Israel Education Brief: Purposes of Israel Education

One of the core questions that have yet to be fully answered by the research on Israel education relates to the overall aim of the enterprise. Simply put: What are the purposes of Israel Education in North America? This question of purposes has lingered around the edges of discourse about Jewish education for decades(Chazan, 1979, 2005; Ackernman, 1996; Fox, 2000; Fox, Scheffler, Marom, 2003). Our task in this policy brief is to provide a rationale and articulate a research agenda for establishing why this question is essential for advancing the field of Israel education in particular.