Jewish Education
The Israeli Ministry for Diaspora Affairs’ annual document also accuses France and Britain of “moral ambiguity” that affects their Jews.
“We aim to expand people’s concept of what it means to be Jewish in America,” says Kenneth Hoffman, the museum’s executive director.
“Non-Jewish schools don’t face this kind of extra cost,” Gabriel Aaronson, director for policy and research at the OU’s Teach Coalition, told JNS.
“The Jews say, ‘This is ours, that was ours....’ No. That’s not what the Quran says,” said the Palestinian leader, echoing a claim made by his predecessor, Yasser Arafat.
“YIVO was conceived as a kind of Smithsonian Institution-Library of Congress of Eastern European Jews,” Eddy Portnoy, director of exhibitions at the nonprofit, told JNS.
“Anything worth doing is worth doing well,” Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback, of the Stephen Wise Temple, told JNS.
Zionist and nationalist values have been erased from the curriculum, conference participants warn.
“Each image is a world unto itself—rich in memory and history,” says Efrat Sinai, director of archives at KKL-JNF.
The Academy of Hebrew Languages changed the Hebrew name of the Melitaea ornata butterfly from Kitmit Yerushalayim (Orange Jerusalem) to Kitmit Ariel (Orange Ariel).
“By creating meaningful peer-to-peer partnerships between school leaders around the world, we are fostering a strong sense of global Jewish solidarity,” said founder Uri Poliavich.
“There is something magical about being in the presence of a historically significant object, the oldest Hebrew book ever discovered,” David Kraemer, director of the JTS Library told JNS.
“We want them to know they are Jews and know what Judaism and Israel really are.”
