I have been very fortunate to be working for the past 12 months for an Israeli NGO called AMI-Neshima. Our organization uses music and the arts to empower, educate and inspire young Jewish teenagers and adults and we have successfully developed a curriculum designed for schools, pre-army institutes and centers for youth-at-risk.
Although one might assume that our teaching approach is only related to extra-curricular programming and not appropriate for inclusion in the core curriculum, I would like to demonstrate the importance of music and arts – and the challenges associated with them – and why they should be an essential part of today’s educational system.
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