The Israel Learning Ladder: Long Island

June 12, 2025 at 10:00 am - 2:00 pm EDT
In Person: 330 S Oyster Bay Rd, Syosset
$18.00

Join us for a half-day of exploration at the intersection of child development and Israel education! This program will bring together educators working with learners across the K-8 spectrum to collectively deepen our understanding of how learners grow with Israel from childhood to early adolescence. Educators will encounter valuable insights and resources, participate in collaborative discussions, and emerge with practical strategies to enhance their institution’s approach to delivering impactful and developmentally sensitive Israel education.

One part of this day will involve engaging with research by Dr. Sivan Zakai, a leading scholar of developmental stages in Israel education.  Dr. Zakai will join us virtually to address our participant questions regarding this research and its implications for our practice.

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Questions? Contact Mimi at mbroches@jewishedproject.org

Dr. Sivan Zakai
Dr. Sivan Zakai

Sivan Zakai, PhD, is the Sara S. Lee Associate Professor of Jewish Education at HUC-JIR/Los Angeles. Her books include My Second Favorite Country: How American Jewish Children Think About Israel (winner of a 2022 National Jewish Book Award) and Teaching Israel: Studies of Pedagogy from the Field. 
 

Mikhael Kesher
Mikhael Kesher

Mikhael Kesher is a curator of educational experiences and resources, whose professional passion is supporting Jewish educators and learners in building informed, constructive, and committed relationships with am yisrael (the Jewish people) and medinat yisrael (the Jewish state). As a British-born Israeli-by-choice and new American, he cares deeply about strengthening each Jew’s connection to global Jewry. Before joining The Jewish Education Project as Director, Israel Education, Mikhael worked at Harvard Hillel, MIT Hillel, and Hebrew College. He holds Master’s degrees in Philosophy (University of Cambridge), Near Eastern & Judaic Studies (Brandeis University), and Jewish professional leadership (Brandeis University). At home, Mikhael is an avid reader, ḥevruta enthusiast, and devoted abba to two young children.

Loen Amer
Loen Amer

Loen Amer has been an experiential Jewish educator working with teens since she was one herself! She has served at Temple Israel of Great Neck as the Director of Teen and Community Engagement, and at Bet Torah in Mt Kisco–first as their Director of Youth Engagement, and then as their Director of Experiential Learning for Children and Teens. Loen has also worked for Ramah Israel, the Hillel at Hofstra University, Woodbury Jewish Center, and Temple Beth Sholom in Roslyn Heights. 

Loen has a voracious love for lifelong Jewish learning, and most recently studied Torah le’shmah, Torah for its own sake, at the Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem. She lives on Manhattan's Upper West Side and enjoys baking and reading.

 

Details

Setting

  • Educator Training
  • Congregational Learning
  • Day Schools and Yeshivas

Target Audience

  • Congregations
  • Day Schools