Sage Guidance: Exploring a Learner Centered Approach to Teaching Gemara
This webinar will propose a learner-centered approach to teaching Talmud to “New to Gemara” students. Explore how you can scaffold chavruta time so that students can wrestle with the text prior to the teacher reviewing and “teaching” the material. This methodology will facilitate students’ absorbing of vocabulary, halakhic concepts, and familiarity with the rhythm of Gemara.
Rabbi David Israel
Rabbi David Israel teaches Talmud at SAR Middle School in Riverdale, NY. Previously, Rabbi Israel served as the Director of Communal Services at Yeshiva University and as an administrator-teacher at Bi-Cultural Hebrew Academy in Stamford, CT. Rabbi Israel received his BA in Political Science from Columbia University, an MA from the JTS Graduate School in Rabbinic Literature, and Semicha from RIETS, Yeshiva University.
