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Strasbourg, Geneva and Paris,
Mr. Ben-Halal's other problem
he is now assistant di-
was contributing to the
rector of the Alliance Is- Professo r Seymour religious life of the peo-
Fox: Th e key is
raelite, which has
ple without necessarily
leade rship.
responsibility for schools
introducing religious
in France, Belgium,
knowledge.
Spain, Israel, Morocco, Quebec
"The school was secular, but
and Iran. He saw the program as
pseudo-religious," Mr. Ben-Ha-
a great opportunity to study lal explains. "The students did
Tanach and Talmud, "so I would not follow a halachic lifestyle, but
actually know what I was teach- there was a feeling that God was
ing," he says. He feels his main very present in their lives." To-
challenge is keeping people in day, Mr. Ben-Halal is director of
Jewish life.
the Mandel Institute's executive
Strengthening the relationship training program, which orga-
between Israel and the Diaspora nizes in Israel short-term train-
was the major issue for Shmuel ing for Diaspora leaders and
Ben-Halal when he served five community professionals.
years as principal of the Temple
Jody Hirsh was on his way to
School in Mexico City, the largest take up the post of program di-
Jewish school in Mexico. The rector of the newly created Hong
school always has had strong Kong Jewish Community Cen-
links with Israel, the students' tre. Previously Jewish education
mastering of the Hebrew lan- specialist at the Jewish Com-
guage has been impressive munity Center in Houston, he
throughout, and an Israeli has has long been involved in Jewish
always been recruited to serve as education and has taught at
principal.
UCLA. He always took part in
"Israel has changed almost theater projects on the side, and
completely in the last 10 years, wrote a murder mystery which
and the community was trying is still performed every week at
to hang onto the kind of rela- the Tower of David Museum.
tionship it had with Israel be-
When Mr. Hirsh was at the
forehand," Mr. Ben-Halal says. Jerusalem Fellows program, he
His major problem was recreat- concentrated on museum educa-
ing this relationship in light of Is- tion, and believes arts and cul-
rael's newly found self-sufficiency ture is a powerful way to
and a marked decrease in Israeli strengthen Jewish identity.
interest in the Diaspora.
While he admits secularists
Originally from Morocco, edu- haven't been successful in pass-
cated in Venezuela and making ing on Jewish knowledge, he
aliyah when he was 20, Mr. Ben- clearly believes it's possible.
Halal used the Jerusalem Fel-
"Judaism is often thought of
lows program to concentrate as being from the head up," Mr.
mainly on Jewish philosophy and Hirsh says. "But I believe Jewish
pedagogy. He felt he was largely life tells us there's something
shaped by the training, which Jewish in everything we do."
gave him the confidence to lead
Hong Kong has a community
his staff in Mexico. He regards of about 2,500 Jews. Mr. Hirsh
his new-found ability to consider hopes to establish a cultural and
theoretical issues and bring them educational center there. He ex-
into practice one of the best at- pects the Jews in Hong Kong to
tributes of the program.
be mostly English-speaking ex-