger generation. The findings of the present study challenge the view of a widening schism between American Jews and Israel. A majority of American Jews feels attached to Israel and the overall level of attachment has remained stable for nearly a quarter of a century. 
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      <pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 14:06:55 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/ArticlePage.aspx?id=743</guid>
      <category domain="http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/SectionPage.aspx?id=4">Israel Education</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[Yesodot (Foundations) - After-School Enrichment Programs for Ethiopian Immigrant Children]]></title>
      <link>http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/ArticlePage.aspx?id=741</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Jewish Agency for Israel 's YESODOT program helps Ethiopian youngsters, from pre-school through 12th grade, achieve new levels of personal and academic success through education and social intervention.  YESODOT’s scholastic track focuses not only on Hebrew and Israeli-culture, but prepares students for Israel's educational system through inter-disciplinary workshops, mentoring, formal and informal educational programs, and learning enhancement opportunities. Activities take place in the supportive environment of Jewish Agency absorption centers — a venue in which the immigrants feel comfortable and familiar.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 13:35:58 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/ArticlePage.aspx?id=741</guid>
      <category domain="http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/SectionPage.aspx?id=4">Israel Education</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[Brave New Tech World Awaits Jewish Education]]></title>
      <link>http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/ArticlePage.aspx?id=734</link>
      <description><![CDATA[David Bryfman, Director of New Center for Collaborative Leadership (NCCL) at BJENY-SAJES, writes of his vision of how Jewish educators can utilize technology to transform and revitalize Jewish education. Technology in the 21st century has radically changed the way people live, and in doing so education has had no choice but to adapt accordingly. These changes are also reflected in the Jewish world, with Jews “doing Jewish” in very different ways. Some Jewish educators are beginning to modify their practices. And despite taking place in cyberspace, for many of these learners, the experiences are very real.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 15:57:51 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/ArticlePage.aspx?id=734</guid>
      <category domain="http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/SectionPage.aspx?id=3">Technology &amp; Computers</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[Experiments with Educational Technology]]></title>
      <link>http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/ArticlePage.aspx?id=730</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Eli Kannai, Chief Educational Technology Officer for the AVI CHAI Foundation, tells in this article about educational technology experiments of day school educators who have received grants to plan and implement projects utilizing technology in their curricula. He describes some of the lessons learned by the schools and AVI CHAI during the course of these experiments, also thereby demonstrating some of the most troubling pedagogic challenges in Jewish day school education.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 10:38:41 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/ArticlePage.aspx?id=730</guid>
      <category domain="http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/SectionPage.aspx?id=3">Technology &amp; Computers</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[Torah Tutors – Online Personalized Torah Learning]]></title>
      <link>http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/ArticlePage.aspx?id=725</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Torah Tutors is a new, text-based, Torah-study program, using state-of-the-art videoconferencing technology. It provides personalized online tutoring in four program areas: Virtual Chevruta Pogram, Jewish Home-schooling Program, Enrichment School Tutoring Program and the Bar/Bat Mitzvah Preparation Program. Drawing on an array of skilled teachers and tutors, men and women, from across the spectrum of the Torah world, Torah Tutors will work with its clients to tailor a program to suit their needs.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:42:47 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/ArticlePage.aspx?id=725</guid>
      <category domain="http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/SectionPage.aspx?id=3">Technology &amp; Computers</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[The 2010 PEJE Assembly for Advancing the Jewish Day School Field Announces Schedule]]></title>
      <link>http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/ArticlePage.aspx?id=735</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The 2010 PEJE Assembly for Advancing the Jewish Day School Field to be held in Baltimore between October 24-26, 2010 has announced its schedule. The Assembly is designed to harness collective strength—knowledge, experience, passion, expertise, and vision—and provide the setting for day school and community leaders to engage in national conversation, discover alternative possibilities, connect to new resources and ideas, and learn from each other.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 09:09:06 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/ArticlePage.aspx?id=735</guid>
      <category domain="http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/SectionPage.aspx?id=2">Conferences &amp; Events</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[2nd Annual North American Jewish Day School Conference]]></title>
      <link>http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/ArticlePage.aspx?id=721</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Professional and lay leaders from Jewish day schools from across the spectrum of practice will come together for the second annual unified educational conference between February 6-8, 2011 in Los Angeles. Jointly planned by RAVSAK: The Jewish Community Day School Network, the Institute for University-School Partnership at Yeshiva University, the Solomon Schechter Day School Association, and PARDeS: The Progressive Association of Reform Day Schools, the shared conference represents ground-breaking work in cost-effectiveness and community building among Reform, Conservative, Community and Orthodox day schools.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 15 Aug 2010 17:16:47 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/ArticlePage.aspx?id=721</guid>
      <category domain="http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/SectionPage.aspx?id=2">Conferences &amp; Events</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[Jewish Futures Conference]]></title>
      <link>http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/ArticlePage.aspx?id=711</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Jewish Futures Conference to be held  on Monday, November 8, 2010  in New Orleans at the General Assembly of Jewish Federations of North America, will bring together visionary thinkers, passionate individuals, and inspiring presentations in a conference designed to shift the horizon of our thinking in Jewish education. The conference will provide a space to imagine, learn and engage in purposeful conversation about the future of Jewish education. High profile presenters, combined with up and coming innovators from the Jewish and general world, will each be given 10-18 minutes to describe their vision for the future of Jewish learning in the context of emerging new digital and social technologies.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2010 12:41:53 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Holiday Happenings – High Holiday & Succot  Resources]]></title>
      <link>http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/ArticlePage.aspx?id=738</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Holiday Happenings is a fun holiday resource designed for parents and staff of the Union for Reform Judaism's Early Childhood Programs. Early Childhood Directors, Educators and parents will find creative and exciting ways to integrate Jewish tradition into the lives of the youngest students in school and at home. Schools  are encouraged to distribute this as part of their ongoing teacher-parent communication and education.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 13:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Academy of the Hebrew Language New Website]]></title>
      <link>http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/ArticlePage.aspx?id=732</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Academy of the Hebrew Language has unveiled a new website aiming to offer visitors a comprehensive, user-friendly guide to the organization's decisions on all matters related to Modern Hebrew. The Academy's decisions related to grammar and orthography have already been posted to the site, as well as a question-and-answer section and a list of frequently asked questions. Visitors can also submit questions to academy experts, and even consult with them on Hebraizing non-Hebrew first or last names.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 14:48:20 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/ArticlePage.aspx?id=732</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Online Bible Quiz]]></title>
      <link>http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/ArticlePage.aspx?id=729</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Jacob Richman has made available a free online Bible Quiz which  contains 3,1500 multiple choice questions about the 5 books of Moses. Choose a chapter and timer setting, then the fun begins. The quiz, randomly, selects questions from its database, thus no two quizzes are alike. There is, also, a database browser for reviewing and printing the questions with the correct  answers. Adults, as well as children will find the quiz entertaining and very educational.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 10:34:40 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/ArticlePage.aspx?id=729</guid>
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