Initiated in 1997, the School Twinning Program developed as a component of The Jewish Federation’s Tel Aviv/Los Angeles Partnership. The program, which began with just six paired schools, today includes 36 and continues to grow. The twinnings consist of everything from the simple exchange of holiday greetings and emails between classes, to video conferences, and from jointly prepared curricula to travel exchanges of students and parents between the two schools. The purpose of the program is to create a sense of shared community and common goals between the students, parents and faculty. 

A key component of the School Twinning Program is series of local teacher’s workshops held in both Los Angeles and Tel Aviv throughout the year, culminating in the annual Joint Teachers Seminar. The seminar brings together representative faculty from all the participating school for ten days of collaborative study. It is an opportunity for faculty to share best practices, develop a shared language and examine significant Jewish themes pertinent to the School Twinning Program.