Teachers courses events

Programme of the up-coming meetings:

January

January 15 – Beit Nagler Culture Center, Kiryat Haim
18:00 Jews in Polish positivist literature – Yaron Becker – IP (in Hebrew)
20:00 Surprising revival – about the rebirth of the Jewish community in Poland – Piotr Kadlcik – chairman of the Association of Denominational Communities in the Republic of Poland (in Polish)

January 16 – IP, Beit Asia
18:00 Surprising revival – about the rebirth of the Jewish community in Poland - Piotr Kadlcik – chairman of the Association of Denominational Communities in the Republic of Poland (in English)
19:30 Urke Nachalnik – Jewish mobster and Polish writer – Yaron Becker – IP (in Hebrew)

January 17
1) Department of Social Education, Jerusalem
16:00 Surprising revival – about the rebirth of the Jewish community in Poland - Piotr Kadlcik – chairman of the Association of Denominational Communities in the Republic of Poland (in English)
17:30 Jews in Polish positivist literature – Yaron Becker – IP (in Hebrew)

2) Beit Belgia, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem
19:30 Surprising revival – about the rebirth of the Jewish community in Poland - Piotr Kadlcik – chairman of the Association of Denominational Communities in the Republic of Poland (in Polish)

January 29 – Beit Nagler Culture Center, Kiryat Haim
18:00 Polish war losses in the years 1939-1945 – Yaron Becker – IP (in Hebrew)

January 31 – Department of Social Education, Jerusalem
16:00 Poland’s contribution to victory over Nazi Germany in World War II – Aleks Dancyg – Yad Vashem (in Hebrew)
17:30 Jews – soldiers in the Polish Armed Forces – Aleks Dancyg – Yad Vashem (in Hebrew)


February

February 5 – Mashmaut Center, Kiryat Motzkin
16:00 Polish cinematography as history teacher – Mateusz Werner – IAM ( in English)
18:00 Jewish movies in Poland in the interwar period – Dr. Marcos Silber – Haifa University (lecture in Hebrew)

February 6 – IP, Beit Asia
18:00 Polish cinematography as history teacher – Mateusz Werner – IAM (in English)

February 7
1) Department of Social Education
16:00 Polish cinematography as history teacher – Mateusz Werner – IAM (in English)
17:30 Jewish movies in Poland in the interwar period – Dr. Marcos Silber – Haifa University (lecture in Hebrew)

2) Beit Belgia, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem
19:30 Polish cinematography as history teacher – Mateusz Werner – IAM ( in English)

February 28 – Department of Social Education, Jerusalem
16:00 “Close encounters” – exchange of views and comments on meetings of Polish and Israeli youth – Riki Mandel – Department of Social Education, Jerusalem, Yaron Becker – IP (in Hebrew)
17:30 Convention of school managers concerning Israeli youngsters’ trips to Poland – conducted by Yaron Becker – IP (in Hebrew)  


March

March 11
1) Mashmaut Center, Kiryat Motzkin
16:00 Children of the Holocaust – Edyta Kurek – the Jewish Institute of History (in English)
Legends about the origins of Polishness – Dr. Marta Lesiak and Yaron Becker – IP (workshops in Hebrew and English)

2) Beit Nagler Culture Center, Kiryat Haim
19:30 – Children of the Holocaust – Edyta Kurek – the Jewish Institute of History (in Polish)

March 12 – IP, Beit Asia
18:00 Children of the Holocaust – Edyta Kurek – the Jewish Institute of History (in English)
Legends about the origins of Polishness – Dr. Marta Lesiak and Yaron Becker – IP (workshops in Hebrew and English)

March 13
1) Department of Social Education, Jerusalem
16:00 Children of the Holocaust – Edyta Kurek – the Jewish Institute of History (in English)
Legends about the origins of Polishness – Dr. Marta Lesiak and Yaron Becker – IP (workshops in Hebrew and English)

2) Beit Belgia, the Hebrew University, Jerusalem
19:30 Children of the Holocaust – Edyta Kurek – the Jewish Institute of History (in Polish)

April

The "Shteitl" in the eyes of Polish writers – Dr. Malgorzata Domagalska (Uni. of Lodz)
April 8th 16:00 - Mashmaut Center, Kiryat Motzkin (in Eng)
                    20:00 - Beit Nagler Culture Center, Kiryat Haim (in Polish)
April 10th 19:30 - Beit Belgia, the Hebrew University, Jerusalem (in Polish)
 
The "Shteitl" in the eyes of Polish writers; The Tykocin example – Dr. Malgorzata Domagalska (Uni. of Lodz), Alex beck (Guide)
April 9th 18:00 - IP, Beit Asia (in Eng and Heb)
 
Urke Nachalnik – Jewish mobster and Polish writer – Yaron Becker – IP
April 8th 17:30 - Mashmaut Center, Kiryat Motzkin (in Heb)
 
Shoah Remembrance Day eve – A meeting with the Israeli Pianist born in Poland, holocaust survivor, Alexander Tamir 
April 10th 18:00 – Targ music center, Ein Karem (in Heb)

May

Hebrew translations to Polish Poetry – Yael Shterenberg (Teacher, Translator)
May 12th 18:00 - Beit Nagler Culture Center, Kiryat Haim (in Heb)
 
Poland's official standpoint concerning November 29th 1947 UN resolution –
 Dr. Marcus Silber (Haifa Uni.)
May 13th 18:00 - Mashmaut Center, Kiryat Motzkin (in Heb)
 
Historical Remembrance in the Polish design of monuments - Dorota Jarecka (Gazeta Wyborcza)
 
May 20th 16:00 - Mashmaut Center, Kiryat Motzkin (in Eng)
                    20:00 - Beit Nagler Culture Center, Kiryat Haim (in Polish)
May 21st 18:00 - IP, Beit Asia (in Eng)
May 26th 18:00 - Beit Nagler Culture Center, Kiryat Haim (in Polish, Heb translation)
 
March 68 in Poland – 4 decades perspective – Dr. Piotr Oseka (Polish science academy, State research institution, Author of "March 68")
May 20th 17:30 - Mashmaut Center, Kiryat Motzkin (in Eng)
May 21st 18:00 - IP, Beit Asia (in Eng)
May 22nd 19:30 - Beit Belgia, the Hebrew University, Jerusalem (in Polish)
 
Poland’s contribution to victory over Nazi Germany in World War II
Jews – soldiers in the Polish Armed Forces – Aleks Dancyg – Yad Vashem (in Heb)
May 22nd 16:00 - Department of Social Education, Jerusalem


June
The Polish-Jewish world of Yitzchak Bashevis-Zinger – Prof. Monika Adamczyk-Garbowska (Lublin Uni.)
June 3rd 16:00 - Mashmaut Center, Kiryat Motzkin (in Eng)
                  20:00 - Beit Nagler Culture Center, Kiryat Haim (in Polish)
June 4th 18:00 - IP, Beit Asia (in Eng)
June 5th 16:00 - Department of Social Education, Jerusalem (in Eng)
                  19:30 - Beit Belgia, the Hebrew University, Jerusalem (in Polish)
 
Jean Marie Lustiger – A Yiddish Cardinal – Yaron Becker, IP
June 3rd 17:30 - Mashmaut Center, Kiryat Motzkin (in Heb)
 
Legends about the origins of Polishness – Dr. Marta Lesiak and Yaron Becker – IP
 June 4th 19:30 - IP Bet Asia (in Heb and Eng)
 
Polish Righteous among the Nations – Na'ama Egozi (Yad Vashem)
June 5th 17:30 - Department of Social Education, Jerusalem (in Heb)
 
Tadeusz Borowski and Primo Levi – Two fates in Auschwitz – Riki Mendel (Department of Social Education), Yaron Becker (IP)
June 17th 16:00 - Mashmaut Center, Kiryat Motzkin (in Heb)
 
Poland – Past, Present and Future
Yoel Sitruk’s multimedia presentation
June 26th 16:00 - Department of Social Education, Jerusalem (in Heb)

During the summer, educational activities focus on study visits of Israeli teachers and guides in Poland. This year, there'll be three visits:  

July 6 – 14 – “Polish Album” – study visit in Poland of Israeli guides who participate in the year-course “Get to know Poland”. The purpose of the project is to widen the guides’ knowledge of unknown before regions of Poland. This year program contains the Poznan region and Lower Silesia.  


July 22 – 31 – "Getting Closer" - Seminar and study tour for principals of twelve Polish and Israeli schools. The main objectives of the seminar are the strengthening of professional relations between Israeli and Polish teachers and the devising of an instructional methodology to facilitate the teaching of common history and the overcoming of stereotypes. The direct involvement of school principals aims to impact visits of Israeli youth to Poland in an attempt to aid the progress of authentic youth exchange.  


August 15 – 23 – “Under Common Sky” – continuation of visits organized since 2005 for Israeli teachers and educational workers, participants of the project “Getting Closer”. The purpose of the visit is to get to know some Polish regions as a possible part of trips with Israeli youth. Participants shall visit the northern part of Poland such as: Kuyavia, Pomerania and Mazuria.

Scientific conferences:

Polish-Israeli conference Common heritage and interaction between Polish and Jewish culture
March 10-11, Ben-Gurion University, Beer Sheva.
In cooperation with the Ben-Gurion University and the Adam Mickiewicz University

Participation of Prof. Monika Adamczyk-Garbowski (Lublin Uni.) at the conference Yiddish- Between theory and literature
June 1-3, Tel Aviv Uni. Gilman building – Hall 496


Participation of Prof. Zbigniew Szafranski (Warsaw Uni.) at the Irene Levi-Sala annual Archeological research seminar.
Annual theme: Pharaoh Hatshepsut and her monuments at Deir El-Bahri
Thursday April 10th, Minkoff senate hall – Ayrton center, Ben-Gurion Uni.






How to study common history as a common effort
May 18-19, Beit Berl College
 
An exceptional conference dedicated to teaching the history of the Jewish nation in Poland and the history of Poland in Israel. A rich program that aims at teachers and researchers who cooperate with the Ministries of Education of both countries and focuses on analysis of existing manuals and pedagogical materials, presentation of guides and teaching methods. The audience will have the opportunity to become acquainted with the use of the internet as an educational tool and to participate in workshops. The conference will be followed by the publication of a brochure summing up the teachers’ seminars. The conference shall be organized at the initiative of the Polish Institute in Tel Aviv, the Pedagogical Academy in Krakow and the Beit Berl College.         
May 18th 10:00-18:00, May 19th 09:30-18:00, Bet Berl College