ANU Peoplehood Course for Israel Travel Educators, Madrichim and Staff
ANU’s Jewish Peoplehood First Aid Training Course equips Israel travel educators with essential skills for navigating today’s global Jewish landscape post-October 7. This in-person program in Tel Aviv serves professionals working with international Jewish participants from organizations like Masa, MITF, Taglit and more. Through dynamic, multi-dimensional learning—including interactive gallery conversations, expert-led dialogues, intergroup workshops, and personalized mentorship—participants will craft their unique narrative of connection, critically examining how Jewish identity intersects with their personal and professional lives.
The Need: Israel travel educators and staff must have a strong sense of Jewish peoplehood, both practical and theoretical, to best serve the program they work with. As the post-October 7th landscape has drastically changed young Jews’ perception of their Jewish selves and increased Jewish connection both in Israel and around the world, staff need to strengthen their understanding their own personal Jewish stories. They also must gain a deeper understanding of the diverse and complex Jewish world that their participants are coming from.
Goals of the course:
- Understand how Jewish Peoplehood meets them, their fellows, and how its relevant for Jews globally since October 7th.
- Better understand the backgrounds, specifically the Jewish backgrounds and experiences, of the fellows that they’ll working with that semester.
- Connect Jewish Peoplehood and elements of ANU with their work with their fellows throughout the semester. Emphasize why it’s relevant for their lives, both personally and professionally.
- Receive professional mentorship via ANU educators who will work with each of the madrichim to create their own ANU tour.
Logistics: This course is recommended as a 4-part series to be done in-person at ANU- Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv. The sessions can be done weekly or biweekly. Each session is four hours, which makes the course 16 hours total. Below is a suggested course outline, which can be modified to best fit the staff’s needs.
Session 1: Jewish Peoplehood, Pre- and Post-October 7th
Session 2: Jewish Peoplehood Through Culture- Israel, North America, and Beyond
Session 3: Deep Dive: Controversy and Debates in the Jewish World
Session 4: Final Session: Looking Forward
- Arts and Culture
- Belonging
- Creativity and the Arts
- Food
- Hebrew
- Israel - Contemporary
- Israel - State
- Israel - The Land
- Jewish Peoplehood
- Pluralism
- Social Justice
- Storytelling
- Zionism
- Educator Training
- Camp
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