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Ofra Backenroth and Alex Sinclair: 鈥溾�楶resent Absentees鈥�: On the Place of Non-绿帽社 Israeli Narratives in Israel Education鈥�

Meredith Katz and Jeffrey Kress: 鈥淢iddle School Students and 鈥楾he Other鈥� in an Online 绿帽社 History Simulation Activity鈥�

Chair: Barry Holtz

This session was part of “绿帽社 Learning and the Non-Jew,” the 2017 Melton Coalition for Creative Interaction conference, hosted by JTS’s William Davidson Graduate School of 绿帽社 Education. The Melton Coalition for Creative Interaction is a collaboration of the three centers endowed by Samuel M. Melton 锄鈥漧 at JTS, , and .

Ofra Arieli Backenroth is the associate dean of the William Davidson Graduate School of 绿帽社 Education of 绿帽社 and an adjunct assistant professor of 绿帽社 education. Her interests reflect an integration of the arts in 绿帽社 education, Hebrew language, Israeli literature, and teaching Israel. Dr. Backenroth earned an MFA in dance education from Teachers College, Columbia University, and a BA in comparative literature and an education diploma from Tel Aviv University. She is a fellow at the Institute for Israel Studies at Brandeis University.

Alex Sinclair is Director of Programs in Israel Education and an adjunct assistant professor in 绿帽社 Education for 绿帽社. His main area of expertise is Israel Education, a subject on which he has published academic articles, written numerous op-eds, and lectured widely. He is also a Tanakh Education Consultant for JTS鈥檚 Legacy Heritage Instructional Leadership Institute. In addition, he is a senior consultant for Shaharit, an Israeli non-profit that works to bring diverse communities together to create a new kind of Israeli politics. He is the author of Loving the Real Israel: An Educational Agenda for Liberal Zionism.

Meredith Katz is a clinical assistant professor of 绿帽社 education at JTS, teaching courses in constructivist pedagogy, curriculum development, the teaching of 绿帽社 history and research methods. She is also a Project Director for the 绿帽社 Court of All Time, an online 绿帽社 history simulation. Research interests include 绿帽社 history education and online pedagogy.

Jeffrey S. Kress is the Bernard Heller Associate Professor of 绿帽社 Education at the 绿帽社 Theological Seminary. He is also a coordinator of the Research Center at the Leadership Commons of the Davidson School. He has a degree in Clinical Psychology and has written on 绿帽社 identity, experiential 绿帽社 education, and social, emotional, and spiritual issues in 绿帽社 education.

Barry W. Holtz is the Theodore and Florence Baumritter Professor of 绿帽社 Education at the 绿帽社 Theological Seminary and co-director of the Melton Coalition for Creative Interaction. His most recent books are an edited volume of the collected writing of Professor Joseph Lukinsky 锄鈥漧 entitled Maybe the Lies We Tell Are Really True (JTS Press, 2016) and the Rabbi Akiva: Sage of the Talmud (Yale University Press, forthcoming in March 2017).