Flipping Out - Myth or Fact: The Impact of the
Year in Israel
An
in-depth exploration of the issues arising from the widespread phenomenon
of American students spending a post-high school year studying in
Israel. Shalom Berger, Daniel
Jacobson and Chaim Waxman, writing from the perspectives of an educator, a
psychologist and a sociologist, respectively, chart out the changes
experienced by students and their impact on the Jewish community, and
present fascinating data and conclusions on the subject. The book has an
introduction by Richard Joel, President of Yeshiva University. Rabbi
Berger is on the faculty of The Lookstein Center for Jewish Education in
the Diaspora, School of
Education at Bar-Ilan University and has served as the resident
historian on the Yeshivat Har Etzion trips to Poland for
the past two years.
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