Students receive real view of Israel

Boca Jewish academy students create hands-on exhibit to learn about life in Israel

Skiing in the Golan, growing oranges and grapes in the Galilee, scuba diving in Eilat, and slipping notes between the stones of the WesternWall.

Donna Klein Jewish Academy lower school students recently got a look at modern-day Israel from an interactive exhibit created by the Boca Raton day school’s sixth-graders.

More than 80 students separated into teams to create 10 exhibits depicting life in Israel in preparation for their eighth-grade trip in two years. Each exhibit had detailed information and a code that students could read with their smartphones and match with a destination on a passport.

“I think this is the ultimate teaching and learning experience for us and the students,” said Amer Randel, middle school Jewish studies teacher.

Randel and colleague Sammy Lontok came up

STAFF PHOTO BY KIMBERLI DIMARE Donna Klein Jewish Academy sixth-graders Miaia Solomon, left, 11, of Parkland, and Maxwel Supovitz, 12, of Boca Raton, serve falafel and cucumber at the "Kibbutz Galuyot" interactive exhibit in the educational display "Israel for Real."