Global Jewish Education

List of 9 items.

• Extended Israel Exchange Program (EIEP)

  EIEP unites dTHS and Israeli students for a yearlong program that is unique in and to the Jewish world. Students from Ohel Shem join the dTHS community for 1.5 months in the fall, and our students travel to Israel for 2.5 months in the spring. From our yearlong EIEP Seminar course at dTHS, to the “school within a school” we create in Ramat Gan, this exchange program takes
  students on an intellectual journey alongside a physical one. While in Israel, our students immerse themselves in Israeli life and come away empowered with indelible friendships and personal growth.

   

   

  In partnership with

  Ohel Shem High School

  Ramat Gan, Israel

• Short Israel Exchange Program (SIEP)

  Every year, students from our partner schools inTel Aviv are hosted by the dTHS community at families’ homes. Our students then travel to Israel in the spring, engaging in a week-long tour of the country before reuniting with their buddies in Tel Aviv for the remainder of the 2.5-week program. With this immersive exchange aspect comes an experience in Israel unique in our students’ lives.

   

   

  In partnership with

  Ironi Aleph High School
  Ironi Dalet High School
  Lady Davis High School
  Tel Aviv, Israel

• Budapest Exchange Program

  Our 12th grade “BEPsters” host their Hungarian buddies before traveling themselves to Central Europe. Their time in Budapest, alongside adjunct travel to Vienna, Austria, and Prague, enables our students to connect with a part of Ashkenazi Jewish history and culture in areas often seen as Jewish centers of “the past,” but are in fact vibrant and thriving today. This investigation of diaspora communities other than our own results in a profoundly broader understanding of what Jewish communities can and do look like.

   

  In partnership with

  Lauder Javne Jewish School
  Budapest, Hungary

• Turkey Exchange Program

  de Toledo welcomed, for the first time, a delegation from Istanbul to Los Angeles in April of 2023. We are thrilled to expand our longstanding relationship with Ulus to a full exchange for 2024. Visiting Istanbul and connecting with families there gives our students the opportunity to learn from and about the Sephardic Jewish community and to learn about the resilient and thriving Jewish community of Turkey.
  
  
  In partnership with
  Ulus Jewish School
  Istanbul, Turkey

• International Book Club

  In partnership with the dTHS English Department, our 9th grade students connect with their peers at Tarbut Jewish School in Mexico City for a Zoom-powered book club. In doing so, they transcend international borders to learn from each other, exchange information and experiences, and collaborate on joint writing assignments and projects.
  
  
  In partnership with
  Colegio Hebreo Tarbut
  Mexico City, Mexico

• MIFGASH: The Global Jewish Classroom

  In 2019, de Toledo initiated a global network of Jewish schools at the high school level, creating virtual courses, projects, discussions, and artistic collaborations between Jewish students across North and South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. Many of our exchange partners have been involved in these projects, such as Ulus in Istanbul, Ohel Shem in Ramat Gan, Tarbut in Mexico, and Lauder Javne in Budapest.

• Uruguay Exchange Program (UrEP)

  As part of our UrEP, participants are hosted by their buddies in Montevideo, attend talks given by Escuela Integral history and Judaic Studies teachers, visit their buddies’ Zionist Jewish youth groups, and meet with diplomats in order to contextualize the Jewish community that has one of the highest rates of Aliyah to Israel in the world. Following the hosting period in Montevideo, the UrEP experience includes visits to Buenos Aires, Argentina and the stunning Iguazu Falls on the border between Brazil and Argentina.

   

   

  In partnership with

  Escuela Integral Jewish School
  Montevideo, Uruguay

• Robotics Mentorship & Collaborations

  In collaboration with ORT International and Kadima Mada, de Toledo’s Global Robotics Mentorship Program gives our Robotics students the opportunity to learn from a graduate team leader of the award-winning RoboActive team of Zinman Darka High School. Our 10th grade Robotics students who are on SIEP then visit Dimona as both teams are preparing for regional, national, and international competitions.
  
  
  In partnership with
  Zinman Darka High School
  Dimona, Israel

• Spirulina Project

  In a collaboration with the dTHS Science Department, participating students engage in lab trials and research focused on the superfood spirulina, a revolutionary way to combat food insecurity. Every other year, de Toledo travels to Eastern Uganda to help the Abayudaya Jewish community to become more food secure by cultivating spirulina.

   

   

  In partnership with

  Abayudaya Jewish Community
  Mbale, Uganda, Africa