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by ESRA MAGAZINE
A 20-strong group of teenagers has graduated from a
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pioneering Young Ambassadors course at a school in Zichron Yaakov. The students not only improved their English speaking skills, but learnt from the experts how to analyse the media with a view to discerning bias and methods of counteracting it. The program is now being adopted in other schools around the country.
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by Carol Novis
EstelleTreiwis well known artist and remedial teacher
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of Raanana with many years of experience has created an innovative kit to teach English through the use of games, many of which she has created herself.
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by Jennia Ganit Chodorov
Ophir Samson, Phd. mathematician and economist, loves
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magic, has established a school which gives lessons in magic to disadvantaged children. Recently he was contacted by Jennia Chodorov, and the upshot is that now he gives magic lessons to disadvantaged children in Herzliya. He is assisted by three other teachers – a doctor, a financial analyst and an executive director. The classes, says Dr. Samson, help build up confidence and leadership skills. He also considers the source of that word "Abracadabra".
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by Michele Klein
A New Way is a non-profit organization that works to
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build bonds between Jews and Arabs. Michelle describes a get-together arranged by the organization between Bedouin school children and thier Ramat Gan counterparts and shows how this can help each group to understand each other.
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by Pamela Peled
Odelia Shpitalani’s parents could not afford extra
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lessons for her, but instilled in her the need for learning. Married and with her family grown up, she and a few of her friends offered help with English to pupils at a local school. From this small beginning PUSH was born and has grown into a nation wide organization working in schools all around the country.
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by Yoel Sheridan
"I am a volunteer not like the others, they teach English
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to students, I teach their mothers." So says Yoel Sheridan, who sees an urgent need to help Ethiopian working mothers to learn basic English skills in order not only to help their children, but also to advance their own ambition to achieve higher education.
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by IDC Herzlia
Business legal eagles must embrace international trade
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and its regulations. The IDC has recognised that there is a need for business law expertise and the ability to cope with the challenges of globalization. Thus IDC’s combined degree in Law and Business Administration program focuses on global legal principles.
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by Yoel Sheridan
Yoel Sheridan offers suggestions of how to help English
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language learners to cope with the problematic letter "H"
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by Barbara Abraham
Atidim programs, targeting youth on the periphery,
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serve to encourage, empower, and enrich Israel’s disadvantaged, motivated, talented young people to prepare them to meet Israel’s future needs. They also include new immigrants and members of the Arab, Druze, and Ultra-Orthodox communities.
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by Eli Libenson
Eli Libenson recommends taking the excellent free online
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courses offered by Yale University in Connecticut, USA.
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by Michal Karni
“It’s never enough to say it is simply so. You
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have to know why. Think about it. If you find a reason, come and tell me.” And so a seed of fine writing is sown in this very effective short story.
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by Sharleen Harty
Teaching English at an Arab and a Druze school turned
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out to be a frustrating experience for new immigrant Sharleen Harty. The teachers and staff were most welcoming and supportive but sadly the inefficiency of the Ministry of Education to actually pay her, led her to give up teaching in only one of the schools.
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by Naomi Resnick
When English teacher and author Gary Schmidt was interviewed
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on the radio in America he was asked how he embarked on his literary path, he named teacher Miss Kabakoff as his inspiration. Subsequently, his former teacher made contact with him. This moving article of email exchanges beautifully demonstrates the impact that teachers may have on receptive minds. In praise of great teachers indeed.
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