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Rimonim Program for Jewish Teachers

Rimonim Teacher Training Program for Jewish Teachers

 

If you are a Judaic Studies teacher looking to raise your game,
our Rimonim program is for you!

Herzog Global’s Rimonim Teacher Training Program for Judaic Studies teachers comprises a course of online study, classroom mentoring, and an experiential summer seminar in Israel.

  • Advance your career with the prestigious Teaching Certificate for Diaspora Educators from Israel’s Ministry of Education
  • Enhance your Judaic knowledge and improve your pedagogy skills
  • Learn online on your own time with courses created by Jewish education experts
  • Join an all-expenses-paid experiential learning trip to Israel

Program fee: $775
(The program is heavily subsidized by the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Diaspora Affairs in Israel)

Read about the Israel Semester of our 2023-2024 Rimonim program.

Use this form to register your interest in our next Rimonim program, or send an email about yourself and your teaching experience to herzogolami@herzog.ac.il.

Rimonim has given me tools and knowledge to reach my dream goal: to become a Jewish Studies teacher anywhere in the world. Its faculty is knowledgeable, approachable and fun! They gave me all the support I needed and made me feel appreciated. Taking the Rimonim program was one of the best decisions I have made in my life, BH!

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Isabel Job

JEWISH STUDIES TEACHER, RABBI ALEXANDER S. GROSS, HEBREW ACADEMY, MIAMI, FL

“Thank you again for the most amazing Rimonim semester trip around Israel. Besides just being an incredible trip in of itself, I have already used so much of what we learned in my teaching. I was teaching about Shlomo HaMelech's coronation at Gichon. It was only then, showing pictures to my class (which I wouldn't have if I didn't go on the trip), when I realized what a difference actually being to the place makes. Thank you so much for the opportunity!”

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Rabbi Yossi Wernick

Menachem Mendel Academy, Phoenix AZ

As an educator, the material that we learned struck a balance between theory and practical applications to bring into all of my kodesh lessons. As a school manager, the Rimonim course has given me tools to help my staff to improve their classes. Having the privilege to be guided and supported by Herzog Global’s education experts is a gift for which I am extremely grateful.

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RABBI GAVI ZIEGLER

CAMPUS RABBI AT THE PHYLLIS JOWELL DAY SCHOOL IN CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA

 

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Rimonim Program Course List 

October 2023 – February 2025

 

Semester 1: Fall 2023 (commencing October 15, 2023)
  • Our Story: Contextual and Values-Based Study of Nevi’im and Ketuvim – Dr. Yosefa Fogel Wruble
  • Teaching the Thought of Rav Sacks – Rabbi Johnny Solomon
  • The Wisdom of Time: Jewish Thought and the Annual Cycle of the Jewish Year – Rabbi Dr. Shalom Berger & Ora Rivka Weingort
Semester 2: Winter 2024 (commencing January 21, 2024)
  • The Book of Judges: A Window into the Early Prophets
  • Learning and Teaching Chumash Bereishit with Lev Lada’at
  • Teaching Religious Zionism
  • Pedagogy Course 1 with Gitta Neufeld
Semester 3: Spring 2024 (commencing May 5, 2024)
  • Teaching Kodesh Texts in Hebrew – Part 1
  • Out of the Whirlwind: Turning Points in Jewish History – R. Reuven Spolter
  • Pedagogy Course 2 – Gitta Neufeld
  • To Be Announced
Two-Week Summer Semester in Israel: July 2024

Semester 4: Fall 2024 (November 2024 - February 2025)
  • Teaching Hebrew Texts in the English-Speaking Classroom Part 2 with Ellie Gelman

  • Intrinsic Motivation in the Kodesh Classroom with Rabbi Shmuel Feld

  • Encouraging Student Engagement in the Kodesh Classroom with Rabbi Dr. David Saltzman

  • Purposeful Pedagogy: Making the Tanakh our Students’ Story with Rabbi Reuven Spolter

Rimonim Teacher Training Program
Download the Program Syllabus

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