projects

The Research Unit on Jewish Peoplehood

The Research Unit on Jewish Peoplehood was established in April 2009 at the School of Education of Tel Aviv University in order to create an academic force that will generate a recognition of the need to learn and be acquainted with the contemporary Jewish people in both formal and informal education system.

The mission of the unit is:

• To deepen and expand the discourse on Jewish peoplehood in various venues, in affiliation to research findings, that will facilitate describing, mapping, understanding and conceptualizing the sense of belonging to the Jewish people within the Israeli public.
• To develop peoplehood index and to lead evaluation studies on peoplehood curricula in educational frameworks.
• To nourish and sustain a committed knowledgeable identification and emotional bond with the Jewish People, among leading principals and educators.

Activities during the academic year of 2009/2010:

• The unit held an annual conference on Jewish peoplehood for organizations and leading practitioners.
• The unit leads evaluation studies of Peoplehood among students in five leading teachers' colleges representing the various sections of Israeli  society.
• The unit conducts an in-depth study of a small group of youth leaders (Gar'in Atid).
• The unit aims to identify advanced excelling and motivated students as well as interested researchers, in order to conduct a research on peoplehood.
• An MA course on Jewish peoplehood for school principals in the School of Education at Tel-Aviv University will be taught under the unit's sponsorship