{"id":1585,"date":"2024-05-13T16:53:49","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T14:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scuoladelmerkos.it\/teaching\/ebraico-allavanguardia\/"},"modified":"2025-06-23T17:04:07","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T15:04:07","slug":"cutting-edge-hebrew","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/scuoladelmerkos.it\/en\/teaching\/cutting-edge-hebrew\/","title":{"rendered":"Cutting-Edge Hebrew"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row color_set=&#8221;secondary_section&#8221; align=&#8221;text-center&#8221; full_width=&#8221;0&#8243; full_height=&#8221;0&#8243; cols_valign=&#8221;vcenter&#8221; particles=&#8221;0&#8243;][vc_column align=&#8221;text-center&#8221; color_set=&#8221;secondary_section&#8221;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;30px&#8221;][vc_row_inner content_placement=&#8221;top&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<div class=\"section_header subtitle_bottom   vc_custom_1750690900401 fancy text-right\">\n\n    <div class=\"kingster-page-title-wrap kingster-style-medium kingster-center-align\">\n<div class=\"kingster-page-title-container kingster-container\">\n<div class=\"kingster-page-title-content kingster-item-pdlr\">\n<h1 class=\"kingster-page-title\" style=\"text-align: right;\">Tal AM AND iTaLAM<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>News in Middle School<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">This year the School has adopted a new innovative curriculum for the study of Torah and Ivrit that will allow the Teacher to monitor and evaluate in real time the level of competence achieved by each student, at each stage.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">For Torah: Lehav\u00ecn Ulehask\u00ecl: is a program designed to develop the skills needed to independently decode the Psuk\u00ecm, verses, of the Torah. For Ivr\u00ect: Yesh Vayesh: (1st and 2nd century and 3rd femm)<br \/>\nBishvil Haivrit: (3rd masc.) How Tal Am are presented<br \/>\nin paper and digital format.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">The TaL AM program was developed based on the idea that the best learning environment for children is one in which knowledge is acquired through a variety of activities, using each of the five senses. In addition to studying from textbooks, students learn Hebrew through music, games, and visual aids, developing a deep understanding of Jewish concepts and values.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Students\u2019 Jewish and cultural literacy develops in a gradual, spiraling process, building on new ideas and concepts. The program helps foster Jewish identity by allowing children to explore their Jewish roots and traditions in fun and exciting ways.<br \/>\nBy making the study of Hebrew and Judaism relevant to children\u2019s daily lives, the program allows them to develop a true appreciation of their heritage and understand the need for ongoing, lifelong Jewish study.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">iTaLAM is a new digital blended learning environment based on the successful TaL AM program, a Hebrew language and Jewish heritage curriculum. The TaL AM curriculum was developed by a team of writers and teachers in Montreal and Israel, led by the winner of the<\/p>\n\n\n        <p ><\/p>\n<\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;480&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;]<div class=\"section_header subtitle_bottom   vc_custom_1750690972326 fancy text-right\">\n\n    <p style=\"text-align: right;\">Covenant Tova Shimon. iTaLAM is reinventing the world of Hebrew language and Jewish heritage education by transforming the established, book-based TaL AM program into an engaging, interactive, personalized, and adaptive digital experience.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Scuola del Merkos was the first Jewish school in Italy to adopt this program 20 years ago.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">For more information on the Tal AM program, visit:<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><a style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/info.italam.org\/\">https:\/\/info.italam.org\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n        <p ><\/p>\n<\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row color_set=&#8221;white_section&#8221; full_width=&#8221;0&#8243; full_height=&#8221;0&#8243; sep_bottom=&#8221;separator_bottom sep_angled_positive_bottom&#8221; particles=&#8221;0&#8243;][vc_column]<div class=\"section_header subtitle_bottom   vc_custom_1750691042490 fancy text-left\">\n\n    <div class=\"kingster-page-title-wrap kingster-style-medium kingster-center-align\">\n<div class=\"kingster-page-title-container kingster-container\">\n<div class=\"kingster-page-title-content kingster-item-pdlr\">\n<h1 class=\"kingster-page-title\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Talmud Tor\u00e0<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gdlr-core-pbf-column gdlr-core-column-60 gdlr-core-column-first\">\n<div class=\"gdlr-core-pbf-column-content-margin gdlr-core-js \">\n<div class=\"gdlr-core-pbf-column-content 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