Global Jewish Education

List of 11 items.

• Extended Israel Exchange Program (EIEP)

  EIEP unites dTHS and Israeli students for a yearlong program that is unique in and to the Jewish world. Students from Ohel Shem join the dTHS community for 1.5 months in the fall, and our students travel to Israel for 2.5 months in the spring. From learning in the classroom at dTHS to the “school within a school” we create in Ramat Gan, this exchange program takes participants on an intellectual as well as geographical journey. While in Israel, our students immerse themselves in Israeli life and come away empowered with indelible friendships and personal growth.
  

   

  In partnership with

  Ohel Shem High School

  Ramat Gan, Israel

• Short Israel Exchange Program (SIEP)

  Every year, students from our partner schools in Tel Aviv join the de Toledo community as part of SIEP. Our “SIEPsters” then travel to Israel in the spring, engaging in a week-long tour of the country before reuniting with their buddies in Tel Aviv for the remainder of the 2.5-week program. This unique exchange makes for a distinctive experience that is consistently named as one of our students’ most cherished from all of high school.

   

  In partnership with

  Ironi Aleph High School
  Ironi Dalet High School
  Lady Davis High School
  Tel Aviv, Israel

• Uruguay Exchange Program (UrEP)

  As part of this full exchange program, participants host and stay with buddies in Montevideo, visit Uruguayan Zionist Jewish youth groups, and meet with diplomats in order to contextualize the unique Jewish community of Uruguay. The UrEP experience also includes travel to Buenos Aires, Argentina, and the stunning Iguazu Falls on the border of Argentina and Brazil.

   

   

  In partnership with

  Escuela Integral Jewish School
  Montevideo, Uruguay

• Budapest Exchange Program (BEP)

  Our 12th grade “BEPsters” host their Hungarian buddies in LA before traveling themselves to Central Europe. Their time in Budapest, alongside adjunct travel to Vienna, Austria, and Prague, Czechia, enables our students to connect with a part of Ashkenazi Jewish history and culture in areas often seen as Jewish centers of “the past,” but are in fact vibrant and thriving today. This investigation of other diaspora communities results in a profoundly broader understanding of what Jewish communities can and do look like.

   

  In partnership with

  Lauder Javne Jewish School
  Budapest, Hungary

• Madrid Rome Exchange Program (MREP)

  Through a homestay in Madrid, visit to Toledo, and exploration of the Andalusia region, dTHS students delve into the history, culture, and vibrant life of past and present Spanish Sephardic Jewry. Participants also travel to Rome, Italy, where our students stay with one of the oldest and most unique Jewish communities in the world and explore the rich Eternal City.

  
  

  In partnership with

  Ibn Gabirol School – Madrid, Spain

  Scuole Ebraiche – Rome, Italy

• Mexico Exchange Program (MEP) & Model UN Collaboration

  Centered around Model UN, MEP connects our students with one of the oldest Jewish communities in the Americas. The award-winning Tarbut Model UN team visits de Toledo to mentor our students, and members of our Model UN team visit Mexico City to participate in their annual regional competition.

   

  In partnership with

  Colegio Hebreo Tarbut

  Mexico City, Mexico

• Turkey Exchange Program (TEP)

  de Toledo welcomed, for the first time, a delegation from Istanbul to Los Angeles in April of 2023. We are thrilled to expand our longstanding relationship with Ulus to a full exchange program. Both Hosting students from Ulus and Istanbul and connecting with the community in Istanbul gives our students the opportunity to learn from and about the resilient and thriving Sephardic Jewish community of Turkey. 
  
  
  In partnership with
  Ulus Jewish School
  Istanbul, Turkey

• International Book Club

  In partnership with the dTHS English Department, our 9th and 10th grade students connect with their peers at Tarbut Jewish School in Mexico City for a Zoom-powered book club. In doing so, they transcend international borders to learn from each other, exchange information, share experiences, and collaborate on joint writing assignments and projects.
  
  
  In partnership with
  Colegio Hebreo Tarbut
  Mexico City, Mexico

• MIFGASH: The Global Jewish Classroom

  The “Mifgash” is a global network of Jewish schools collaborating at the high school level, creating virtual courses, projects, discussions, and artistic ventures between Jewish students across North and South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. Many of our exchange partners have been involved in these projects, such as Ulus in Istanbul, Ohel Shem in Ramat Gan, Tarbut in Mexico City, and Lauder Javne in Budapest.

• Robotics Mentorship & Collaborations

  In collaboration with dTHS Robotics, a graduate team leader of the award-winning RoboActive Team in Israel comes to Los Angeles to work with our Robotics team in the monthlong Global Robotics Mentorship Program. Our 10th grade Robotics students on SIEP then visit Dimona as both teams are preparing for regional, national, and international competitions.
  
  
  In partnership with
  ORT International Kadima Mada
  Zinman Darka High School
  Dimona, Israel

• Spirulina Project

  In a collaboration with the dTHS Science Department, participating students engage in lab trials and research focused on spirulina, a revolutionary superfood instrumental in fighting food insecurity. Every other year, de Toledo travels to Eastern Uganda to visit the Abayudaya Jewish community as they cultivate spirulina.

   

   

  In partnership with

  Abayudaya Jewish Community
  Mbale, Uganda, Africa