Program Structure

 

The program is designed for students to finish in either one or two years, depending on the course load they choose. (Studying beyond two years requires special permission.)

The master's degree consists of 36 credits, and offers a variety of teaching modalities, namely:

  • Two online semesters, one from October to January and the second from March to June; the courses include asynchronous distance learning, some with one to three meetings via Zoom.
  • In February, intensive courses via Zoom (four weeks); each course includes eight Zoom sessions and four asynchronous classes on the platform.
  • In July (two weeks), the intensive summer seminar, in person on the campus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem: three academic courses, field trips, and special activities that integrate academics and a meaningful experience in Israel.

Below is the annual structure of the program:

 

 

The organizational structure of the Master's program

October

Fall Semester

 

November

December

January

February

 

Winter Intensive Sessions (2 courses, 4 weeks)

March

Spring Semester

 

April

May

June

July

 

Summer Seminar in Israel (3 courses, 2 weeks)

August

Summer Break

September

 

The program includes required and elective courses. Each student can build their own schedule according to their academic and personal interests.

You can find the syllabi of current courses by clicking here

In addition to the course requirements, participants must submit two seminar papers (essays). The combined master's program does not include a thesis, which is usually a prerequisite for admission to a doctoral program at the Hebrew University.

Students of the International M.A. enroll in one of the two tracks

 

Entrepreneurship & Innovation Track

 

The Entrepreneurship & Innovation Track in Jewish education, from theory to practice, focus on the foundation concepts of social entrepreneurship and their application to Jewish education. In addition strategies for growing the market and of innovation will be studied in depth.

This track offers courses on the following subjects:

* Basic and advanced social entrepreneurship

* Creative, out-of-the-box thinking

* Fundraising

* Participation in a Social Accelerator facilitated by the Hebrew University center Innovation. Students will be required to develop an MVP (minimum viable product) with the potential of establishing an educational startup.

For the detailed course list click here

 

Students interested in specializing through this track must commit to studying 12 credits, out of the 36 credits of the total program, in courses of this orientation.

The following courses comprise the Entrepreneurship & Innovation track

 

Intensive Winter Sessions (in-class by Zoom) 6.2.2023 – 5.3.2023

 

 

Teacher

Credits

 

 

 

 

 

Evaluating social and educational programs (63028)

Dr. Yuval Ofec

1

Elective

Creativity and Innovation in Educational Organizations (63026)

Dr. Sharon Arieli

1

Elective

Practical Fundraising: Case Studies (63025)

David Gappel

2

Required

Innovative thinking in Education (63029)

 

Vered Resnick

1

Elective

Spring Semester: 12.3.2023 – 30.6.2023

 

Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Jewish Education (63014)

Dr. Jonathan Mirvis

4

Required

Summer Semester (face to face) 9.7 – 20.7.2023

 

Teacher

Credits

 

 

Innovation in Jewish Education: From Theory to Practice (63024)

Dr. Amnon Dekel

2

Required

 

Learning in places (63021)

Ms. Hava Schwartz

2

Audited *

 

Venture Accelerator for Jewish Education (63027)

Dr. Amnon Dekel

2

Required

 

How does it work?

There are 4 required courses totaling 10 credits and 2 electives totaling 2 credits.

The 4 required courses must take place in this sequence:

  1. 63025 (winter zoom)
  2. 63014  (spring semester on- line)
  3. 63024 (summer semester)
  4. 63027 (summer semester)

Students must choose 2 of the 3 electives

  1. 63028 (winter zoom)
  2. 63026 (winter zoom)
  3. 63029 (winter zoom)

It is necessary to clarify that orientation courses, except course 63014, are unsuitable for a seminar paper.

If you have any questions, please contact us.

 

 

* Students in this track may participate in course 63021 as “audit student”.

 

Culture & Identity Track

The Culture & Identity Track offers a general overview of Jewish education, integrating two main areas of knowledge:

1. The Philosophy, Sociology and Psychology of Jewish Education.

2. The Teaching of Jewish Texts. 

Thus, providing a rich, profound, and solid foundation for Jewish educators, that will allow them to confront the central challenges facing the field today.

The track offers courses on the following subjects:

* Jewish Education & Jewish Identity

* From theory to practice: New pedagogies in Jewish Education

* The challenge of the classic and modern texts

* The age of Knowledge, technology and Jewish Education

For the detailed course list click here