Teachers’ Lounge is a multisector advanced training course for teachers. The program considers educators in Jerusalem as key figures and cultural heroes who can change the city’s future. Therefore, the training focuses on a personal and group reflective process through self-search of beliefs, teaching practices, and studying the other. These tools relate to the ability of encompassing and dealing with the multiculturalism in Jerusalem. This Is Jerusalem is led by Hebrew Union College in cooperation with the Education Administration at the Jerusalem Municipality.
Our vision Jerusalem is a multifaceted and multiethnic city. It is the home of the three monotheistic religions and diverse ethnic, political, and religious communities. How is it possible to create a common fabric of life? How can we learn and teach out of encounter and diversity? ...
Good evening, thank you for coming and thanks to the entire wonderful staff of This is Jerusalem! - Teachers’ Lounge program. This remote strip of land in a small corner of the Middle East, Jerusalem, has been a global focus for historical events for millennia. It is...
Shalom to everyone and thank you for coming. Shira, our eldest daughter - a strong, successful, and idealistic girl - fell victim to prejudice, hate, fear, incitement, and refusal and inability to accept those who are different from you. The poet Yehuda Amichai wrote, “Where we are...
Fulfilling Elie Wiesel’s Legacy: Coming Together in a World Coming Apart As the sad news came of the death of Nobel Prize winner Elie Wiesel, I could not help but ask: who will be the next generation of those who, as he did, take tragedy and...
