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18,000 new olim arrived in Israel this past year. For many TALMA fellows, the decision to come here is not only professional, but deeply personal. A recent article in Maariv, one of Israel’s leading newspapers, highlights a key challenge in education: many students learn English, but lack the confidence to actually use it. This article […]

My name is Rachel Garfield, and I am a special education teacher in the United States. I hold two licenses: one in special education (Pre-K through Grade 2) and one in general education (Pre-K through Grade 2). I graduated from the University of Hartford in 2016 with a degree in communications, and I am currently […]

What started as a one-year English teaching fellowship in Israel has turned into the adventure of a lifetime. I originally moved to Israel in 2020 for an internship in Jerusalem, but it was canceled due to COVID-19. Instead, I joined a teaching fellowship, thinking it would simply be a temporary change. I had no idea […]