As many know, Leehee Kanne is the Pittsburgh Community Shlicha. This means that she is in Pittsburgh representing and teaching about Israel. Leehee was brought to Pittsburgh by the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh and works with Hillel-JUC, the JCC and the AJL in order to educate all different ages about what is happening in Israel.
On Sunday mornings, Leehee teaches three Israel classes: "Israeli Media" at 9am, "Israeli Filmmakers" at 10am and "History of Israel through Music" at 11am. In addition, on Monday evenings, Leehee teaches Israeli Studies in the South Hills to 8th-10th grade students.
In Leehee's Israeli Media course students focus on Israeli media sources (whether TV, Radio or Newspapers) and how each source reports on various issues in or about Israel. In addition, they look the way media sources in the US and the world cover the same stories. Through discussion and debate, the students compare and contrast the way in which the same story is reported and try to come to their own conclusions.
This past week, Leehee worked with the students in the Israeli Media course take a closer look at the way in which various media sources have been covering the UN Vote. They focused on a few Israeli sources as well as some sources in the United States and around the world. With a critical lens they were able to debate the pros and cons of the vote as well as understanding how various sources report on this same story. As this story continues to unfold in the world, we are sure this conversation will also continue.
MORE ABOUT LEEHEE KANNE:
Leehee Kanne was born and raised in Tel-Aviv, Israel, and has spent the past 12 years working as an educator. During her army service, she was a commander of underprivileged soldiers attempting to obtain a high-school diploma, and immediately after the end of her mandatory two year service started working at Jewish American summer camps as a counselor, educator and later unit head. Over the years she has also been a part of the screening process for other summer camp shlichim, and has trained Israelis for the position for over 9 years. She has worked with children and teens in various areas such as theater, art, teaching English as a Foreign Language, and Bar/Bat Mitzvah lessons for special needs children. She spent two years in Pittsburgh as a Youth Shlicha, during which she taught at J-Site, and went back to Israel to complete her B.Ed. She has returned to Pittsburgh as the Community Shlicha.
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