Jewish Web Week Chats and Forums
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| Topic | Building A Virtual Jewish World |
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Forum Building a Jewish World - Home and Community - Participants in Jewish Web Week |
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The Department for Jewish Zionist Education - Partnership 2000 |
| Description | Have you ever wondered whether Jews in other communities have different or
similar customs to your community? Have you ever met someone from a totally different Jewish community on the other side of the globe? How do you introduce yourself? Which characteristics would you choose to describe yourself? What would you be interested in discovering about someone from a different community? |
| Topic | Discussion of Professor Nechama Leibowitz's Gilyonot |
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Forum Main Heading: Jewish Education - Professor Nechama Leibowitz's Gilyonot |
| Host | Rabbi Mordechai Spiegelman |
| Affiliation |
The Department for Jewish Zionist Education |
| mordnomi@netvision.net.il | |
| Description | This forum is for ongoing discussion based on the questions asked by Prof. Nechama Leibowitz and answered by Rabbi Mordechai Spiegelman. Rabbi Spiegelman, a former High School principal for 13 years, started studying with Nechama OB"M in 1954. |
| Topic | Integrating Technology into Jewish Settings: Challenges and Resources |
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Forum Main Heading: Jewish Web Week - Integrating Technology into Jewish Settings |
| Host | Caren Levine |
| Affiliation |
JESNA |
| caren@jesna.org | |
| Description | A moderated discussion sponsored by the Jewish Educators Electronic Toolkit at JESNA. Join us online to share ideas, identify resources, ask questions, learn concepts, gain insights, and schmooze. The focus of this area is to help educators make the most out of technology to benefit Jewish learning. It's all at your fingertips! |
| Topic | The vast increase in the wide range of Information Technologies (IT) as they are likely to apply to Jewish learning. |
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Forum Main Heading: Jewish Web Week - Information Technologies and Jewish Learning |
| Host | Moshe Dror |
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| mdror@bet-yatziv.ac.il | |
| Description | We are inviting all of the JWW99 participants to join us in being in a cyberworld FORUM to send in questions and observations/visions/hunches to the 30 + educational experts who will be with us at the meeting. We will spend a good deal of time responding to your input. There is about a month from the time of the JWW99 (February21-26) to the conference at March 23-25, 1999. We also expect to continue this cyber FORUM for some time after the March conference to take advantage of your input and continued interest. |
| Topic | Israel - Diaspora Relations: A New Agenda? |
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Monday, February 22 @ 7:00 - 8:00pm |
| Host | Beth Weiner |
| Affiliation |
Melitz |
| info@melitz.org.il | |
| Description | It is widely accepted that the relationship between Israel and the
Diaspora has changed considerably in recent years. There is certainly no lack of articles
which philosophize, point fingers and offer varying points of view on this topic. Just as the nature of Israelis society has changed in the last fifty years, so to has Jewish life in the Diaspora. Many of the things that were considered to be a "given" in the past are no longer valid, and unconditional support for Israel can no longer be taken for granted. We believe that it is dialogue which will shape the future relationship. We are hosting a lively and informative "chat" on February 22nd surrounding many of the issues that impact the evolving relationship:
Come and join us as we explore many of the issues at the heart of the debate. |
| Topic | How the Commission for Art Recovery's database can help WWII art theft victims find their lost property |
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Monday, February 22 @ 8:00 - 10:00pm |
| Host | Bill Lee |
| Affiliation |
World Jewish Congress - Commission for Art Recovery |
| claims@rslmgmt.com | |
| Description | The Commission for Art Recovery is dedicated to reuniting
works of art looted by the Nazis before and during World War II with their rightful owners
and/or their heirs. Our mission is to: Identify and locate art stolen by the Nazis and their collaborators. Register claims for the victims of Nazi art theft. |
| Topic | "Eli Cohen - Our Man Still in Damascus" |
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Monday, February 22 @ 10:00 - 11:00pm |
| Host | Maurice Cohen |
| Affiliation |
Cohen Family |
| mcohen@virtual.co.il. | |
| Description | The unbelievable yet true story of Eli Cohen, the Mossad master-spy who
infiltrated the highest ranks of the Syrian government is brought to you on this virtual
stage. This incredible story has ignited the imagination of people all over the world as one of the most intriguing tales of espionage. |
| Topic | Sparks! |
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Tuesday, February 23 @ 8:00 - 9:30pm |
| Host | Rabbi Mark H. Levine, Executive Director |
| Affiliation |
Sparks! Family of Edutainment Media |
| RebML@aol.com | |
| Description | We're an e-zine written for your eyes only - that is - Jewish kids, ages 9-13. When you capture the Sparks! on your PC or Mac you'll be on-line with the hippest, hottest, most outrageous collection of stories, articles, games, interviews and activities ever compiled for Jewish kids. We're going to make you laugh, but we're also going to make you think. There's a lot going on out there beyond your computer, TV, or Sega screen and Sparks! will be the place where you can discuss, argue and cajole. |
| Topic | Planning Activities for Jewish Youth: An online worldwide brainstorming session |
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Tuesday, February 23 @ 10:30pm - 12:00 |
| Host | Avi Frier |
| Affiliation |
JewishYouth.com / IdeaNet |
| avi@jewishyouth.com | |
| Description | This chat is for anyone who plans activities for Jewish Youth. A brainstorming session, where old ideas will be discussed and new ideas will be born. A must for Youth Directors, Student Activities Directors, etc. |
| Topic | Over the course of two years this site will explore the Jewish Sabbath in diverse communities around the world. |
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Wednesday, February 24 @ 7:00 - 8:30pm |
| Host | Laura Stein, photographer, and Jason Turbow, writer |
| Affiliation |
Symphony of Candles |
| info@symphonyofcandles.com | |
| Description | The results will be posted regularly to our Web site and used by day schools nationwide. We're looking for input from scholars, educators, and anyone interested in participating in the project, available free of charge. |
| Topic | Bible Tales from Cyberspace: A Conversation with an Online Bible Teacher |
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Monday, February 25 @ 4:00 - 5:00am |
| Host | Dr. Marc Brettler |
| Affiliation |
Hebrew College |
| brettler@binah.cc.brandeis.edu | |
| Description | Are you eager to pursue Jewish study, but don't have time or live too far
away to benefit from classroom-based learning opportunities? Join Professor Marc Brettler
for a lively and informative discussion about online Jewish study. Before and/or after this discussion, Hebrew College invites you to review an online course demo, by pointing your browser to www.hebrewcollege.edu/meah-demo |
| Topic | The Literate Jew: What Does He or She Need To Know? |
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Thursday, February 25 @ 7:00 - 8:00pm |
| Host | Shalom Orzach |
| Affiliation |
Melitz |
| info@melitz.org.il | |
| Description | Living in western societies at the turn of the 21st
Century, our identity as Jews creates constant ambivalence as to when and how we are
expressing our Jewishness and fulfilling Jewish values. In this session, we will ask to discuss key questions regarding the literacy of the literate Jew. What should we be teaching? What should we be learning? What should we be praying? Is language a barrier? Can we hope to continue to communicate in different languages? We are living in what is probably the only generation in Jewish history that speaks only one language. A language reflective of western and Christian values and ideologies and not necessarily reflective of the gut expressions that make us understand and express who we are. These and many more critical questions will be brought into the dark room. Join us! |
| Topic | Topic: Creating a Custom-Made Pesach Seder using The Family Participation Haggadah |
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Thursday, February 25 @ 7:00 - 9:00pm |
| Host | David Dishon, co-author |
| Affiliation |
A Different Night: The Family Participation Haggadah |
| zionsacs@netvision.net.il | |
| Description | Chat with David Dishon, co-author of A Different Night: The Family
Participation Haggadah. Learn how to use this innovative, interactive Haggadah to best
suit your family or congregation's Seder needs. Exchange ideas and suggestions for
customizing readings and activities. Written by Shalom Hartman Institute scholars Noam Zion and David Dishon, A Different Night facilitates a Seder that is an educational dialogue between parent and child, leader and participant. Everyone can feel at home with this inclusive, pluralistic Haggadah. This chat session will be informative and fun both for people who have used this Haggadah at their Seder table before (we want to hear your feedback and ideas - you can teach the first-time users!), as well as first-time users, or those who have yet to be introduced to it. |
| Topic | Virtual Reality in Jewish Education |
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Thursday, February 25 @ 11:00pm |
| Host | Andy Alpern and Dan Aviv |
| Affiliation |
Panoramas Interactive |
| alps@enteract.com, daviv@netvision.net.il | |
| Description | Learn how virtual reality tours of Israel can be used to create an entirely new and exciting interface for learning about Israel and other Jewish sites throughout the world. This technology is only beginning to be developed and utilized at this time. Learn how you can experience the future now. |