TALMA: The Israel Program For Excellence In English

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TALMA: The Israel Program For Excellence In English English education for opportunity, equity, and change across Israel.

TALMA, a program sponsored by the Israeli Government, Schusterman Family Philanthropies & the Steinhardt Foundation, seeks to enlist superstar instructional leaders from around the world to educate, inspire and lead in an informal, experiential summer English immersion program for school aged students in the Israeli periphery. TALMA educators teach in English immersion-centered learning environments for students who live in low-income and peripheral communities. English proficiency is essential for future academic success and developing this skill is critical to unlocking future opportunities. TALMA is YOUR opportunity to use your summer to grow your leadership network, gain international education experience, and have an immersive personal & professional development journey in Israel grounded in an effort to repair the world. Every summer since 2014 has been an amazing success, and now we plan to expand this groundbreaking program to increase our impact with the contributions of MORE highly qualified leaders like you to spearhead the effort.

מחר מדינת ישראל יוצאת לקלפי, ואנחנו בתלמ״א ממשיכים לבחור בקידום האנגלית בישראל 🗳️תלמ״א רואה באנגלית את אחד האתגרים החשוב...
26/10/2026

מחר מדינת ישראל יוצאת לקלפי, ואנחנו בתלמ״א ממשיכים לבחור בקידום האנגלית בישראל 🗳️

תלמ״א רואה באנגלית את אחד האתגרים החשובים והמשמעותיים ביותר בתחום החינוך. יש לנו אחריות לאומית להציב את האנגלית כיעד מרכזי.

אנחנו קוראים לממשלה הבאה לקבל בתוך 100 ימים החלטה על תוכנית לאומית לאנגלית מדוברת, מהגן ועד שוק התעסוקה.

לקראת הבחירות פנינו למועמדים לתיק החינוך ברוב המפלגות בשתי שאלות: איך הם רואים את מצב האנגלית בישראל, ומה בכוונתם לעשות בנושא, אך לצערנו טרם קיבלנו התייחסות.

הקישור למצע המלא בתגובה הראשונה 💙

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Tomorrow, Israel heads to the polls, and at TALMA we keep choosing to advance English in Israel 🗳️

TALMA sees English as one of the most important challenges in Israeli education. We have a national responsibility to make it a central goal.

We’re calling on the next government to adopt a national plan for spoken English within 100 days, from kindergarten to the workforce.

Ahead of the elections, we sent two questions to the education candidates of most parties: how they see the state of English in Israel, and what they plan to do about it. Unfortunately, we have not yet received a response.

Link to the full platform in the first comment 💙

22/10/2026

Your weekend reminder, straight from the sky. ☁️💙

16/10/2026

The gap that TALMA wants to close. English shouldn’t depend on where you grew up. 💙
English education belongs at the center of the national conversation.

Nice to Fellow you, Elie 💙Every class started with a song. One day it was “Hall of Fame” by The Script, and his students...
14/10/2026

Nice to Fellow you, Elie 💙

Every class started with a song. One day it was “Hall of Fame” by The Script, and his students at כפר הנוער בן שמן העמוד הרשמי sang along, then talked about what they dream of achieving. 🎶

Elie Goldman spent three summers with TALMA, and today he’s a Peace Teacher at Lafayette Elementary in Washington, DC.

Thank you, Elie 🧡
Elie Goldman

𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬. 𝐖𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫.This week we think of everyone who was taken from us on October 7, and of our own TALMA communi...
06/10/2026

𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬. 𝐖𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫.

This week we think of everyone who was taken from us on October 7, and of our own TALMA community members among them:

Yanai Heller Hetzroni Z"L, a TALMA student from Kibbutz Be'eri
Noy Aviv Z"L, a Co-Teacher in Eilat and a talented singer
Shlomi Matias Z"L, a Co-Teacher in the Eshkol Region, murdered together with his wife Deborah Z"L while protecting their son

We don't only remember them on this date. At our Summer Fellowship ceremony, three fellows received awards bearing their names:

The Yanai Hezroni Award for Leadership and Impact
The Shlomi Matias Award for Kindness and Service
The Noy Aviv Award for Community and Connection

So that who they were and what they stood for is carried forward to the next generation.

Thank you to Birthright Israel Onward and The Phoenix Financial for standing with us in this.

May their memories be a blessing. 🕯️

Nice to Fellow you, Emma! 💙Meet Emma Duncan: a 4th grade general studies teacher at Ann and Nate Levine Academy in Dalla...
24/09/2026

Nice to Fellow you, Emma! 💙

Meet Emma Duncan: a 4th grade general studies teacher at Ann and Nate Levine Academy in Dallas, Texas, who joined TALMA's Summer Fellowship 2026 and came to teach at Ben Shemen Youth Village.

She arrived to teach English. Her students, in return, taught her Hebrew - "some appropriate and some not" and one word she's still using: לזרום, lizrom. To go with the flow.

"My students taught me to be flexible and to 'lizrom'."

Emma told us TALMA made her a better language teacher. She learned how to teach children who don't share her language, but do share the vision of connecting through it. And she's taken something home too - bringing the culture and identity of Israel into her classroom in Dallas. 🌍

Thank you, Emma. 🧡

Something new is coming to Kiryat Shmona! ✨TALMA is launching a new preschool and kindergarten English program, bringing...
22/09/2026

Something new is coming to Kiryat Shmona! ✨

TALMA is launching a new preschool and kindergarten English program, bringing experiential English learning to young children through play, creativity, and connection. 🎵🎨

We're looking for an English Lead for Kindergartens who is fluent in English and has experience working with children. You'll work alongside Hebrew-speaking teachers to lead engaging English activities and bring the language to life for young learners.

You bring the English, experience, and connection with children - we provide the training, tools, and ongoing professional support. 🌿

📍 Kiryat Shmona | 60% position | Starting October 2026

More details & apply >> https://monday.talmaisrael.co.il/jobs?job=3227602513

20/09/2026

Us, one minute into the fast. 😅

A quick anecdote before Yom Kippur:

For years, the standard wish was צום קל - tzom kal, "an easy fast." Lately you'll hear צום מועיל - tzom mo'il, "a meaningful fast." The shift is deliberate: the idea is that a fast in Judaism isn't meant to be easy, it's meant to have a spiritual purpose.

Both are warm. Both are correct. Pick whichever you mean. 🤍

Nice to Fellow you, Karlin! 💙Meet Karlin Edwards: a 4th–8th grade school counselor in Nashville, Tennessee, who joined T...
08/09/2026

Nice to Fellow you, Karlin! 💙

Meet Karlin Edwards: a 4th–8th grade school counselor in Nashville, Tennessee, who joined TALMA's Summer Fellowship 2026 and came to teach in Kiryat Ata.

She told us TALMA gave her a way to give back to a community she otherwise wouldn't have reached. And the classroom gave something back: "My students taught me patience and to live more in the moment."

Her favorite moment? The final week, when her students took turns standing up and telling her in English how much they enjoyed learning with her and how much they'd miss her. Every sentence they'd been building all summer, used for something that mattered to them. 👏

This is what English for Change looks like.

Thank you, Karlin. 🧡

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