Celebrating 100 Years of Religious Teacher Education
Herzog College is hosting a conference to celebrate 100 years of religious teachers’ education in Israel, and marking the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the “Seminar Mizrachi” named in honor of Eliezer Meir Lipschütz. Today this college is a part of Herzog College. The Humanities and Social Sciences Fund International Conference on Jewish Education […]
Herzog to Create Global Jewish Education Network
Herzog College has been selected to partner with Israel’s Diaspora Affairs Ministry in launching one of their flagship international projects. For the first time, there will be one organization liaising with Jewish schools throughout the world, creating a global Jewish education network. At a ceremony this week, Minister for Diaspora Affairs Omer Yankelevich signed an […]
Memorializing Lost Communities Online
Herzog College is leading a worldwide project to memorialize the Jewish communities that were lost in the Holocaust on WikiShtetl, with prizes for the best submissions. To mark Holocaust Memorial Day in Israel (Yom HaShoah), Herzog College announced a competition for the best submissions to its WikiShtetl project. The goal is to encourage individuals and […]
The Mitzvah of Intergenerational Connections
Intergenerational connections are integral to Judaism and central to our Pesach traditions. Commenting on verses in Devarim, Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi teaches (Kiddushin 30a) that when a grandparent studies Torah with their grandchild, it is as though they received it from Mount Sinai. The experience of handing a tradition of belief from one generation to […]
Herzog’s Spanish Tanakh Website
Education for the Day After Corona
Herzog College is hosting an online conference to help Israel’s teachers prepare for the day after Corona. The event includes a concert by Yonatan Razel and Akiva in appreciation of the teachers’ extraordinary efforts during the past year. The event will feature 37 lecturers from the field of education, including many of Herzog College’s leading […]
Parsha Resources for Grandparents
Since June 2020, Herzog College’s global education team has been creating free Torah resources to inspire weekly conversations between grandparents and grandchildren. These pages of Torah sources, ideas, and stories are intended for discussion with children in 2nd to 5th grade, based on conversations about ethical issues and grandparents’ own life experiences. Billed as “The […]
Herzog College: Leading the Renaissance at Hechal Shlomo
Herzog College is proud to be restoring Hechal Shlomo to its former glory. “62 years after its opening, Hechal Shlomo is reassuming its position as an international center of Jewish study and heritage for Jews in Israel and around the world. Once again, Torah is going forth from Hechal Shlomo.” Click here to read the […]
Training Tomorrow’s Online Teachers
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Like many higher education colleges around the world, Herzog College is gearing up for the new academic year with online learning for the 3,500 teacher trainees in its B.Ed. and M.Ed. programs. The school’s lecturers are embracing the positive opportunities that the COVID-19 pandemic has created for tomorrow’s teachers. With much education now taking place […]
An Educator’s New Year Resolutions
Rosh Hashanah is the traditional season for Jewish New Year’s resolutions and fresh starts. I vividly recall opening up a new notebook at the beginning of every school year, excited at the opportunity to start fresh and get it right this year. To keep my writing neat, stay up to date with my schoolwork, and […]