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Community and Experiential Learning

For educators or program planners, this section provides engaging programs for enhancing Israel learning for different age groups and audience sizes. They can be adapted for use at home or as part of a family gathering.

Archaeology, Jewish Text and Israel
Community/family education program on working with artifacts

Beit Cafe: Issues in Israeli Society
Experiential learning program on current issues using a coffee house model

Israel and Jewish Peoplehood
Panel debate exploring concepts of Jewish peoplehood in a shrinking (in geographic distribution) Jewish world

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