By: Meagan Steiner, Ritter Family Editorial Intern, Cleveland Jewish News

Cleveland volunteers teach English to Israelis using dance and silly songs. Above, two Engliyada students work in pairs on a class exercise. 

Between dancing the hokey pokey, writing fairy tales, and leading field trips to the grocery store - all with the aim of teaching English - Cleveland's Engliyada volunteers lost their hearts in Israel.

For two two-week sessions this June and July, the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland sent 12 volunteers to teach English to adults in Beit She'an, Cleveland's Partnership 2000 community. Engliyada is an English education initiative through Partnership 2000, which partners Diaspora and Israeli communities....