Adjusting to Covid, Honoring Rabin, Promoting Cancer Awareness, Rising Young Scientists and Much More -- The AFK NOVEMBER 2020 Newsletter

News from the Society for Advancement of Education,Jerusalem (Kidum)

NOVEMBER 2020

We hope you and your families are in

good health and spirits!

Who Said You Can't Travel During Covid?

Students and staff of Inbar Leadership School for Girls in Jerusalem got on planes November 2 and took off to different and diverse places around the globe.

The virtual trip around the world was exciting, fascinating and resulted in experiences that were not expected in advance. More Details & Photos Here

Even with Covid, Na'ale Continues to Welcome Students from USA & Worldwide to Israel

Even in this Covid-19 affected year, Na’ale continues to welcome students from around the world and place them in Israeli schools.

Na’ale, a unique educational program initiated in 1992 by the Israeli government in cooperation with the SAE, brings Jewish high school students worldwide to Israel without their parents in order to attain a high-quality Israeli matriculation certificate that will enable them to integrate fully into Israeli society.

Many of Na'ales 2,000 student's live in SAE residences while in Israel.

Einat Cohen-Nissan Glen, director of the Southeastern United States region in the Na’ale program, could not join the students she recruited on their trip to Israel this year due to the pandemic. But she shares her excitement and pride at being a key member of the Na’ale family. Read Einat's comments here.

Na’ale students from the U.S. arrive at Ben Gurion Airport, masked for safety and ready to study in an Israeli high school.

Read Einat's Heartfelt Comments About Na'ale

SAE Schools Mark Yitzhak Rabin Anniversary With Study, Discussions & Reflection

Society for Advancement of Education schools marked the 25th anniversary of the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, z”l, (November 4, 1995), with an amazing variety of workshops, discussions, study, and meetings. It was an extremely meaningful day for both students and educational staff.

Read about activities at Boyar, Dror, KAN, Reut and Shacharit Schools

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Help students from disadvantaged communities reach their full potential.

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Student Assistance Fund and help provide needed financial assistance and

laptop computers to needy students during the pandemic.

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Students at Sindiana and Steinberg Creatively Spread the Word About Breast Cancer

View the warm and moving breast cancer awareness

video produced by Sindiana students featuring women

from the community.

October was Breast Cancer Awareness Month around the world and students at SAE's Sindiana Arab Youth Village High School for Leadership in Givat Haviva and Steinberg Residential Educational Campus in Kfar Saba found imaginative and impactful ways to spread the word -- with an original video at Sindiana and a pink hair demonstration of support from Steinberg.

Check out the daring

pink hair display by

Steinberg students which generated national media attention and awareness.

Meet Two Young SAE Alumni Researchers

Who Just May Be Changing Our Future

Yehudit Meged, a recent graduate of SAE’s Ulpanat Talya, is part of a team working at the Microsoft Israel Development Center teaching computers to read. The team is developing artificial intelligence technology that extracts insights from medical texts to help health organizations better care for patients.

Yehudit Started Studying Computers at 14 -- Learn More

Azaria Itzkovich, 19, a Dror grad, is among the 21 researchers in the Future Scientists Center for the Advancement of the Talented and Gifted established by the Maimonides Fund. The Center provides talented students with a one-of-a-kind program that integrates them into the world of academia and research.

Azaria is Researching Brain Cancer in Young People -- Find Out More

Madame Ambassador!

Amira Oron, a 1984 graduate of Mae Boyar High School, has recently been approved by the Israeli cabinet to officially become Israel’s first female Ambassador to Egypt.

A Middle East expert, Ambassador Oron is fluent in Arabic and headed the Foreign Ministry’s Middle East Economic Relations Department in recent years. She was Israel’s ambassador to Turkey from 2014-2016 where she was the first woman to head an embassy in Ankara. READ MORE

MEET SAE STUDENTS

Video with Students from Sindiana, Boyar, Re'ut and Hachmey Lev Yeshiva

Hear directly from students how SAE high schools are broadening the educational horizons and enriching the lives of gifted students from disadvantaged communities in Israel, instilling a love of learning and and a desire to giveback to their communities. View Video

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American Friends of Kidum (AFK) is dedicated to increasing awareness and

financial support for the educational initiatives of the

Society for Advancement of Education, Jerusalem (Kidum).

SAE runs 16 highly acclaimed high schools and residences for talented students from disadvantaged communities in Israel’s economic and geographic periphery, providing them with the academic skills and the social confidence they need to fully participate in and contribute to Israeli society.

AFK cultivates relationships and serves as a vital connection between SAE and

its friends, supporters, partners and alumni in the U.S.

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