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Wednesday, September 21, 2005 |
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Simon Wiesenthal (1908-2005)
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Simon Wiesenthal will be remembered for his leadership and courage in bringing Nazi war criminals to justice, for transforming the way the world commemorates the victims of the Shoah, as well as for his campaign for tolerance and understanding.
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Sunday, September 11, 2005 |
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Mutual Responsibility - Addressing Hurricane Katrina
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An FAQ for Jewish Educators
Jewish communities have always been sensitive to hardship and disaster, which they have experienced time and again in the course of History. In the wake of the human catastrophe and devastation wreaked by Hurricane Katrina, in and beyond the Gulf of Mexico, no-one remains untouched by the images and news, and the Jewish community has committed assistance and funding to help the victims of this major tragedy. All the Jewish community websites are appealing for funds for Disaster relief for Hurricane Katrina, and Israel is involved in this effort.
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Hitnatkut - Engaging Disengagement
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A complex puzzle of diplomatic, political and national issues form the canvas upon which the Disengagement Plan has been built and mobilized - and it has been a challenge to create a series that will address all the significant factors and topics.
This new series by the Education Department, JAFI, deconstructs the many facets of the process and its provisions, together with the socio-political fabric within which it operates, and brings discussion and activity ideas to explore the implications from different perspectives. In addition to the historical, political and formal background to Disengagement, the series includes: a history of Gush Katif and the region, a range of Israeli positions on Disengagement, security perspectives, issues related to Israeli society and Religious Zionism, controversial legal issues, background articles, links, and programming resources.
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Ezer Weizman z"l 1914-2005
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Ehud Manor, prolific songwriter and Israel Prize laureate dies suddenly at the age of 64. Master of many styles and subjects, he was well-loved by the Israeli public and all his professional colleagues. Only a week before his sudden death of a heart attack, Ehud Manor was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Bar Ilan University, for his outstanding contribution to and creativity in Hebrew song.
Obituary; additional biographical insights; links in English, Spanish and Hebrew.
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Innovative Methods & Approaches for Hebrew Language Teaching
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The Conference is a joint program of the Department for Jewish Zionist Education of The Jewish Agency for Israel, The Tel Aviv Unirsity Center for Educational Staff Development and the Department of Language Teaching at the School of Education, Tel Aviv University. The program will run from Sunday, 25th December-Friday, 30th December 2005, on the campus of Tel Aviv University.
Registration & Details: hilit@post.tau.ac.il
Brochure in Hebrew & English
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From the Teachings of Nehama Leibowitz z"l
Edited by Itshak Reiner & Shmuel Pearless, Urim Publications
Insightful and challenging excerpts online to open the Seder, from the expressions of Freedom and the Four Cups of wine, through the Seder in Bnei Brak, to the Four Sons: questions with suggested answers, and Nehama`s skillful combination of different commentaries woven into short presentations - all fascinating food for thought, designed to stimulate discussion and understanding of the Seder.
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Rashi the Hebrew, Talmud and Torah scholar – rabbi – teacher - responsa giver has not bequeathed us a great deal of personal information about himself or his life. He was respected in his own time for his exemplary goodness and distinguished scholarship, and his life`s work is the anchorage of Talmudic exegesis and Torah commentary.
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Wednesday, March 23, 2005 |
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The First Theodor Herzl Memorial Day
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Hadashot March 2005 – Adar II 5765
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Wednesday, March 09, 2005 |
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Rambam - Rabbi Moshe Ben Maimon - Maimonides
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This year, 5675, Israel and the Jewish world commemorate the 800th Anniversary of the death of the Rambam, with events that began in late 2004 and will continue through 2005. Some of them will be dedicated to his major works of Halachic codex, while others will address his Responsa, or focus more on the theological, philosophical and ethical writings. The many online biographies trace the Rambam`s life and works. We should also not miss the figure of Maimonides on his personal journeys and his strength against great adversity as he taught, wrote and worked in different countries.
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The son of Russian immigrants, Max Fisher grew up in a small town in Ohio, and attended Ohio State University. Through decades of an outstandingly successful business career, Mr. Fisher also worked energetically on behalf of public causes. He played a leading role in the Republican party and served as advisor to four U.S. presidents.
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Rabbi Meir Shapira of Lublin, the founding Rosh Yeshivas Chachmei Lublin and an esteemed luminary of his generation across the world of Jewish study, proposed a universal calendar for studying the entire Talmud Bavli (Babylonian Talmud) on the basis of a double page a day, for 2711 days, thus completing the cycle in about 7 years.
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Sunday, February 20, 2005 |
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The President`s Award for Jewish Education in the Diaspora
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Monday, February 07, 2005 |
Israel remembers the brilliant satirist, Ephraim Kishon z"l, who depicted the absurdities of the little man in Israel. A short biography, literary insights, and helpful links in English and Hebrew.
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UN General Assembly Holocaust Commemoration/European Holocaust Memorial Day
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On Monday 24th January, the UN General Assembly held a Special Session to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps, while on 27th January, Europe marked Holocaust Memorial Day, on the date of the 60th Liberation of Auschwitz.
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Tuesday, February 01, 2005 |
Israel remembers the brilliant satirist, Ephraim Kishon z"l, who depicted the absurdities of the little man in Israel. A short biography, literary insights, and helpful links in English and Hebrew.
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Why did Israel respond so quickly and extensively to the Tsunami (December 26th 2004, S.E. Asia)?
What has experience taught Israel and Jewish communities about providing emergency assistance?
What added value assistance has Israel supplied and what of the future?
These are questions that educators need to address and we begin with a little history and a representative survey of what has been going on at the Israeli end of operations, and broaden this to the larger Jewish picture.
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Monday, December 27, 2004 |
The Keren Hayesod timeline (with posters gallery) has been added to our Zionism website
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| Biography of the late former environment minister Yehudit Naot
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