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Sasson, Theodore; Mittelberg, David; Hecht, Shahar; Saxe, Leonard – Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2011
More than 300,000 diaspora Jewish young adults and tens of thousands of their Israeli peers have participated in structured, cross-cultural encounters--"mifgashim"--in the context of an experiential education program known as Taglit-Birthright Israel. Drawing on field observations, interviews, and surveys, the formal and informal…
Descriptors: Jews, Identification, Experiential Learning, Young Adults
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Feuer, Avital – Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2008
An ethnographic study of a Canadian, undergraduate, advanced Hebrew course composed of heritage language learners of diverse backgrounds examined the fluctuating notion of nation and shifting national membership affiliations. Data collection techniques included participant observation and in-depth, semistructured, focus group and individual…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Ethnicity, Jews, Nationalism