Highlights include:

• More than  2,500 Minneapolis and Israeli students, along with 137 teachers, representing 128 classes participated in Education Bridge.
• Teacher-to-teacher and student-to-student live video conferences taught about Jewish life in Minneapolis and in Israel. Additionally, students on both sides of the ocean had an opportunity to improve their English and Hebrew skills.
• Educators’ mifgash (meeting) in Israel brought together 40 Education Bridge lead teachers and administrators to reflect upon the successes of the previous year and develop curriculum and programming for the coming year.

Our mission:

The mission of Education Bridge through "Partnership: Minneapolis/Israel" is to build a shared living community of youth and their educators by way of communicating traditional values and knowledge that will connect the current and next generations as global citizens and strengthen Am Yisrael.

Our goals:

1. To deepen relationships among Education Bridge schools, families and communities.

2. To increase knowledge and understanding of modern Israeli and the Minneapolis Jewish community, including educational,
cultural, social, and religious aspects.

3. To develop and use new pathways to communicate the cultural and spiritual foundations of Jewish identity, individual identity, and respect for diversity.

4. To prepare our youth as global citizens through collaborative work and studies.

5. To ensure a shared common identity among Jews around the world.

Partner schools include:

Bet Shalom Religious School and Alei Giva School in the Lower Galilee
 
Minneapolis Jewish Day School and Mul Gilad Elementary School and Shaar Hagolan Kindergarten in Jordan Valley

Shir Tikvah Congregation and Kadoorie Junior High School in the Lower Galilee

Talmud Torah of Minneapolis and Reut Elementary School, Amal Nofarim Bagalil High School and Nofarim Bagalil Junior High School in Tiberias

Temple Israel School and Afikey Hayarden School in Jordan Valley