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Collaboration between Mandel Jerusalem Fellows graduates Amichai Lau-Lavie and Stephen Hazan Arnoff led to a strategic alliance in which Lau-Lavie's Storahtelling will move into and act as artist in residence at the 14th Street Y in Manhattan where Arnoff is the exective director
JTA blog, August 2009
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Graduates of the Mandel Leadership Institute participate in a week long seminar in Brussels sponsored by the Graduate Unit in partnership with the European Foundation for Management Development to learn about the European model of managing diversity
European Jewish Press, July 2009
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Mandel graduate and former Mandel faculty member Scott Copeland describes how in his work at MAKOM, the Israel Engagement Network, he tries to provide more depth to the overall image of Israel
St. Louis JewishLight.com, July 2009
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New Mandel Jerusalem Fellow mentioned in "Stars of David" column about her acceptance to the program
Jewish Exponent, July 2009
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Asaf Vitman, Mandel Graduate and currently Minister for Economic Affairs for the United States was invited to be the keynote speaker at annuals awards dinner of the American-Israel Chamber of Commerce, Southeast Region
PRLog, May 2009
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The Mandel Jewish Community Center in Cleveland, Ohio broke ground on a renovation project with funding from the Mandel Foundation
Cleveland Jewish News, May 2009
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Former Director of the Mandel Leadership Institute, Dr. Daniel Gordis, suggests that Israelis put the subject of peace aside and instead talk about the the kind of society they want in Israel
Jerusalem Post, March 2009
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The establishment of a private four-year high school that promises to be unlike anything else in Israel is currently the major project of the founders and officers of the Israel Center for Youth Leadership, including Mandel Fellow Ruth Knoller-Levy
Jerusalem Post, February 2009
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IDF Chief Rabbi vs. the Education Corps?: Israel Harel relates to the Mandel IDF Educational Leadership Development Program
Ha'aretz, January 2009
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Living Waters: Mandel Winter Consultation participant Aliza Kline describes the processes and challenges involved in creating the ultra-modern and progressive Mayyim Hayyim Living Waters Community Mikveh and Education Center - Ha'aretz, December 2008
• The candidates for Prime Minister of Israel are shaping their own sense of self, and the public's perception of them, in the hope of boosting their electability, claims Dr. Sarit Barzilai, who developed the SEMEL empowerment program during her studies at the Mandel Leadership Institute - Jerusalem Post, December 2008
• President Shimon Peres to establish a forum bring together young leaders from around the Jewish world, including a group from the Mandel Leadership Institute, to grapple with the questions facing the Jewish people - Jerusalem Post, December 2008
• Tom Segev writes about "Subservient History", the book written by Mandel Fellow Arie Kizel - Haaretz, November 2008
• The Mandel Leadership Institute opened registration for Cohort 27 of the Mandel Jerusalem Fellows - Jewish Philanthropy.com, November 2008
• Interview with Jerusalem fellow Amichai Lau-Lavie on "Storahtelling" - his attempt to revive the ancient role of interpreter in the synagogue by "translating" the texts into contemporary discourse - Ha'aretz, October 2008
• Prof. Gavison Speaking at Mandel Leadership Institute: Hebrew University law professor warns against secular nescience,segregation of Arab and haredi education - Ynet, September 2008
• At the Mandel Leadership Institute graduation Prof. Ruth Gavison spoke out against what she called the "cultural ignorance" found in the secular education provided by the State, and bemoaned the possible implications such an ignorance could have on the future - Jerusalem Post, September 2008
• "We have to remind ourselves of the real fundamentals of education," says Mandel graduate Mendi Rabinovitch, head of a task force of MLI graduates who are working to change the model for matriculation exams - Haaretz, August 2008
• Rabbi Lawrence S. Zierler, religious leader of the Jewish Center of Teaneck and graduate of Mandel Jerusalem Fellows, takes a walk around the streets of Jerusalem - The Jewish Standard, June 2008
• Changing the Bagrut (matriculation) Exams: less spitting back, more thinking - a group of Mandel Leadership Institute graduates are calling for cutting the number of matriculation exams down to three - Ha'aretz, June 2008
• Yisrael Sorek, Mandel graduate and former Dean of Fellows discusses philosophical consulting for public institutions and organizations, and his new field, helping businesses deal with ethical dilemmas -Haaretz, June 2008
• First Ladies Laura Bush and Aliza Olmert visit Hand in Hand elementary school, the bilingual Jewish-Arab School founded by Mandel graduate Lee Gordon. Principal Dalya Peretz is also a Mandel Graduate - Ynet news, May 2008
• "Yeshiva U. head challenges Orthodox communities in U.S., here to open up." Richard Joel speaks at the Mandel Leadership Institute - Haaretz, January 2008
• “I believe that the Israeli Diaspora’s quest for some kind of cultural continuity can be instructive both for Diaspora communities and for Israel,” said Dr. Daniel Marom, head of the Visions Unit at the Mandel Leadership Institute about the phenomenon of Israeli supplementary schools in Canada and the USA - Jewish Daily Forward, January 2008
• "D stands for democracy"; an article about 'Yesodot', an organization that seeks to inject the values of democracy into national religious education, and its founders, Mandel graduates Shlomo Fisher, Yafa Gisser and Eliraz Kraus- Haaretz, December 2007
• The aftermath of the teachers' strike- Mandel Leadership Institute Director, Dr. Eli Gottleib, and Prof. Sam Wineburg, Mandel Faculty member, write about the public discourse concerning education - Haaretz, December 2007
• "A new siddur in this 21st century raises anew some critical questions about the entire enterprise of changing traditional liturgy," wrote MJF fellow Leon Morris in his review of the Reform Movement's new prayerbook - Jerusalem Post, October 2007
• Homelessness in Israel and public housing policy in Israel- Interview with Dr. Neri Horowitz, Director of the Senior Civil Service Program - Jerusalem Post, August 2007
• Mandel Jerusalem Fellows graduate Stephen Hazan-Arnoff writes about addressing Jewish identity in the 21st century - Haaretz - July 2007
• 'Philosophy for Children' featuring faculty member and Dr. Jen Glaser - The New Jersey Jewish News, July 2007
• The first national conference of the Beit Midrash network, an initiative of the Visions of Jewish Education Project - Ha'aretz - July 2007
• The Mandel Leadership Institute hosts French Jewish social services professionals and directors- Interview with Dr. Pierre Kletz, Director of the MLI Graduate Unit and Michel Elbaz Mandel Jerusalem Fellows graduate- Jerusalem Post, June 2007
• An article about the booming Israeli economy despite the unstable political and security situation in the country quotes Dr. Daniel Gordis, former director of the Mandel Leadership Institute, who claims that the country's problems have created a "national funk" - Weekly Standard, February 2007
• "Listen to the News Josephs": Mandel Jerusalem Fellow, Stephen Hazan Arnoff writes about the challenges of Jewish leadership in north America- Jerusalem Post, January 2007
• An evening of appreciation for Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel was recently held at the Hartman Institute in Jerusalem in honor of the dedication of the Beit Midrash in their names - Kol Ha'ir, March 2009
• Once he was a senior engineer and founder of Intel, now he's the principal of the Branco Weiss School in the Regional Gezer Council. Meet Mandel Graduate Dr. Avi Golan who made a dramatic life change in order to give back to society - Yediot Holon, February 2009
• A decade of "Storahtelling": The theatrical method of bringing the weekly Torah reading to life, developed by Mandel Jerusalem Fellow Amichai Lau-Lavie, celebrated ten years of activity - Kol Ha'ir, February 2009
• "The weaker classes will pay the price," warned Prof. Avia Spivak at a symposium held by the Mandel Leadership Institute on social justice during the global economic crisis - Kol Ha'ir, February 2009
• Identity, Education, Values: About the International Conference on Research in Jewish Education entitled "Multiple Identities in Jewish Education" which took place at the Mandel Leadership Institute - Kol Ha'ir, January 2009
• Multiple identities as an asset and an education goal: a blog entry about the Multiple Identities in Jewish Education Conference held at the Mandel Leadership Institute - JacobCytryn.Blogspot, January 2009
• Excerpts from a farewell interview with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, with mention of the Mandel Education Conference - Maariv, January 2009
• "The past year has been the most significant in decades for Israeli education," said Prime Minister Ehud Olmert as he addressed the participants at the opening session of the Mandel Education Conference - Reshet Bet Radio, December 2008
• “Israel can be a country that invests no less in education than in weaponry,” declared Prime Minister Ehud Olmert as he addressed the participants of the Mandel Education Conference - Ynet, December 2008
• "The economic crisis is the hot news, but the issue is much broader. Economics is just part of the public arena that we have abandoned," claims Yankele Steinberg, Director of the Mandel Center for Leadership in the Negev - YNET, November 2008
• Dr. Motti Shalem, Director of the IDF Educational Leadership Development Program, discusses the importance that politicians are placing on education in their campaigns for the upcoming elections - Yediot Achoronot, November 2008
• "Teachers have to be partners in any attempt to build an Israeli vision," says Dr. Daniel Marom of the Mandel Leadership Institute in an interview about his book "Dialogue from the Heart of Confusion" - Kesher Ayin, October 2008
• 'The Weakness of the Majority' - Prof. Ruth Gavison claims that nothing determines a country’s robustness more than the education that it gives its young generation - Calcalist, October 2008
• 'Secular Education's Cultural Ignorance is Dangerous' Professor Ruth Gavision speaking at the Mandel Leadership Institute Graduation Ceremony - Ha'Modiya, September 2008
• Interview with Dr. Neri Horovitz, on why school strike threats have become a cultural ritual, and on reforms in the education system - Jerusalem Report, September 2008
• Mandel Fellow Gregory Kottler's essay on Progressive Judaism and Russian-speaking Jewry - CCAR Journal, Summer 2008
• Mandel Leadership Institute graduates recently participated in a management course in which they were taught new methods of nonprofit management by the Sorbonne’s Business Administration School’s finest lecturers - Kol Ha'Ir, August 2008
• Zohar Nir of Moshav Sapir, a graduate of the Mandel Center for Leadership in the Negev’s training program for school principals, will replace Neta Bezalel, retiring principal of Goldwater high-school - Yediot Eilat, August 2008
• "The State of Education in Israel" - Excerpts from Razi Barkai’s TV show Israel Ltd., with Mandel fellow Aryeh Kizel as a guest - Channel 23, August 2008
• He’s a fighter pilot (still), a devotee of the Indian belief in love, full of ideas for improving the education system, and crazy about his 1400 pupils. Meet Mandel graduate Hezi Sagiv, principal of the Carmel Coast Joint School - Magazine Hamoshavot, July 2008
• Frankness and genuine willingness to listen are shown to break through the confusion in "Dialogue from the Heart of Confusion" (Keter Books, Daniel Marom and Micky Miller eds.) - Makor Rishon, July 2008
• "Compulsory Education on the Brink of Collapse": Mandel School for Eduacational Leadership Graduates discuss how to empower schoolteachers and the entire educational staff - Radio Jerusalem 101FM, June 2008
• Excerpts from an interview with Dr. Daniel Marom of the Mandel Leadership Institute, one of the authors of the fascinating book Dialogue from the Heart of Confusion - Channel 2 Israel radio - June 2008
• The state of Beersheva streets and urban planning were discussed at the launching of Prof. Yehuda Gradus’s book "Beersheva: Metropolis in the Making" at the Mandel Center for Leadership in the Negev - Yediyot Achranot, June 2008
• "Dialogue from the Heart of Confusion" (Keter Books, Daniel Marom and Micky Miller eds.). inspires journalist Ruti Avraham to discuss math, freedom, and all that lies in between - NFC, June 2008
• Alfred Michaelovich, producer of a recent photography exhibition in Eilat, is currently finishing his first year in the community leadership training program of the Mandel Center for Leadership in the Negev - Ha'Ir, May 2008
• "The book really “lived” for me": Russian-language newspaper Vesti reviews Mandel/Keter publication "Dialogue from the Heart of Confusion" - Vesti, May 2008
• Mandel Graduate Rabbi Yefet Alemo visits the Jewish community in Annapolis, the first in the United States to partner with the Family Education Initiative to support Ethiopian immigrants in Israel - The Capital, June 2008
• Mandel Leadership Institute graduates submit proposal to Education Minister Yuli Tamir proposing significant changes to matriculation (bagrut) exams - Haaretz, June 2008
• Abigail Dauber Sterne, staff leader for the Mandel Jerusalem Fellows in Jewish education discusses a new R&D model for Jewish Leadership in the New York Jewish Week, May 2008
• A selection committee headed by Finance Ministry director general Yarom Ariav has recommended naming Mandel graduate Asaf Vitman as economic attach? in Washington - Ynet Economics, May 2008
• "When equality really was a goal" - Dr. Neri Horowitz, Director of the MLI Senior Civil Service Program comments on the history of the Israeli welfare state - Haaretz, May 2008
• As a goodwill gesture, Leah Goldberg was added to the People of the Book collection. Mandel Graduate Ruth Calderon explains why women are missing from the Yedioth Books series on Jewish thought - L'Isha, April 2008
• A Conversation with teachers from Shevach-Moffet High School Sophie Lerner and Tova Livnat about 'Dialogue from the Heart of Confusion' - “Books, Folks, Books”, Israel Army Radio, April 2008
• "Social Studies": What happened when a group of teachers - native Israelis and immigrants from Russia - met behind closed doors for a year to discuss methods of education? Dr. Danny Marom, editor of 'Dialogue from the Heart of Confusion' explains - Yediot Acharanot Weekend Supplement, April 2008
• Dr. Danny Marom, head of the Visions of Jewish Education project at Mandel Leadership Institute and Editor of a unique new book 'Dialogue from the Heart of Confusion', speaks to Micky Miro about the dialogue raised in the book - Radio Reshet Bet, March 2008
• "Mandel Group in Netivot to be Expanded": The Mandel Center for Leadership in the Negev has elicited growing demand among public activists who want to be included among its students - HaShavua B'darom, March 2008
• Mandel Graduate Dr. Michal Hemmo-Lotem, director of the Beterem safety organization, receives award from the Prime Minister’s Office for her unique contribution to promoting the safety of Israeli children - NFC, March 2008
• A New Book on Immigrant-Native Relations, "Dialogue from the Heart of Confusion", was written in the wake of meetings among 12 teachers from the Shevach-Moffet school in Tel Aviv, half of them Russian-speaking immigrants and half Israelis - The 3rd Angle, March 2008
• "Dialogue from the Heart of Confusion": A unique book presents a possible alternative for immigrant-native relations: an encounter among people, identities, and cultures in Israeli society - Civil Headline, March 2008
• "Special Education": The Rogosin-Biallik school provides children of illegal migrant workers with an education - and more. School principal Keren Tal is a graduate of the Mandel School for Eduactional Leadership - Jerusalem Report, March 2008
• The Philosophical-Educational Facilitation workshop: becoming aware of the basic assumptions that create an educational vision- Haaretz, Academia Supplement, Feb. 6, 2008
• Dr. Danny Marom, head of the Visions of Jewish Education project at Mandel Leadership Institute describes what heads of educational institutions have to do to in order to develop an Israeli educational vision - excerpts from Radio Reshet Bet, February 2008
• Dealing with violence in the school system: excerpts from a panel discussion with Mandel Graduates on a radio program - 101FM, January 2008
• "At the Corner of Hebron Rd. and Amsterdam Ave." Is American modern orthodoxy drifting away from Israeli modern orthodoxy? Yeshiva University President Richard Joel speaks at the Mandel Leadership Institute - Makor Rishon, January 2008
• "Leaders from Mandel Set Their Sights on Beit Hatamar." A group of participants from the Mandel leadership training and development program in the Negev are gearing up to run in the local elections in Eilat - Yediot Eilat, January 2008
• The Morning After" - Israel's longest-ever education strike is over, but not so the anger and anguish of thousands of secondary school teachers. Dr. Eli Gottlieb, Director of the Mandel Leadership Institute and Dr. Neri Horowitz, Director of the MLI Senior Civil Service Program are interviewed in The Jerusalem Report, January 2008
• "One Ad and We're Back" - Uri Orbach asks: Would the next David Ben-Gurion be accepted to the Mandel Leadership Institute? - Yediot Achranot Magazine, January 2008
• "Education in Israel doesn't interest anyone," stated Dr. Shimon Shoshani, former Director General of the Education Ministry, at an educational conference held at the Mandel Leadership Institute - Yedioth Yerushalayim, January 2008
• Mandel Winter Consultation, Forum for Innovators in Jewish Education at the Mandel Leadership Institute reported in Zavit Ha'Shlishit, January 2008
• Ira Dashevsky, MLI Graduate and Director of Machanayim, discusses the artists presenting their work in the exhibition at the Mandel Leadership Institute, “Earthly Jerusalem, Heavenly Jerusalem,” - Kol Yisrael Radio, Morning News Magazine, January 2008
• Mandel Centre for Leadership in the Negev is well known as a central place for discussion of civil society. Michael Miro mentions MLI Graduate Dr. Varda Shiffer in his program ‘Society Hour’ - Reshet Bet, January 2008
• "Outstanding leaders are the key to improving Israeli society," says Mandel Graduate Ariel Levy, talking to Radio Yerushalyaim about the Mandel School for Educational Leadership, December 2007
• "Mandel Social Leadership Program in Netivot Gets Under Way" following meeting with Mayor - Amud Rashi, December 2007
• "Some of the Challenges Facing Israeli Education after the Strike": Excerpts from an interview with Fellows from the Mandel Leadership Institute on the Second Program - Reshet Bet, December 2007
• "Yossi Sofer's Questions": Every two weeks, MLI Graduate Yossi Sofer gives a class that ends with a question “for someone who loves Judaism, but isn’t willing to pass up progress.” Is there finally someone who isn’t afraid of the tough questions? - Dati Li, December 2007
• "Run, Dawit, Run" - an interview with MLI Graduate Capt. Abay Dawit, officer in the Central Command’s Center for the Advancement of Special Populations, about his journey from shepherd in Ethiopia to Officer in the IDF - Be'Machane, December 2007
• "Whoever Sows Hatred Reaps Death" - a poignant interview with MLI faculty member Arele Rotstein, principal of the Sha’ar Hanegev regional school on education, society values, zionism and Kassam rockets - Eretz Acheret magazine, December 2007
• "On Education and Security"; Ram Zehavi, fellow at the Mandel Leadership Institute and former principal of the Rigler junior high school in Netanya claims now is the time to change the social-values agenda of Religious Zionism - NFC, December 2007
• "The Easy Solution": Judith Oppenheimer, fellow at the Mandel School for Educational Leadership is opposed to the Social Affairs Ministry’s plan to hand out food stamps as a way of solving the problem of poverty - Maariv NRG, December 2007
• Avi Katzman interviews Dr. Michal Hemmo-Lotem, director of Beterem and a graduate of the School for Educational Leadership - Kol Yisrael Radio, November 2007
• About the importance of leadership- Part One: Michael Miro interviews Dr. Motti Shalem, director of the Mandel IDF Educational Leadership Development Program, Israel Radio, Reshet Bet - November 2007
• About the importance of leadership- Part Two: Michael Miro interviews Dr. Motti Shalem, director of the Mandel IDF Educational Leadership Development Program, Israel Radio, Reshet Bet - November 2007
• Excerpts from a panel discussion on IDF Radio about the Teachers' Strike with Dr. Motti Shalem, director of the IDF Educational Leadership Development program and Yael Dan - November 2007
• Program Director at Mandel Leadership Institute, Dr. Motti Shalem, gives his opinion on the Teachers' Strike, suggesting that parents and pupils should only return to school after an agreement is reached with the teachers - Haaretz, November 2007
• "Another Cohort of Educational Leadership" - The Mandel Leadership Institute launches the third cohort of its IDF Educational Leadership Development program, reported in 'Bemachane', November 2007
• Program Director at Mandel Leadership Institute, Dr. Motti Shalem, writes about the rememberance of Yizchak Rabin and the public and media obsession with his assassin, Yigal Amir - Ynet, October 2007
• Prof. David Dery talks on Israeli Radio about leadership development and the visit of Mandel School for Educational Leadership Fellows to Netivot- Reshet Bet, Kol Israel [Israeli Radio], September 2007
• Minister Isaac Herzog Reviews the Mandel Senior Civil Service Program policy paper regarding "A New Inspection Mechanism for Improving Social Services in Local Authorities." - New Horizons, August 2007
• Third graders learn about Kant's "Categorical Imperative"- MLI Faculty member Jen Glaser and the Philosophy for Children Conference- Haaretz, June 2007
• "The Future of the Jewish People": Annette Hochstein, Mandel Foundation-Israel President, on the need for leadership- 5 Towns Jewish Times, July 2007
• Dr. Howard Dietcher, MLI faculty and Head of the Melton Centre, and Dr. Jen Glaser, Mli faculty member- talk to the Jerusalem Post about Philosophy for children- June 2007
• 'Pleasant Recovery': A widespread volunteering initiative in children's wards of hospitals, founded by Granit Almog-Bareket, Mandel School for Educational Leadership graduate - Y-net, June 2007
• The Victor J. Goldberg Prize for Peace in the Middle East to Lee Gordon, graduate of Mandel School for Educational Leadership and co-founder of "Hand-in-Hand", a bilingual and multi-cultural school network, on promoting peace in the Middle East- Ascribe, June 2007
• "Food Security": Mandel Leadership Institute fellow Judith Oppenheimer argues that food stamps are not the solution for families suffering from a shortage of food, Haaretz, May 2007
• Israel Prize winner, journalist Nahum Barnea, writes about the Post Lebanon War situation in Israel, referring to a dispatch "a place called hope" written by Mandel Institute director, Daniel Gordis- Yedioth Ahronoth, February 2007
• Doris Moore, graduate of Mandel School for Educational Leadership was named Head of Social Services Department of the Modi'in Region- Mcity, January 2007
• "Before it is too late!": Dr. Michal Hemmo-Lotem, founding director of BTEREM- for children's safety, and Graduate of Mandel School for Educational Leadership [MSEL], talks about the great challenges in reducing child mortality in accidents and about the MSEL experience- Laisha, December 2006
• On Leadership, the state of Israel and the Mandel Leadership Institute- Morton Mandel talks to senior economic commentator Sever Plocker about "The Great Paradox" - Yedioth Ahronoth, December 2006
• "They've had enough!": Article about the first hostel (in the world) for violent husbands and about its founding director Doris Moore, A graduate of the Mandel Leadership Institute- Maariv, November 2006
• "Educator par Excellence": Uri Dromy writes in Haaretz about the profound educational leadership of the late Michael Gal- Haaretz, November 2006
• "School isn’t a grocery shop": Uki Maroshek talks to Mandel Fellows about the need for values in Education. An interview with Haaretz journalist Avirama Golan- Haaretz, November 2006
• Educator Michael Gal founder of Mandel Leadership Institute and Midreshet Sde Bocker passed away at 74- NFC, November 2006
• In Memory of Michael Gal, former Director of the Mandel School for Educational Leadership, Kol Israel Reshet Bet (Israeli Radio), November 2006
• Religious Kibbutz Movement elects news secretary general- Nehemya Raphel, a graduate of the Mandel School for Educational Leadership- Hatzofe, November 2006
• Yitzhak Tunic interviews Uri Dromi about Michael Gal, former Director and founder of Mandel School for Educational Leadership- Galei Tzahal (Israel Army Radio), November 2006
• The global network of Jewish scouts: Featuring The International Forum of Jewish Scouts and its founder, Fredric Cherbite, a graduate of the Mandel Jerusalem Fellows - Jerusalem Post, November 2006