Associate Members

The Alexander Muss High School in Israel (AMHSI) was founded in south Florida in 1972 to help teens better understand Israel's living history by using the country as its classroom. This innovative program revolutionized the way Israel was taught and rapidly spread to other communities. AMHSI, the umbrella organization, was created in 2003 to encompass the many additional programs the organization now provides, including Day School Partnerships, community-based Israel Educator-in-Residence programs, customized adult trips, and Educator Training Seminars. Over 33 years of academic excellence later, AMHSI has over 18,000 alumni across the country.

American Jewish University is the outcome of the 2007 union of the Brandeis-Bardin Institute (BBI) and the University of Judaism (UJ). AJU is a truly pluralistic university that stands on the pillars of Learning and Scholarship, Culture, Ethics, Leadership, and Peoplehood. Being a small, private, liberal arts university, AJU effortlessly provides unparalleled opportunities to informally interact with internationally recognized scholars in fields such as Bioethics, Psychology, Business, Literature, Jewish Studies, Theatre, and Political Science. AJU offers a mentor program that can facilitate personal introductions into a wide array of professional and career opportunities. Additionally, AJU has been able to sustain one of the lowest student-faculty ratios in the nation (7:1) while maintaining one of the most affordable tuition rates for a private US university.

The David Project
P.O. Box 52390
Boston, MA 02205
(617) 428-0012
(617) 428-0013 fax
Contact : Lawrence Muscant, Deputy Director
e-mail: LM@davidproject.org
website: www.davidproject.org

The David Project is a non-profit organization that is leading an educational movement of effective Israel supporters. We aim to inform and inspire strong voices for Israel through our dynamic and comprehensive educational curricula, workshops, and seminars. We are guided by a commitment to provide students and adults with the knowledge, skills, inspiration and support to ensure that strong and effective support for Israel is present on college campuses and in our communities. For more information visit http://www.davidproject.org..

Derech Hateva
http://www.derechhateva.org
Contact: Yael Ukeles
E-mail: yaelu@derechhateva.org
64 Emek Refaim, #2
Jerusalem, Israel 93142
Phone: 02-624-8743 (Israel)
212-537-6280 (US)

Derech Hateva offers Jewish teens and adults the opportunity to experience the wonder and excitement of the outdoors, and to facilitate meaningful adventures for exploring and engaging with the people and Land of Israel.

Gratz College
http://www.gratz.edu
Contact: Jeff Levine, Director of Office of Enrollment Management
Email: jlevine@gratz.edu
7605 Old York Road
Melrose Park, PA 19027
800-475-4635 x 148 (College)
800-475-4635 x 113 (High School)

Service: College, Continuing Education, Jewish Community High School

Hebrew College
www.hebrewcollege.edu
Contact: Ina Regosin, Dean Shoolman Graduate School of Jewish Education
Email: iregosin@hebrewcollege.edu
Address: 160 Herrick Road, Newton Centre, MA 02459
Phone: 617-559-8600

Hebrew College promotes excellence in Jewish learning and leadership within a pluralistic environment of open inquiry, intellectual rigor, personal engagement and spiritual creativity. We empower and inspire individuals to contribute their voices and vision to the Jewish community and to bring Jewish values to bear on the critical issues of our time.

As you may know, Hebrew University's Rothberg International School offers a One Year Program where you can spend your "Junior Year Abroad" in Israel. But did you know that you can also go for just a semester, enroll in one of our three intensive summer institutes, or study at the Rothberg School for a semester or year before college or university? The Rothberg School also offers seven Masters Degree programs including Community Leadership and Philanthropy Studies, Jewish Education, and Middle Eastern Studies. For further information about our programs, student life in Israel, and financial aid, please visit our website at: http://overseas.huji.ac.il.

The Israel Experience - Educational Tourism Services Ltd
In the U.S.:
Rachel Russo
Marketing and Taglit-Birthright Israel Director, North America
The Israel Experience Ltd.
3750 N. Cicero Avenue
Chicago, IL 60641
israelexperience@comcast.net
Phone/Fax: 866-993-8822
Cell: 847-642-6484

In Israel:
Meir Hoyzman
Director of the North American Division
The Israel Experience Ltd.
Ha'askan 3
Kiryat Moriah, Jerusalem 91000
Phone: 972-2-621-6903
Fax: 972-2-621-6192
Cell: 972-52-604-8200

The Israel Experience - Educational Tourism Services Ltd, a subsidiary of the Jewish Agency for Israel, is the leading provider of organized youth and student programs in Israel and Europe for participants from around the world. As such the company has gained a reputation for quality programming, reasonable costs, superior logistical services & excellent staff training and supervision, all the while maintaining a firm commitment to the safety and security of all participants. Additionally, Israel Experience Ltd. offers high-quality programming to adult and family groups visiting Israel. www.israelexperience.org.il

With offices in both New York and Israel as well as agents in the UK, Australia, IsraelPhones is the largest cell phone rental company dealing exclusively with the Israel markets. We provide excellent service to tourists, students as well as large groups arriving in Israel. At IsraelPhones we will do our best to meet all your cellular needs. IsraelPhones has a large selection of phones at the lowest price on the market.

Service: The Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) is the academic and spiritual center of Conservative Judaism worldwide.

The Lookstein Center of the School of Education at Bar-Ilan University is a service and research center deeply committed to enhancing the quality of Jewish education in the Diaspora. The Center seeks to develop and facilitate programs and projects, which reflect and encourage ongoing growth and learning, and thereby enhance the knowledge and practice of Jewish educators and the efficacy of programs in Jewish schools and other Jewish educational settings. Approaching its third decade, The Lookstein Center is staffed by a team of senior educators with wide ranging experience in Jewish education in North America, South America and Europe, as well as local educational and academic consultants.

The National Gaucher Foundation (NGF) was established in 1984 as a non-profit, tax exempt organization dedicated to supporting and promoting research into the causes of, and a cure for Gaucher Disease. The mission of the NGF is to promote education, outreach and awareness to the community and to meet the ever-increasing needs of individuals with Gaucher disease and their families. The NGF offers financial assistance programs and a wide-range of resources for the benefit of the Gaucher community. In an effort to promote community/physician awareness and educational programs, the NGF holds live Web meetings, conferences, patient meetings and seminars, publishes a quarterly newsletter and has both national and regional marketing programs.

Service: NESI provides a range of high-quality educational services to students around the world.

Oranim Educational Initiatives has been a leader in Jewish educational travel programming since 1986. We provide unique travel experiences to Israel and around the world for Jewish schools, educators, youth and families.

The Pardes Institute in Jerusalem brings together men and women from all backgrounds to study classical Jewish texts and contemporary Jewish issues in an open, rigorous and challenging environment. Pardes offers students a variety of learning opportunities including a Year program, a Fellows program, a Kollel and various summer programs.
The Pardes Educators Program is a distinct program within Pardes, funded by The AVICHAI Foundation. This two-year Jerusalem based program, prepares Judaic studies teachers for day schools in North America, by combining text studies with a Master of Jewish Education from Hebrew College, Hebrew language studies, pedagogy training, student teaching and professional workshops and seminars. With the support of the Jim Joseph Foundation, Pardes is able to provide important support for the Pardes Educators through school visits, retreats, curriculum workshops, regular newsletters and individual assistance and intervention.

The Partnership for Excellence in Jewish Education (PEJE), founded in 1997 by Michael Steinhardt and Rabbi Yitz Greenberg, is a national organization of visionary Jewish philanthropists seeking to establish a vibrant and sustainable Jewish future through strengthening the Jewish day school movement in North America. In its first nine years, PEJE's model of making grants, providing expertise, and advocating for the day school movement reached over 150 elementary, middle, and high schools and invested a total of over $20 million in the field. PEJE has contributed to the opening of over 60 new Jewish day schools.

For contact information, please list Rabbi Joshua Elkin, Executive Director with the phone number 617-367-0001 and email info@peje.org and www.peje.org.

Service: The Ramah Israel Institute (RII), the department of short-term trips of the Ramah Programs in Israel, provides tailor-made educational and spiritual Israel experiences for community-based - as well as SSDS-affiliated - day schools (primarily for 8th graders), high schools, school personnel and families.

Service: Development, publication and educators' training for the implementation of the TaL AM curriculum of Hebrew Language Arts and Jewish Studies for grades 1-5 in day schools

Founded in 1909, Young Judaea is the oldest Zionist youth movement in the United States. Dedicated to instilling Jewish values, Jewish pride and a lifelong commitment to Israel, Young Judaea challenges Jewish youth through clubs, conventions, camps, Israel programs and university campus events to become involved in social and educational activities that develop and sharpen their senses of Jewish and Zionist identity.

As a pluralistic movement, Young Judaea has brought together generations of young Jews from a rich variety of religious, cultural and political backgrounds, underscoring the beauty, power and diversity of American Jewish life. Young Judaea reaches out to all Jewish youth-Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, Reconstructionist and unaffiliated--and provides opportunities for them to explore their Jewishness and to develop a lasting identification with Zionism. (Kashrut, Shabbat and Jewish holidays are observed throughout all Young Judaea programs and activities.)