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Serving Women

Serving Community

Guiding women to become

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quality Juadaic Studies

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Program Overview

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The Allegra Franco Women’s Bet Midrash and Teaching Fellowship was created to enhance and advance the study of Limudei Kodesh for women in our community.

This program caters to those who are passionate about Limud Torah for the sake of learning. It gives those looking towards the educational track the tools and support they need to become master Judaic Studies educators.

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Encourage a gap$3,000 year inGift Israel for high school 11.

Parci Parla Certificate 13. Sports Memorabilia Package

Completion of Undergraduate Program

14. Full Invisalign or Braces by Halabi Orthodontics

$75 TABLE Personal mentorships with community teachers

15. Ranch at Live Oak 4.0 Malibu Luxury Boot Camp Trip 16. Bar Package

Student internships: Practical application of learned techniques inside community classrooms

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Completion of Bet Midrash Program Hebrew Immersion Program

Mrs. Allegra Franco A�H effortlessly tread the delicate balance between remaining steeped in the language and traditions of our past, and ooking towards the future of both secular and Jewish education. Her grandson, Ezra Ashkenazi, was profoundly inspired by her ways and his vision is now paving the way for our future teachers with the creation of the Allegra Franco Bet Midrash & Career Fellowship

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Leadership Opportunities Stipend towards Graduate Degree in Education

Key Points > About 15% of our students spend their gap year in Israel > Instill a love of learning and an appreciation of our texts & traditions > Immersion in the hebrew language and exposure to different learningstyles

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Importance of Gap Year in Israel

> Encourage participation by designating scholarships > Bet Midrash Program Led by Rabbi Albert Setton > Guided self study creates ownership of material > Chebruta style learning - Students supporting and learning from one another

>Facilitated by Mrs Stephanie Dweck > One on one private mentoring plus group mentoring sessions > Classroom and school observations, valuable feedback and debriefings

of 2 Mastery Content mentorship 3 Consistent and guidance

> Ivriyon and Leadership Programs Guided by a Director of Professional Development > Teachers College, Columbia University Ranked 7th in the country by U.S. News and World Report > New York University (Steinhardt) Ranked 15th in the country by U.S. News and World Report > Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education > Bank Street College of Education > Touro College and University > Hunter College School of Education > Brooklyn College School of Education

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Our Staff

Sample Class Offerings Sunday

9:30 AM-12:30PM

Tanach Mepharshim Intensive

Tuesday

8:00 PM-10:00 PM

Introduction to Torah Shebe’al Peh

Wednesday 8:00 PM-10:00 PM

Open Bet Midrash

Wednesday 2:00 PM-5:00 PM

Nach Be’iyun and Rambam Study

“Looking forward to growing a Bet Midrash that will be a dynamic learning environment with advanced Torah study, allowing women to develop spiritually and make important contributions to the community at large.”

Mrs Annie Savdie

Rabbi Albert Setton Head of School

Stephanie Dweck Director of Professional Development

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a game changer for our yeshivot

Rabbi Yahel Tsaidi

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OUR COMMUNITY WIDE BET MIDRASH IS OPEN TO ANYONE WHO WANTS TO ADVANCE THEIR LEARNING IN LIMUDEI KODESH

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OUR CAREER FELLOWSHIP IS OPEN TO ANYONE WHO WANTS TO PURSUE A CAREER AS A JUDAIC STUDIES EDUCATOR

Engage in Tanach, Mepharshim, Torah Shebe’al Peh, and Philosophy Hebruta style learning and guided self study Select Times available for the community at large. Registration required

Career Fellowship for Future Educators

Assisting in the development of professional teaching standards for Judaic Studies educators on a graduate level Applicants will be eligible for a stipend towards their graduate degree

THE YEAR IN ISRAEL SCHOLARSHIP IS OPEN TO HS SENIORS LOOKING TO FURTHER INVEST IN THEIR JUDAIC STUDIES EDUCATION

Guidance and Mentorship

Individual attention to maximize each students potential

Post High School Israel Scholarship

Yearly awards to outstanding applicants to further develop deeper connections to our land, language, texts and traditions

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I can’t wait to learn my favorite Tanach studies during my year in Israel including Jewish Law and Navi!

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reading, comprehending and enlivening our sacred texts. Learning does not stop at the classroom door. While we all strive to become well- versed in Torah, its lessons impress themselves upon us most when they connect to our lives.

Applying Torah to our experiences as 21st-century Jews and having its guidance infuse everything we do is what Yeshivah education is all about. It is when lesson plans veer off course and textual passages give way to spontaneous discussion,s that Torah most comes alive. We believe that teachers who can answer students’ questions that go beyond the scope of theplanned lessons, are those that will make the deepest impact. These are the kinds of educators we want in our schools and that the Allegra Franco Women‘s Bet Midrash and Teaching Fellowship aims to produce. Women who are absolute masters of their material and are capable of communicating it effectively.

The Career Fellowship Program caters to those seeking a more professional route. This program will ensure that learned skills will be easily transferable to the classroom. Upon completion of our program’s requirements, fellowship students will receive a stipend towards their master’s degree in education which will better equip them for the challenges of today’s modern world.

This program provides educators with a strong theoretical foundation and the creativity necessary to be facilitators in the classroom. Graduate students leave a Masters program feeling invigorated and ready to transfer all that they have learned to their students. Along with three years in the Bet Midrash they will be armed with an understanding of Tanach, Halacha, and the Sephardic traditions of our Syrian community.

It is our hope that they will carry this love of Torah with them forward and imbue their students with the special majesty inherent in being a Jew. The Scholarship to Israel. This is the third and final facet of the program is our Experience has shown that a love of Torah and facility with Ivrit is nurtured in Israel, during the gap year between high school and college. With that understanding, Allegra Franco administrators aim to bolster and support senior High School girls bound for Eretz Hakodesh. In that effort, we will be awarding five annual scholarships to deserving senior girls who will be attending yeshivot in Israel the year following graduation. The scholarships will awarded to five young women who demonstrate the potential to be our future spiritual leaders, as evidenced by their deep commitment to Limud Torah and desire to enrich others.

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For the past twenty years, the Allegra Franco Sephardic Women’s Teacher’s College has been producing stellar Judaic Studies teachers for the benefit of our community schools.

Now the program is taking its standards to an even higher level, with the expectation that its participants obtain Masters Degrees, keep up with the latest pedagogical discourse and engagingly apply content to the real world.

The Allegra Franco Women’s Bet Midrash & Teaching Fellowship Program, as it will now be known, will pride itself on preparing the next generation of community teachers through the following three initiatives.

The Women’s Bet Midrash is open to all those who desire to learn Torah. We welcome potential teachers, current Judaic Studies educators and community members of all ages who wish to advance their own learning le’shem shamayim. Through learning, students will gain mastery over the Judaic Studies material that is traditionally taught in our community schools. Led by Rabbi Albert Setton, a graduate of the Sephardic Rabbinical College and a student of Rabbi Shimon Alouf and Rabbi Harold Sutton, Bet Midrash learning will be focused on group study, coupled with guided notes and sources, and a followup shiur to ensure proper understanding and retention. This multifaceted program will enable participants to gain fluency in

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Turning the Familiar into Something New

Chanoch LaNa’ar Al Pi Darco – Educate a child according to their way

(Proverbs 22:6)

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