The Canadian Jewish News, Thursday, March 18,1982 - Page 9
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"Mini-ambassadors" win hearts naturally
IsreeU high school students ItayXevison and Vered Avnlel meet with MNA Herbert Marx [left] and Bernard Flnestone, during visit to CJC in Montreal.
teacbing Jobs in Israel
TORONTO -
A senior representative of Israel's ministry of education aril culture will bejn Toront* at the end of March to liiterview local teachers interested in wbridng in,israel.
Eliahii Bar-Chama will be accepting interviews for two different programs. One is an orientation program for classroom teachers. The other, called Project 200, offers guaranteed placement for senior educators with Israel's education ministry.
Interested persons may phone Uri Broides, shal-iach, at the Israel Aliyah Centre. (416) 781-4660, ,who will set ip appointments with Bar-Chama, after a preliriinary interview.
Said Broides: "From kindergarten thr6ugh high school. corrpetent teachr ers are urgditly needed in Israel, espscially in ; its newer devebpment towns and settlements." \He said teaching bi Israel is mite than another profession. "The school has loiag sjlrved as a main vessel of israePs melting' pot," he kid. "Since the cbnntry'jf>: Inception,' the school system has been given thl.^k of attacking poverty i|uid ciiltnral idien-ation byeqnalizing ednca-tional cpportunity for chil* dren fijim widely diverse, home Vackgrounds."
The orientation program, which runs eight to 10. months, is open to certified teachers with a BA or MA degree. Oppor-tiinities are good for teachers of music'^tischno-logical subjects, and spe-cial education, said Broides. Vacancies exist in certain localities for teachers of arts aiid hanidi-crafts and physical education.
Certified teachers in subjects not in immediate demand can be retrained to teach English as a second language.
Teachers who complete the orientation program will be certified by the ministry of education, which will assist them in finding teaching positions throughout Israel.
The Orientation program, which has two parts, begins with an intensive ulpan (Hebrew laiiguage course) conducted at a Jewish Agency absorption centre, where housing accommodation for participating teachers and their
state of Israel, Israeli teaching methodology, sociology and political science.
Those already qualified to teach English as a second language need not participate in this part of the program. Teachers who have a strong background in Jewish-Israeli studies and are proficient in Hebrew may, in some cases, be exempted from the second part of the program. They may, instead, attend an orientation course for Hebrew-speaking teachers at Maclion Greenberg Institute in Jerusalem.
Project 200 was created in 1977 by the ministry of education to meet Israel's iirjgent : need for highly skilled educators. It js geared to senior professionals who are experienced in their respective fields.
Those accepted into I*roject 200 are guaranteed placement within Israel's ministry of education after successfully •completing an ulpan at an
By JANICE ARNOLD
MONTREAL —
They are called •'mini-ambassadorsV for Israel, and each year travel 'abroad to win hearts for Israel in a way older-folk cannot do.—
Itay Levison,. 16, and' Vered Avniel, 17, tWo "typical'V Israeli high school students, arrived hi Canada earlier this month to talk to Jewish and non-Jewish yoong people their age abont what their life Is Uke in Israel. '
"First of all we tell about ourselves — our , hobbies, our family — to show that we are like young people everywhere," said Vered. When speaking to non-Jewish groups they, have slides and a map of Israel, if their audiences want to know more. When politics arise, they arepirepared to field any questions, and their answers may differ
frorn the official ones, they admit. They, hope to de-; monstratei to Jewish youngsters that Israel is the best place for Jews to live.    . . ; _ :
In short, it is hoped their naturalness in . speaking about Israel will go a lot further in projecting a positive . jniage of the country, especially among the young than normal diplomatic means sometimes do.
Itay arid Vered are part pif the 72-member delegation of Israeli high school students who are involved this year in the students program arranged here by the Israeli consulate. The other 70 are all in the United States, where the program has been operating for the past nine years. This is the first time Canada was included.
Itay and Vered sjpent two weeks In Montreal, are presently in Ottawa for a week, and will wind op
their CaiuuUan tpinr with two weeks in Toronto. They wiO rejoin the other Israeli students faiWosh* ington for four; days before Qyinghome.
Their itinerary in Quebec was organized by the Canadian Zionist Federation's Israel Youth Program Centre, in collaboration with the Gomite etii-diant Quebec-Israel of the Canada-Israel Committee. While in Canada, they >yill stay in private homes. ' Their stops here. included several Of the Jew-' ish day ischools arid Jewish youth organizations as well as Western Laval High School,.Vanier and Dawson Colleges, and a number of French CEGEPs-Ahuntsic, Andre Grasse and St. Laurent.
The two also went to CEGEPs in Graitiby and Quebec City, where they met with the Jewish community. Vered and Itay have a good knowledge of
French as well as English; Itay, in fact, lived for two
_years in Paris.
They did not forget the
. old while, tliey .were here and entertained residents at the Caldwell apartments on Piirim.
The student program; is sponsored by the Israeli foreign office, and has proved so successful in the U.S. that there are plans to expand it to England, West Germany and South Africa^ as well as Canada.
The. student delegates are chosen on various criteria: scholastic performance, personality, knowledge of English and so on. Several hundred high school students normally apply to be considered for the program.
Vered is _ from . Ramat Gan, and' Itay from Hod Hasharon,-near Petach Tikvah. Both are Israeli-bom and, for Vered, it is her first time outside of Israel.'
While they may envy their fellow students who were dispatched to California Jewish, communities, Vered and Itay were fascinated w[th Canada. "I never saw so much ice and snow," said Vered. "When I left Israel it was 15 degrees above; when I arrived here it was minus .15.." ■
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The second stage of the program, which lasts; four to five months, is aimed at preparing teachers for wOrk in Israeli schools;. Teachers are. given courses in Jewish studies, including the history of the
ByMOURAWOLPERT
HAMILTON —
Ten years of participation in Jewish education by the Hamilton United Jewish Welfare Fund . were marked by the recent presentation of plaques by the United Israel Appeal to represent]ves of the three Hamilton religions schools.
The occasion was a breakfast rally at Shalom Village, marking the opening of the 1982 Hamilton United Jewish Appeal campaign.
Making the presentation, chairman oi the Hamilton Council on Jewish Education* i)r. David Magder, reminded the gathering that it is vital not only "to make an in^
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Broides will also welcome inqoirles abpat a new orientation program
for social woricers caUed   crease in the dollars you Olim Hadashini, consist-   contributo.but in the edU-ing of a Hebrew larignage   cational standards.you ask. coarse and praetical. and theoretical instruction in Israeli social work practises.
Graduates with a duly
ish children, both in day and afternoon schools, elementary and high school; with increasing enroiment in the last few years.
The Jews of Hamilton, said the McMaster University psychiatrist, "have contributed in a major way to those significant aspects of Jewish education. You havecon-tributed your children to the schools and you have contributed your dollars."
With 95% of afl Jewish children hi the conunonlty enrolled ;in one or another of the three schools, Hamilton 'Ms hi first place on this continent," Magder said. -
Shice the  1973 UJA
canipaign, when the January 1972 resoldtlon making the UJWF the "offichil and sole" fond raising ann for the three educational instltatlons was implemented, a total of dlose to $1^100,000 has been raised for Jewish, education in HamUton. "That's a very significant amoont of money!"
By its support of Jewish education '-the Hamilton area Jewish community expresses the will to stir-, vive," said Magder. "1 would like you to think of Jewish education in Hamilton not as something isolated but as something connected to the lost com-riiunities of^Etirope and to the achievements Of indi-
viduals in Israel and North America."
Accepting the awards on behalf of their schools were Rabbi Morton Green for the Hamilton Hebrew Academy, Rabbi Israel N. Silver for the Beth Jacob Synagogue religious school and — on behalf of Rabbi Bernard Baskin, who wais unable to be. present — chairman of the Temple Anshe Sholom board of education, Danny Davids.
Achnosot G)rchim
''We Welcome Newcomers''
During this coming Passover, the Jewish Immigrant Aid Services (JIAS) is asking the community to welcome our newcomers from the Soviet Union by inviting a family to celebrate the Seddurim in your homes. If you wish to have a family join you for a Seder, please caU JIAS: M. Benzacar 630-6481.
Jewish Immigrant Aid Services 638A Sheppard Avenue. West, Downsview
of your children, their teachers and yourselves as parents    and grandparents." ; One of the remarkable
recognized MSW or BSW   aspects of Jewish life in
TORONTO —
The Ontario government plans to assist Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto'to instal a naclear diagnostic system Vso that it will have the safest and most advanced method for diagnosing malignant tumors in thehr -earliest stage," it was reported in the Speech from the Throne Ust week when a new sessk>n of the legislature opened.
The; govenunent announced also it has set up a senior secretariat within the secretariat for social development, "to develop a co-operative working relationship among govern- . ment, voluntary organizations and senior citizens to ensure that appropriate platming takes place to respond to the increasing number and changhag ex-pectationsof seniors in the province."
Planning is under way, the throne speech con-tinned, for the imple-mentatbn'of changes hi -homemaker programs to Improve service for frail elderly people -and the physfcaQy handicapped.
The govenunent "promised also  to snpporf
parent^ponsored day care programs, particularly those which make use of empty space available in schools. This Is due to . "such societal changes as the growth in single parent families and the Increased involvement of women hi the work force."
Legislation is promised hi the throne speech to establish a ministry of citizenship and culture whose mandato will be to advance and encourage responsible citizenship among residents of Ontario. "IWs win be accomplished by policies which recognize the pluralistic nature of Ontario society," said the government, "and. stress the full participation of all Ontarians as equal mem^ hers of thei community." This mhilstry will be designated as ' ^the lead ministry for mnltlcnltaral-Ism."
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The course begins with a 10-week iilpan that emphasizes professional vocabulary and usage, fol-. lowed by field experience through short-term proj-ects. Also included are study trips to various agencies. throughout the country to enable the participants to see social workers at their jobs.
the last few decades, observed Magder, has been "the commitment arid flourishing of Jewish education and scholarship . . . not just in Israel but.here in North America, in small communities as well as in large ones." '
More important, he went on. has been the North American revival of Jewish education for Jew-
The Anne Frank Annual Purirh Masque held Saturday, March 6, organized by the Anne Frank . Foundation for Underpriviiegedi Children was incorrectly described in the Toronto Star as sponsored by Beth Torah Congregation. This event wais sponsored by the Anne Frank Foundation. We apologize for the error.
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extend their appreciation to their relatives and friends for their expressions of synipatiiy during their recent bereavement. I Dr. Neil Bernian and Ruth Bennan and children
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