Tribute to English Teacher Lucy Dee hy”d
On June 20, Herzog College’s English Education Department hosted an evening of tributes to Rabbanit Lucy Dee z”l, who died in a terror attack in April 2023. She was a graduate of the Herzog College English Education course and a beloved English teacher in Efrat. Lucy Dee was a student at Herzog Academic College in […]
Jerusalem Conference on the Longing for Zion
An important academic conference, hosted by Herzog College and Ariel University in Jerusalem last week, explored both historic and contemporary attitudes to Israel in philosophy and literature. The conference took place at the iconic and recently refurbished Hechal Shlomo building in Jerusalem. Its title – “Ayin L’Tzion Tzofia – Looking Toward Zion: The Longing for […]
Strengthening Connections at Meitarim Shabbaton
Herzog College’s Meitarim Judaic Studies Teacher Training Program organized a Shabbaton for their students and staff and their families in the Gilo neighborhood of Jerusalem. After two years of planning, and with some trepidation in the current highly-charged political climate, the religious and secular participants enjoyed open and meaningful conversations in a convivial Shabbat atmosphere. […]
Presidents of Teaching Colleges meet the President
Herzog College President Rabbi Dr. Yehuda Brandes was one of the 13 presidents of Israel’s leading teacher training colleges who met with President Isaac Herzog in May 2023 to discuss how to raise the status of teachers. The Teaching Colleges Forum urged the President to help recruit more young people to enter the teaching profession. […]
Herzog College Funding Academic Pedagogy Research
Herzog College has awarded academic research grants to four teams from the College to fund practical research into different aspects of contemporary pedagogy. They include research studies into the academic and religious background of teaching staff in the Haredi sector, the use of collaborative group testing, the impact of learning spaces, and the implementation of […]
Herzog College wins International Teacher Training Tender
Herzog College has won an Israeli government tender to run its successful Rimonim professional development program for Judaic Studies teachers around the world in three languages. Herzog College’s international education arm, Herzog Global, has committed to run its Rimonim International Teacher Training Program during 2023-24 in three languages: English, Spanish and Russian. The program is […]
Training Israel’s Teachers
350 new school teachers graduated from Herzog College in June 2022 at a ceremony held at Heichal Shlomo in Jerusalem. They represent a broad cross-section of Israeli society and will teach a range of subjects at schools all over the country. Welcoming them to the teaching profession, Rabbi Prof. Yehuda Brandes, President of Herzog College, […]
Herzog-UnitEd convenes International Advisory Committee
Twelve Jewish education experts from seven countries met in Jerusalem last week to discuss the challenges facing 1,500 Jewish schools around the world. UnitEd is a global initiative of the Ministry of Diaspora Affairs in collaboration with Herzog College, with a budget of approximately NIS 100 million, of which 30% is financed with the help […]
Tanakh for All, In Person and Online
The Yemei Iyun B’Tanakh at Herzog College was a sell-out success, with over 5,000 people attending in person and thousands more logging on from around the world. Top lecturers from Israel’s Bible Studies faculties joined with Rabbis and international Torah lecturers for four days of intensive and exciting Tanakh shiurim. The Yemei Iyun B’Tanakh have […]
Strengthening Tanakh Teaching in Latin America
In July 2022, the President of Herzog College, Rabbi Dr. Yehuda Brandes, visited Argentina with Rabbi Shmuel Kornblit, Herzog’s Director of Spanish Language Programs. They visited many different schools, synagogues and organizations, to introduce them to Herzog’s Spanish “Tanaj.org” website and to hear about the educational needs of the Jewish community. Rabbi Brandes met with […]