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Perspectives in Contemporary Jewish Education Program at a Glance 8th Biennial Australian Jewish Educators’ Conference 12 - 13 August 2012 Bialik College, Melbourne Perspectives in Contemporary Jewish Education Program at a glance Our partners We thank the following for their support: Contents For the Jewish and Zionist community in Australia www.jewishagency.org Program at a glance Sunday 12 August Monday 13 August 8:30 am Registration 8:30 am Registration 9:30 am Keynote/Opening 9:15 am Keynote (Session 7) (Session 1) 10:15 am Session 8 10:40 am Session 2 11:05 am Morning Tea 11:30 am Morning Tea 11:25 am Keynote (Session 9) 11:45 am Session 3 12:15 pm Lunch 12:35 pm Lunch 1:30 pm Session 10 1:45 pm Session 4 2:00 pm AGM: Principals’ 2:45 pm Session 5 Association 3:35 pm Afternoon Tea 2:30 pm Session 11 3:55 pm Session 6 3:20 pm Afternoon Tea 3:40 pm Session 12 7:30 pm Panel Discussion, 4:30 pm Closing session Beth Weizmann Community Centre Contents Welcome page 4 Introduction page 5 ZFA education projects page 6 Keynote addresses page 9 Featured international presenters page 10 Day 1 program in detail page 12 Day 2 program in detail page 22 Presenters page 30 Day 1 program summary page 38 Day 2 program summary page 41 Acknowledgments page 43 Page 3 Welcome Dear Educators, “Perspectives in Contemporary Jewish Education” is an apt theme for the 2012 ZFA Jewish Educators’ Conference. Education is an ongoing relationship – between teacher and student, between past and present, text and reader, knowledge and practice, paper and computer screen, classroom and experience. The Zionist Federation of Australia is committed to ensuring that students are imbued with the values, passion and knowledge that drive the Jewish people forward. We are proud to present this 8th Biennial Jewish Educators’ Conference, which will feature our outstanding international presenters Rabbi Dr Benny Lau, Haim Aronovitz, Margalit Kavenstock, Professor Dan Porat, and Orly and Yoel Ganor. We will provide you with enrichment, professional development, educational content and tools, and opportunities to network with your peers from around the country. As educators, you are engaged with young people for many hours per day and have influence well beyond the classroom. We regard Jewish educators, together with the family and home, as the “engine” providing the Jewish people with the intellectual knowledge and spiritual connectivity to our rich and varied past – hence ensuring a gateway to our future. The ZFA is proud to maintain such a close and meaningful relationship with your schools, particularly through programs such as this conference, our longstanding and very successful Zionist Seminars and the Bible Quiz to name a few. The ZFA’s particular role within the community also enables us to forge meaningful relationships with hundreds of students and families each year. Our Zionist youth movements and their Israeli shlichim create lasting bonds with and enthusiasm for Israel. Our Israel Programs Department enables almost 700 young adults each year to participate in educational, experiential life adventures in Israel. Our young adult arm, Hagshama, engages young adults with Israeli culture. We also assist AUJS with a number of their important Zionist, Israel programs and hasbara endeavours. Over two days, “Perspectives in Contemporary Jewish Education” will pose challenging questions and provide a wide range of practical tools for educators. We are faced with many challenges in our community, of which Jewish continuity is paramount. We need to acknowledge that the young people in our classrooms are “wired differently” from those of previous generations. How to engage our students in a compelling manner, to touch their hearts, to create an enduring understanding of who they are, to provide them with the tools to embrace the future with confidence, and to embed a strong sense of Jewish identity and Israel connectivity – that is our challenge. It is a challenge that the perspectives you will hear over the two days of the conference will address. We welcome you to the conference and look forward to our continuing partnership in ensuring our shared vision for a vibrant Jewish and Zionist future for our Australian community. B’virkat Zion, Philip Chester Ginette Searle PRESIDENT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Page 4 Introduction For Jews, education is not just what we know, or the methods by which education is conveyed; it is, as Chief Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks once wrote, “who we are.” No people, he writes, ever cared for education more. Our ancestors were the first to make education a mitzvah:”Veshinantam levanecha.” They created a compulsory education system almost 2000 years before the English and Americans. As Rabbi Sacks notes, the Egyptians built pyramids, the Romans built amphitheatres and the Greeks built temples. Jews, however, built schools. To defend a country, Jews knew that one needs an army; but to protect and preserve a civilisation, one needs education. In the unchartered territory of a rapidly advancing scientific and technological world, one needs a compass, and that is what Judaism is. Australia’s Jewish leaders had the foresight to recognise this. The result has been the establishment of almost two dozen Jewish day schools, a well-established supplemental Jewish school system, and other Jewish educational institutions, among them rabbinical academies, kollelim, adult education courses and vibrant youth movements. I was privileged to organise the first national Jewish education conference inAugust 1988 under the auspices of the then-Australian Institute of Jewish Affairs. That conference marked the first time that Jewish educators with diverse hashkafot – world views – met and shared their educational ideas and professional experiences. Educators acknowledged that diversity is a sign of strength, not weakness, and that “machloket le’shem Shamayim” – “argument for the sake of Heaven” – reflect a healthy educational system. When ZFA visionaries subsequently undertook to convene regular biennial Jewish educators’ conferences, in the belief that Israel education and Jewish education are inextricably intertwined, the ZFA biennial educators’ conferences were born. The Federation has invested time, effort, and considerable financial resources in Jewish education. This is an investment for the future, and it is important that these efforts are acknowledged and supported by our Jewish educational institutions. Ultimately, our children, and the Jewish community at large, are the beneficiaries. On the eve of our conference, the Talmudic story of Choni Ham’agel is worth revisiting. One day, Choni saw a man planting a carob tree. “How long will it be,” he asked, “before this tree produces fruit?” “Seventy years”, replied the man. “And are you certain you will still be alive then?” asked Choni. “I was born into the world with carob trees,” the man answered. “Just as my father planted trees for me to enjoy, so I plant trees for my children.” Choni Ham’agel then sat down, ate, and dozed off. Hidden from view, he slept for 70 years. On awaking, he saw a man picking carobs from the tree that had been planted – the mirror image of the man Choni had seen planting the tree. “Are you the man that planted this tree?” Choni asked him. “No,” answered the man, “I am his grandson.” As teachers we invest our professionalism and commitment in the present, yet the fruits of our labours will surely be evident in generations to come. Michael Cohen Conference Coordinator - Education Page 5 ZFA Education Projects Zionist Seminars Each Australian winter since the early 1980s, teams of dynamic, inspiring and motivated young Israelis spend two months working in Jewish day schools around Australia, conducting camps and engaging students in vibrant Jewish and Zionist activities. About 40 Israeli madrichim arrive each year, conducting interactive, intensive sessions for hundreds of students from eight participating Jewish day schools and from the United Jewish Education Board (UJEB). Zionist Seminars, a joint project of the Jewish Agency for Israel and the ZFA, are considered a most significant contribution to Jewish education in Australia and are deeply valued by schools and students alike. During the three decades of partnership, relationships have been forged with each school to ensure that each receives its own team of educators suited to its specific needs. Australia’s Zionist Seminars are the most ramified and most successful in the Diaspora. Israel Programs Organised Israel trips and long-term programs in Israel have been found to be among the most powerful determinants of future Jewish identity and engagement. As such, the ZFA Israel Programs Department plays a central role in Jewish continuity and the contemporary Jewish experience. The ZFA serves as the Australian representative organisation for Taglight-Birthright Israel and MASA Israel Journey. As such, the ZFA enables almost 700 young adults to attend long-term and short-term Israel programs each year. Long-term MASA programs range from five to 10 months, including youth movement shnat programs, Israel By Choice (IBC), AUJS Aviv, studying at universities or yeshivot, volunteering, Maccabi Sports Leadership Program and career work experience. There are more than 200 long-term Israel programs for which MASA Israel Journey offers Australian participants grants and means-tested scholarships from US$1,000 up to US$10,000. The ZFA manages the Australian operation of Taglit-Birthright Israel, the 10-day free tour for young adults aged 18-26, and the ZFA works with AUJS on its other short-term programs. Shlichim Shlichim (emissaries) from the Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI) play a major role in representing Israel and enhancing the connection between Israel and the Australian Jewish community. The ZFA coordinates the selection, arrival and visa processes of JAFI shlichim to Australia, and is responsible for their employment during their shlichut. Shlichim bring their unique vibrancy and expertise to the Jewish community at large, supporting various educational and community projects and events.
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