Ohr Avner School Connects Online

DNEPROPETROVSK, Ukraine [FJC] — This week, teachers at the Levi Yitzchak Schneerson Day School joined those from dozens of other Jewish schools from other cities of the CIS and Baltic countries for a large-scale online conference. This project was initiated by the Ministry of Education of Israel, represented by Irina Dashevsky, the Ministry’s Adviser for the CIS and Baltic Countries.

The conference involved numerous Russian-speaking teachers of Jewish traditions and, to a large extent, was dedicated to their methodological development, relation to and dealings with the Ministry of Education of Israel, and the upcoming holiday of Chanukah, in addition to several other issues related to Jewish education in the post-Soviet countries.

Connecting to one another for this conference using a computer equipped with internet and a web camera, the teachers were able to discuss methodological issues and share experiences with their colleagues in real time. This undertaking is impressive considering that many of the participants live thousands of miles away from one another and that they had the rare opportunity to ask interesting issues related to methodology issues directly to experienced and professional staff of the Ministry of Education of Israel.

The Levi Yitzchak Schneerson Day School of Dnepropetrovsk, which belongs to the Ohr Avner educational network, is pleased to have had this chance and is confident that this experience may be applied in making the teaching of Jewish traditions the most effective possible for the benefits of the younger generation.