| Developing Global Community Science Education | | 2022-12-10T22:00:00Z | | https://www.beitberl.ac.il/english/about_us/news/newsletter/dec-22/Pages/Global-Community.aspx | Developing Global Community Science Education | | | | Beit Berl College Professor Daphne Goldman and Dr. Ariel Sarid won the EU Horizon 2020 call to foster open schooling in science education. Creating Organizational Structures for Meaningful Science Education through Open Schooling for all (COSMOS) |
| Cities Embrace Shared Education | | 2022-12-10T22:00:00Z | | https://www.beitberl.ac.il/english/about_us/news/newsletter/dec-22/Pages/Shared-Education.aspx | Cities Embrace Shared Education | | | | Hod HaSharon and Tayibe became the first municipalities in Israel to sign a shared municipal education agreement, creating an educational partnership among the two cities. Already in the current school year, 22 schools – 11 from Hod Hasharon and 11 from |
| Training Teachers to Cross Boundaries | | 2022-12-10T22:00:00Z | | https://www.beitberl.ac.il/english/about_us/news/newsletter/dec-22/Pages/Training.aspx | Training Teachers to Cross Boundaries | | | | Beit Berl College launched a bold teaching accreditation program to train and integrate Jewish and Arab teachers into "opposite" schools: Arab teachers in Jewish schools, and Jewish teachers in Arab schools. Cross-communal teaching in Israel both creates |
| "Women of Freedom" Takes Center Stage | | 2022-12-10T22:00:00Z | | https://www.beitberl.ac.il/english/about_us/news/newsletter/dec-22/Pages/Women-of-Freedom.aspx | "Women of Freedom" Takes Center Stage | | | | Dr. Abeer Zeibak Hadad, Beit Berl lecturer and director of the award-winning film, Women of Freedom, discussed the film at the |
| Meet our Students: Orr Weisberg Sees Only Abilities, Not Disabilities | | 2022-06-28T21:00:00Z | | https://www.beitberl.ac.il/english/about_us/news/newsletter/june-22/Pages/Orr-Weisberg.aspx | Meet our Students: Orr Weisberg Sees Only Abilities, Not Disabilities | | | | Beit Berl graduate Orr Weisberg won 3rd place in the student film competition of the Docaviv Film Festival for his film, Everybody Knows Jack. A native of Sde Warburg, Orr was diagnosed with the autistic spectrum disorder (ASD). From the age of 6 to age |
| Beit Berl Hosts 2nd National Science Olympics for Arab Pupils | | 2022-06-28T21:00:00Z | | https://www.beitberl.ac.il/english/about_us/news/newsletter/june-22/Pages/Science-Olympics.aspx | Beit Berl Hosts 2nd National Science Olympics for Arab Pupils | | | | On May 17th, Beit Berl College hosted the final competition of the National Science Olympics for 9th grade Arab-Israeli pupils. The three-stage science competition drew an outstanding 6,500 contestants from Arab schools throughout the country. The 25 |
| Beit Berl Uses Technology to Expand Accessibility Awareness | | 2022-06-28T21:00:00Z | | https://www.beitberl.ac.il/english/about_us/news/newsletter/june-22/Pages/Technology.aspx | Beit Berl Uses Technology to Expand Accessibility Awareness | | | | Heightened awareness for handicap accessibility over the past decade has brought to light the need for those in public roles – especially teachers -- to be equipped to interact with people with disabilities. Beyond providing physical accessibility, the |
| COSMOS: Creating Organizational Structures for Meaningful Science education through Open Schooling | | 2022-06-28T21:00:00Z | | https://www.beitberl.ac.il/english/about_us/news/newsletter/june-22/Pages/COSMOS.aspx | COSMOS: Creating Organizational Structures for Meaningful Science education through Open Schooling | | | | Professor Daphne Goldman and Dr. Ariel Sarid won the EU Horizon 2020 call for promoting science with and for society (SWAF) - "COSMOS: Creating Organizational Structures for Meaningful Science education through Open Schooling for all," in which |
| Beit Berl Graduates Win Big at 2022 Docaviv Film Festival! | | 2022-06-28T21:00:00Z | | https://www.beitberl.ac.il/english/about_us/news/newsletter/june-22/Pages/Docaviv.aspx | Beit Berl Graduates Win Big at 2022 Docaviv Film Festival! | | | | Congratulations to Beit Berl graduate Itamar Alcalay whose film, The Camera of Dr. Morris, won Best Film in the Docaviv Film |
| Environmental Education for Resilience in Times of Climate Change | | 2022-06-28T21:00:00Z | | https://www.beitberl.ac.il/english/about_us/news/newsletter/june-22/Pages/Environmental.aspx | Environmental Education for Resilience in Times of Climate Change | | | | After a two-year hiatus forced by the COVID-19 pandemic, on June 6th Beit Berl College held the 19th Annual Environmental and Sustainability Conference, 'Environmental Education for Resilience in Times of Climate Change', attended by some 550 |
| Meeting the Fast-Growing Demand for Professionals in Data Analytics | | 2022-06-28T21:00:00Z | | https://www.beitberl.ac.il/english/about_us/news/newsletter/june-22/Pages/Meeting.aspx | Meeting the Fast-Growing Demand for Professionals in Data Analytics | | | | At 5:00pm on May 12th, 150 pupils – secular and religious, Jewish and Arab - selected from 17 high schools where data analytics is taught, gathered on Beit Berl’s campus for the 1st ever Data Analytics Hackathon. For the next 14 hours, the pupils worked |
| Beit Berl Grad Named Globes 40 Under 40 | | 2022-04-09T21:00:00Z | | https://www.beitberl.ac.il/english/about_us/news/newsletter/april-22/Pages/40-under-40.aspx | Beit Berl Grad Named Globes 40 Under 40 | | | | Meet Reut Wexler, a graduate of the Beit Berl College Informal Education program, was named one of Globes' 40 Under 40 . |
| Beit Berl launches Israel's first Masters in Integrative STEM Education | | 2022-04-09T21:00:00Z | | https://www.beitberl.ac.il/english/about_us/news/newsletter/april-22/Pages/STEM.aspx | Beit Berl launches Israel's first Masters in Integrative STEM Education | | | | Beit Berl College launched Israel's first integrative master's degree program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education in Israel. The two-year program trains educators from different STEM-based fields in new integrative |
| Beit Berl Supports Ukrainian Refugees | | 2022-04-09T21:00:00Z | | https://www.beitberl.ac.il/english/about_us/news/newsletter/april-22/Pages/Ukrainian-Refugees.aspx | Beit Berl Supports Ukrainian Refugees | | | | From the onset of the Russian invasion in Ukraine, students and graduates of Beit Berl's Martin Buber Center for Dialogue Education in the Hashomer Hatzair, Dror Israel, and Tarbut movements have been volunteering on the ground in Ukraine and |
| TEDx Israel: Beit Berl Leading Innovation in Education | | 2022-02-22T22:00:00Z | | https://www.beitberl.ac.il/english/about_us/news/newsletter/feb-22/Pages/TEDx.aspx | TEDx Israel: Beit Berl Leading Innovation in Education | | | | On December 23, 2021 the Center for Innovation at Beit Berl College held the first-ever TEDx Israel in education before an audience of 300+ educators, policymakers, entrepreneurs and friends. |
| Dialogue Coaching Hub: From Idea to Implementation | | 2022-02-22T22:00:00Z | | https://www.beitberl.ac.il/english/about_us/news/newsletter/feb-22/Pages/Dialogue.aspx | Dialogue Coaching Hub: From Idea to Implementation | | | | The Dialogue Coaching Hub was among the select winners of Beit Berl College's Changemakers Accelerator. |
| Rooted Leadership | | 2022-02-22T22:00:00Z | | https://www.beitberl.ac.il/english/about_us/news/newsletter/feb-22/Pages/leadership.aspx | Rooted Leadership | | | | On January 6, 2022 the foyer of Tabye's city hall was filled with over 70 people for the concluding event of the Rooted Leadership project. On display, The Path of Memories exhibit presenting the oral histories gathered by Arab Israeli teenagers of the |
| The CHANGE Project: Gender Equality and Equity in Science and Research | | 2022-02-05T22:00:00Z | | https://www.beitberl.ac.il/english/in_the_news/Pages/CHANGE-Project.aspx | The CHANGE Project: Gender Equality and Equity in Science and Research | | | | This newsletter summarizes the activity of Beit Berl Academic College in the Horizon2020-CHANGE project during academic year 2020/2021 and outlines the main objectives of the work plan for 2021/2022.
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| Changing the World Through Art | | 2021-11-22T22:00:00Z | | https://www.beitberl.ac.il/english/about_us/news/newsletter/nov-2021/Pages/Art.aspx | Changing the World Through Art | | | | The first cohort from the Tarbut (Culture) Movement to graduate from Beit Berl’s Martin Buber Center for Dialogue Education has big dreams. |
| Meeting the Surging Demand for Data Analysts | | 2021-11-22T22:00:00Z | | https://www.beitberl.ac.il/english/about_us/news/newsletter/nov-2021/Pages/Data-Analysts.aspx | Meeting the Surging Demand for Data Analysts | | | | As a pioneer in training educators, Beit Berl is once again taking its place as an innovative institution with its fingers on the pulse of Israeli society. |
| Beit Berl to Boost Israel's Capacity as a ‘Doco Superpower’ | | 2021-11-22T22:00:00Z | | https://www.beitberl.ac.il/english/about_us/news/newsletter/nov-2021/Pages/Doco-Superpower.aspx | Beit Berl to Boost Israel's Capacity as a ‘Doco Superpower’ | | | | “Documentaries are vibrant and important in and of themselves; and they have the power to change the social fabric.” |
| Joint Venture Helps Israel Invest in Early Childhood Education | | 2021-11-22T22:00:00Z | | https://www.beitberl.ac.il/english/about_us/news/newsletter/nov-2021/Pages/Early-Childhood.aspx | Joint Venture Helps Israel Invest in Early Childhood Education | | | | A newly launched collaboration between Beit Berl College and Western Galilee College aims to address the acute shortage of qualified teachers, especially in early childhood education. |
| Equal Opportunity in Practice and Research: New Master’s Track | | 2021-11-22T22:00:00Z | | https://www.beitberl.ac.il/english/about_us/news/newsletter/nov-2021/Pages/New-Masters-Track.aspx | Equal Opportunity in Practice and Research: New Master’s Track | | | | A new track offered by Beit Berl as part of its two-year M.Ed. program in Educational Management and Organization attracts educators who are passionate about providing equal opportunity for students in Israel’s school system. |
| Students Reveal Personal Worlds in HaMidrasha's Art Exhibition | | 2021-08-17T21:00:00Z | | https://www.beitberl.ac.il/english/about_us/news/newsletter/8-21/Pages/Art-Exhibition.aspx | Students Reveal Personal Worlds in HaMidrasha's Art Exhibition | | | | "There was more realism in the works this year," muses Barak Ravitz, the curator of the Graduation Exhibition. |
| Elite IDF Cyber Whizzes to Teach in Israeli Schools | | 2021-08-17T21:00:00Z | | https://www.beitberl.ac.il/english/about_us/news/newsletter/8-21/Pages/Cyber.aspx | Elite IDF Cyber Whizzes to Teach in Israeli Schools | | | | Beit Berl launched an intensive one-year teacher training program for Israel Defense Forces (IDF) officers serving in the most elite cyber units, including the Intelligence Corps' venerable Unit 8200. |
| How Do Educational Revolutions Begin? | | 2021-08-17T21:00:00Z | | https://www.beitberl.ac.il/english/about_us/news/newsletter/8-21/Pages/Revolutions.aspx | How Do Educational Revolutions Begin? | | | | We are living in a world where frequent and powerful changes are altering the educational agenda, turning theoretical discussion of the need for changes into reality, and accentuating processes that are taking place in the educational field. |
| Going for the Gold in the Science Olympics | | 2021-08-17T21:00:00Z | | https://www.beitberl.ac.il/english/about_us/news/newsletter/8-21/Pages/Science-Olympics.aspx | Going for the Gold in the Science Olympics | | | | The first National Science Olympics for Israeli-Arab 9th graders, organized by Beit Berl College in cooperation with the Ministry of Education, drew an outstanding 8,000 participants from 136 Arab schools throughout the country. |
| STEM Education Takes Center Stage | | 2021-08-17T21:00:00Z | | https://www.beitberl.ac.il/english/about_us/news/newsletter/8-21/Pages/STEM.aspx | STEM Education Takes Center Stage | | | | From pandemics to climate change – today's problems do not fit into neat boxes. In order to develop educational tools to meet these challenges, Beit Berl College is launching Israel's first integrative Master's in STEM |
| Now More Than Ever | | 2021-05-30T21:00:00Z | | https://www.beitberl.ac.il/english/about_us/news/newsletter/5-2021/Pages/More-Than-Ever.aspx | Now More Than Ever | | | | As Israelis, we mourn the innocent victims of the violence that has plagued our country over the last weeks. |
| Between Spaces: We Use Words But Think in Images | | 2021-05-10T21:00:00Z | | https://www.beitberl.ac.il/english/about_us/news/newsletter/5-2021/Pages/Between-Spaces.aspx | Between Spaces: We Use Words But Think in Images | | | | Students from Beit Berl and Breitner Academy in Amsterdam created cohesive works of art across the Mediterranean – exploring the relationship between personal and public space. |
| New Center Kickstarts Innovation on Campus | | 2021-05-10T21:00:00Z | | https://www.beitberl.ac.il/english/about_us/news/newsletter/5-2021/Pages/Kickstarts-Innovation.aspx | New Center Kickstarts Innovation on Campus | | | | The Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship is up and running just months after new Beit Berl President Prof. Yuli Tamir prioritized an ethic of innovation and social entrepreneurship throughout the College. |
| Leading Social Justice in Education | | 2021-05-10T21:00:00Z | | https://www.beitberl.ac.il/english/about_us/news/newsletter/5-2021/Pages/Social-Justice.aspx | Leading Social Justice in Education | | | | The new MAOF Honors Program stimulates student leadership and entrepreneurship and promotes values of equality and shared society. |
| The Museum as a Space of Multiple Meanings | | 2021-05-10T21:00:00Z | | https://www.beitberl.ac.il/english/about_us/news/newsletter/5-2021/Pages/The-Museum.aspx | The Museum as a Space of Multiple Meanings | | | | Beit Berl’s Center for the Advancement of Shared Society and HaMidrasha-Faculty of Arts joined forces in a bilingual program using museums as a platform to explore identity. |
| Grappling with Identity | | 2021-03-21T22:00:00Z | | https://www.beitberl.ac.il/english/about_us/news/newsletter/spring-21/Pages/Identity.aspx | Grappling with Identity | | | | The art of HaMidrasha alumna Ala Haytham creates a prism reflecting three generations of women. |
| How Does the Pandemic Affect Children’s Literacy? | | 2021-03-21T22:00:00Z | | https://www.beitberl.ac.il/english/about_us/news/newsletter/spring-21/Pages/Literacy.aspx | How Does the Pandemic Affect Children’s Literacy? | | | | Dr. Yarden Kedar, Head of Early Childhood Education at Beit Berl, has received a grant to study the impact of Covid-19 on early literacy and numeracy among disadvantaged Israeli children. |
| Non-Formal Education Around the World: Adapting to Local Contexts | | 2021-03-21T22:00:00Z | | https://www.beitberl.ac.il/english/about_us/news/newsletter/spring-21/Pages/Non-Formal-Education.aspx | Non-Formal Education Around the World: Adapting to Local Contexts | | | | Beit Berl teamed up with the World Zionist Organization to bring together Israeli and Diaspora youth leaders from around the world. |
| Full STEAM Ahead | | 2021-03-21T22:00:00Z | | https://www.beitberl.ac.il/english/about_us/news/newsletter/spring-21/Pages/STEAM.aspx | Full STEAM Ahead | | | | Dr. Noa Ragonis will lead a groundbreaking national task force on STEAM education – Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics. |
| We Fight for Each Student – Together | | 2021-03-21T22:00:00Z | | https://www.beitberl.ac.il/english/about_us/news/newsletter/spring-21/Pages/Together.aspx | We Fight for Each Student – Together | | | | New technologies and mentoring programs were introduced to support students with disabilities throughout the pandemic. |
| Art Therapy Goes Global and Digital | | 2021-02-10T22:00:00Z | | https://www.beitberl.ac.il/english/about_us/news/newsletter/feb-2021/Pages/Art-Therapy.aspx | Art Therapy Goes Global and Digital | | | | Collaborating with St. Xavier's College in Mumbai, India, and Israeli community organizations, Beit Berl's Art Therapy Department creates models for long-distance support. |
| Meet our Faculty! | | 2021-02-10T22:00:00Z | | https://www.beitberl.ac.il/english/about_us/news/newsletter/feb-2021/Pages/faculty.aspx | Meet our Faculty! | | | | In a series of video portraits, faculty members describe critical issues in their fields of expertise. |
| The Future is Here | | 2021-02-10T22:00:00Z | | https://www.beitberl.ac.il/english/about_us/news/newsletter/feb-2021/Pages/Future.aspx | The Future is Here | | | | Pioneering the Makerspace concept in Israeli education, Beit Berl is launching the first program to train teachers and principals throughout the country to introduce “makering” in their schools. |
| “If They Can’t Come to the Gallery, the Gallery Will Go To Them” | | 2021-02-10T22:00:00Z | | https://www.beitberl.ac.il/english/about_us/news/newsletter/feb-2021/Pages/Gallery.aspx | “If They Can’t Come to the Gallery, the Gallery Will Go To Them” | | | | Unable to offer its regular educational programming, HaMidrasha Gallery developed online innovations to comply with Covid-19 guidelines. |
| Shalom, Salaam, Hello | | 2021-02-10T22:00:00Z | | https://www.beitberl.ac.il/english/about_us/news/newsletter/feb-2021/Pages/Shalom.aspx | Shalom, Salaam, Hello | | | | Teaching and learning English brings together Jewish and Arab education students to teach 5th graders from both communities – even during Covid-19. |
| Harnessing High-Tech to Transform Distance Learning | | 2020-11-28T22:00:00Z | | https://www.beitberl.ac.il/english/about_us/news/newsletter/nov-20/Pages/Distance-Learning.aspx | Harnessing High-Tech to Transform Distance Learning | | | | Beit Berl College initiated a groundbreaking project in partnership with Microsoft Israel and the Rashim company. |
| Learning Together Across Borders | | 2020-11-28T22:00:00Z | | https://www.beitberl.ac.il/english/about_us/news/newsletter/nov-20/Pages/Learning-Together.aspx | Learning Together Across Borders | | | | A new and innovative project enables Beit Berl students to study together with peers from the University of Potsdam through distance learning platforms, offering an opportunity for Israeli and German students to hone their English proficiency skills |
| The Nominees Are… | | 2020-11-28T22:00:00Z | | https://www.beitberl.ac.il/english/about_us/news/newsletter/nov-20/Pages/nominees.aspx | The Nominees Are… | | | | Four films by Beit Berl’s Film Department students, graduates and faculty were nominated for the prestigious 2020 Israeli Documentary Film Prize competition. The four films are: |
| Beit Berl’s New President: “We Must Embrace Change” | | 2020-11-28T22:00:00Z | | https://www.beitberl.ac.il/english/about_us/news/newsletter/nov-20/Pages/President.aspx | Beit Berl’s New President: “We Must Embrace Change” | | | | Beit Berl College’s new President, Professor Yael (“Yuli”) Tamir, is eager to face the challenges that lie ahead, drawing on her extensive experience in the highest echelons of both academia and government in her new role. |
| Defending Democracy Prize 2020 | | 2020-11-28T22:00:00Z | | https://www.beitberl.ac.il/english/about_us/news/newsletter/nov-20/Pages/Prize.aspx | Defending Democracy Prize 2020 | | | | Beit Berl College’s Center for Advancement of Shared Society awarded the 2020 "Defending Democracy Prize" to students whose outstanding academic projects promote values of equality and inclusion in Israeli society. |
| BBC welcomes new president | | 2020-10-18T21:00:00Z | | https://www.beitberl.ac.il/english/about_us/news/newsletter/sep-2020/Pages/Tamir.aspx | BBC welcomes new president | | | | The incoming President of Beit Berl College, Professor Yael (Yuli) Tamir, is a highly respected public figure with a prestigious career in academia and government. |
| Art on the Streets | | 2020-09-09T21:00:00Z | | https://www.beitberl.ac.il/english/about_us/news/newsletter/sep-2020/Pages/Art-on-the-Streets.aspx | Art on the Streets | | | | Beit Berl alumnus Itay Zalait is one of Israel’s most provocative and intriguing contemporary artists. |
