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What Is Israel Education? A Panel Discussion (29:24)

July 24, 2022

In a 30-minute video drawn from a session July 24, 2022, at the 21st annual CIE/ISMI Enrichment Workshop on Modern Israel, four veteran Israel educators — Aaron Bregman, Noga Cohavi, Tal Grinfas-David and Ken Stein — define Israel education, differentiate it from Israel advocacy, discuss how educators can do it better, and preview online, multilingual learning units in development through Israel’s Ministry of Education. The online publication eJewishPhilanthropy reported on this session.

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