Infuse Hebrew into Your Informal Jewish Education

Cohort 2 Year-Round Amitei Ivrit Fellowship 

Based on our previous success in Hebrew infusion at summer camps, we expanded the Amitei Ivrit fellowship program to the wider world of informal education, including synagogues, JCCs, Jewish youth groups, day schools, and others. This is a great opportunity for program professionals, regardless of if they are Hebrew teachers or not even proficient in Hebrew, to enhance their personal toolboxes and incorporate Hebrew in and beyond their classrooms, activity spaces, youth lounges, and programming. Nine educators participated in 2023-24 and will continue in their second year in the program. We are welcoming applications for 2024-25. 

Interested in participating? Email yechielh@hebrewatthecenter.org to get your questions answered. 

We are inviting a select number of organizations to participate in a two-year program to support a more intentional approach to using Hebrew language and engagement through experiential learning. 

• Each organization will send the designated educator to a training with Hebrew at the Center in April 2024, where they will have the opportunity to think critically about where Hebrew infusion might fit best in their organization and receive experiential games, posters, stickers, signs, and placards to hang up around the building, and a detailed and comprehensive program guide. 
• In the first year, the goal is to better understand how the organizations’ unique missions and cultures can leverage this initiative, including which other staff members can participate as collaborators, with subsequent years helping to build upon these learnings. 
• The project begins with the fellows considering their current connection to Hebrew engagement and identify ways in which Hebrew can be used to advance their educational and organizational goals. 
• Fellows will meet quarterly with their cohort to share, review and gather feedback on their pilot programs to infuse Hebrew into their informal educational spaces, culminating in an end of the year exhibition. 
• In the winter, the fellow and their supervisor participate in short, focused conversations and training to surface questions and identify goals. 

Cohort 4 Camp Amitei Ivrit Fellowship 

• Participating camps will receive funding to subsidize hiring or designating from current staff an Amitei Ivrit who brings new and fun activities, tools that support observation and learning, skills to facilitate discussions about Hebrew and culture, and understanding about change. 
• The Amitei Ivrit will test new program ideas, whether with specific age groups or program areas, and work with the full mishlachat (staff) to leverage their Hebrew and passion. 
• The goal is to better understand how a camp’s unique missions and culture can leverage this initiative, with subsequent summers helping to build upon these learnings. 
• Amiei Ivrit will be selected based on prior experience at North American Jewish summer camps and their understanding of the unique nature of camp, passion for Hebrew and experience in informal education, and openness to creating new culture in partnership with camp leadership and camp staff. Priority will be given to candidates who are returning to a selected camp or are open to returning to the same camp for future summers.