Teaching Israel through Disagreement: Application Webinars

Online
Free
Webinar 1: June 18, 2026 at 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm EDT, Online
Webinar 2: June 22, 2026 at 10:30 am - 12:00 pm EDT, Online

Join us for either or both of two optional follow-up webinars to build on the intensive, with a focus on application and supporting your project implementation.

Session topics to be confirmed.

Setting
  • After School and Beyond
  • Educator Training
  • Camp
  • Congregational Learning
  • Family Engagement
  • Teen Engagement
Topic
  • Israel - Contemporary
  • Israel - State
  • Jewish Text and Thought
  • Social Emotional Learning
A headshot of Sefi Kraut.
Sefi Kraut
Sefi Kraut has taught Judaic Studies since 2004 and is deeply committed to cultivating thoughtful, engaged Jewish educators. She directs the Pardes Mahloket Matters project, which offers a methodology and educational frameworks—rooted in Torah, social psychology, and conflict-navigation tools—for engaging disagreement constructively. At its core is a demanding conviction: Jewish tradition does not avoid conflict, but teaches how to navigate it wisely. Sefi leads fellowships and seminars for educators, rabbis, and communal leaders, and co-created a teen curriculum integrating Jewish text and social-emotional learning. Most recently, she helped launch the Mahloket Matters Israel Educator Fellowship, supporting educators in facilitating nuanced and challenging conversations about Israel.


 

Mikhael Reuven 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.

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