"Israel Connect" A joint program has been initiated by Afula's Oren Junior High School and Beit Morasha Heritage Academy in Springfield, Massachusetts.

The program is being run under the auspices of Melitz's "Israel Connect" program.  The program develops and enables a two-way interpersonal connection between Jewish youngsters in Israel and the Jewish world aimed at strengthening Jewish continuity and Jewish identity and peoplehood.

Students from the two schools will communicate through a special website. 

The educational teams have chosen "Community" as the content for their cooperation; during the year they will also hold video conference sessions.  The program's activities will climax in February 2011 when the Heritage Academy class will visit Afula. 

For further information see: http://israelconnect.org/homeeng.aspx