Kerem Institute
Training academics for quality teaching in a Jewish-humanistic spirit
The Kerem Institute for Jewish Humanistic Education, part of Kol Yisrael Chaverim, operating under the academic umbrella of David Yellin College, trains academics for quality teaching in a Jewish-humanistic spirit.
The institute, established in 1974, trains high-quality, professional, and broad-minded teachers who see the teaching profession as a mission. Kerem graduates serve in significant positions in the education system, and develop long-term careers in the worlds of education and teaching.
The Kerem Institute certifies academic teachers from all fields of humanities, Judaism, society, and the arts, from a dialogical educational perspective, and with an emphasis on the centrality of the humanities and Judaism to strengthening state education in Israel. Studies take place in small groups, with personal guidance, with a deep connection to the field. The institute assists graduates in integrating into the field of education and accompanies them in their years of entering teaching..
Kerem Institute – Outcome Indicators:
- The final theses clearly and optimally express Kerem's core areas: pedagogy of identity, humanistic-Jewish education, dialogic learning, and multidisciplinarity in the humanities.
- Graduates integrate into the education system for the internship year and remain in the following year.
- Most graduates advance to leadership and management positions in the formal education system.
50 new students begin their studies at Kerem each year, about a third of whom are selected for the program, which entitles them to a scholarship.
