G2G Crosses Oceans: from Nesher to Florida - and back!
Chanukah
is approaching, and in honor of the upcoming holiday, a special and
experiential Skype meeting took place between G2G: Generation to Generation participants in the Rabin
school in Nesher and G2G participants in their twin "Dor Dorim" school in
Broward County, Florida. The special activity took place as part of Partnership2Gether's
School Twinning program in the Nesher-Broward County partnership, which has
been thriving throughout the last decade in coordination with the Jewish
Federation of Broward County.
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| Skyping with students from Florida |
This is the second year
were the Rabin School is taking part in the G2G: Generation to Generation
Program, lead in the school by principal Heli Hachama and educator Michal
Konfino.
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| Nesher participants |
This
year, for the first time, the Dor Dorim Hebrew School in Broward County, led by principal Teresa Parker, is participating in the G2G program. The students are
interviewing their grandparents and documenting their stories, which will be
included in the worldwide story collection at Beit Hatfutsot - The Museum of the
Jewish People.
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| School prinicpals greeting each other |
In
the festive activity, which took place over Skype, the program participants
introduced themselves, students and seniors alike, and spoke about the ways
they celebrate Chanukah.
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| Grandmother and granddaughter from Nesher introduce themselves and a grandmother from Florida speaks abou her Chanuka experience |
At
the end of the meeting, there was a joint candle lighting ceremony, which
included Chanuka songs, latkes (in Florida) and donuts - sufganiyot
(in Nesher).
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| A grandfather in Nesher lit the candles while the school rabbi lit the candles in Florida |
Nesher
mayor Avi Binmo concluded the meeting and even spoke with the students in
Florida.
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| Nesher mayor listening to the conversation |
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| and participating |
The
meeting was led by the English teachers, Susan Moshe and Moran Menachem.
The
connection between the Dor Dorim Hebrew School and the Rabin School in Nesher is
part of the Partneship2Gether, the Jewish Agency's School Twinning program.
(The program is led by Levana Caro-Regev, Director of Partnerships Nesher,
Karel Glazer, Living Bridge Coordinator and Arkady Hasidovich, Head of School
Twinning Development), in collaboration with the Israeli Ministry of Education.
The G2G: Generation to Generation program is run by Beit Hatfutsot – The Museum
of the Jewish People and the Israeli Ministries for Education and Senior
Citizen, and this initiative is led by Sarit Jacob, G2G Coordinator in Haifa and Yael Rosen, G2G Coordinator
at Beit Hatfutsot.
Here's another story of one of the grandmothers in Florida:
One
more highlight: during the meeting it turned out that one of the students in
Florida will be arriving in Israel next week with her grandmother, to celebrate
her Bat Mitzvah. The will be in Haifa and during the meeting the grandmother
asked if they could come visit the school in Nesher. Of course she received a
positive and excited response from the Rabin School.
Text and Photos: Sarit Jacob
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