It’s About Time / Creating Connections

Time is one of the most meaningful concepts that connects us, Jews, living around the globe who come together to meet, bond and create the Jewish people in the 21st Century. School Twinning allows us all, educational teams, students and communities to create meaningful unique connections that transcend time and space. We are all a part of building this special story.

Workshop Sessions

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(title is in the language of the session):

Make Time

A Time for Digital Connections

A Time to Twin

Transformational Leadership in Times of Crisis

Make Time

The reciprocal influence between Israel and world Jewry, stormy as it may be, creates a unique body. A good way to get the best out of a complex reality is to schedule Limmud Yehudi. The Make Time session is an invitation to discuss this idea via Jewish learning from Klal-Israel perspective

Dr. Noga Cohavi, Educator at Ministry of Education (Israel) and Head of Educational Jewish Peoplehood Program, Haifa University lecturer

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A Time for Digital Connections

Digital tools have become indispensable in our educational work, and are an integral part of twinning programs. Here we will learn about a few of them.

Leah Stein, Digital tool wiz and Coordinator at the Global School Twinning Network

A Time to Twin - Building Meaningful and Long Lasting Connections

How to build long lasting and meaningful twinning connections. Starting with the goals, discussing how to turn these goals into reality, using what practical tools. Tu B’Shvat is used as a case study on how implement these tools.

Yael Katz, Educational Director, Global School Twinning Network

Transformational Leadership in Times of Crisis

Transformational Leadership in Times of crisis - Five principles worth remembering in crisis management in the educational institution in general, and in the days of Corona in particular.

Dr. Yochi Siman Tov, Director of the Crisis, Emergency and Suicide Interventions Unit; Rachel Moshe Avraham, National Counselor in the Crisis, Emergency and Suicide Interventions Unit Psychological Counseling Service, Israel Ministry of Education

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Cultural Assets - The Hebrew Calendar & Chag Habanot (The Girls Festival)

For years in exile Jewish communities around the world have created unique traditions around the Hebrew calendar. Festivals like the Sigd, the Mimuna, the Bsisa and the Saharana are increasingly claiming their place in the Israeli annual cycle, some are less familiar like Chag HaBanot (The Girls Festival) celebrated on the 1st of Tevet - during Hanukkah. HaLuz Haivri - Hebrew Calendar project, looks to incorporate unique, community specific festivals into the Israeli - current day Jewish mainstream. The session takes a deep dive into “Id El Banat” (the festival of girls) which celebrates female leadership, sisterhood, wisdom and power through the ages.

Heli Tabibi Bareket is the founder of “HaLuz Haivri” The Hebrew Calendar project and chairperson of Rashut Ha’Rabim

"Gather our exiles from the four corners of the earth” - Israel and World Jewry at This Time

"Gather Our Exiles From The Four Corners of The Earth" Israel and World Jewry at this time - How should we connect with our brethren abroad? Should we encourage them to make “Aliyah?” A conversation about the activities of the Orthodox stream of Education in Israel, detailing their work in this area, and with Jewish communities in the Diaspora.

Michal De Haan, Deputy Director of Pedagogy, Hemed

Twinning in Real Time - Learning From Success

Miriam Dubin, Neve Shalom, New Jersey and Miri Inbar, Kugel Holon share with us the creative ways in which they overcome the time and cultural differences. The decision to develop a conversation in English and how they hold joint synchronous conversations about identity and connection between the students and the communities. Efrat Amber, Bratislava and Yael Gavish, Rabin Mazkeret Batya will share with us the twinning connections that they developed between the schools. Efrat and Yael emphasize the personal connection that has been woven between students who participate in the program and how it is possible to build a relationship even when there are challenges along the way.

Naomi Holzer is a Twinning Coordinator and Merav Shany is the Director of the Global School Twinning Network in conversation with educational teams from Twinning schools.

The Covenant - In Days of Old At This Season

At the center of the Limud lie the covenant and the commitment between Jews living in the State of Israel and Jews living abroad. In these days and this season, days of extreme tumult feeding hatred and controversy, we find that it is our duty to focus on what unites us. The session introduces the field of Jewish-Israeli Culture, the Southern District staff, and the website. The session then moves on to a picture-text that invites different points of view and interpretations of the strength of the connection, asking about similarities and differences, and how tied we are to one another. We conclude by studying two sources that offer a theoretical basis, an infrastructure upon which the connection can be strengthened and hearing the participants’ voices.

Together & Apart Now 

On Jewish Education in Israel and the Global Jewish Community