Every Jewish child in Israel deserves a Jewish education. But most were not offered the option until TALI entered the Israeli educational scene.

TALI - Hebrew acronym for "Enriched Jewish Studies" - is creating a new educational reality for Israel's non-Orthodox population.

Until TALI education, Israeli parents had only two educational options for their child: Send to a conventional State-religious institution, which allows little room for pluralistic Judaism...or stay with the non-religious State school system which, by and large, ignores the beauty and great depth of Jewish learning and traditions.

TALI offers an alternative approach to Judaism, bringing a modern and enlightened Judaism into the homes of religiously non-affiliated Israelis. A nationwide network, TALI is reaching more than 22,000 children and their parents in over 120 schools and pre-schools throughout Israel.

The goals of TALI education are:

•  To develop an awareness among pupils and their parents of the tradition and origins of the Jewish people, and to foster respect for the values and symbols of Judaism.

•  To facilitate greater knowledge in major areas of Jewish studies: Bible, Rabbinic Literature, Jewish History, Jewish Thought, Prayer and Hebrew Literature.

•  To enrich learning through experience of traditional practices, prayer, and observance of Shabbat and Holidays.

•  To educate towards Jewish values by drawing from Jewish culture and classical texts; to nurture the interactions between school, family and community by integrating a communal service component into the school curriculum.

The TALI Education Fund (TEF) is responsible for teacher training, textbook development, curricular guidance, and expansion of the TALI Network.

The Ministry of Education endorses TALI and has in partnership with TEF published a set of criteria for TALI schools.