FIRG Seminar – Eli Hurvitz, Executive Director of the Eddie & Jules Trump Family Foundation

FIRG Seminar featuring: Eli Hurvitz, Executive Director of the Eddie & Jules Trump Family Foundation. This talk aims to tell the story of how Israel awoke to the growing challenge facing its human talent and its possible consequences. The foundation aims to serve as a catalyst for improving educational achievement in Israel in Mathematics and the Sciences. The foundation concentrates on strategies which directly influence classroom instruction focusing on the talent, expertise and practice of teachers. In 2012, Hurvitz was selected by The Marker Magazine as #87 at "Israel's 100 Most Influential People". In 2014 he was appointed by the Israeli government as member of the National Board of Education. In 2015 Hurvitz was selected by Yediot Ahronot Newspaper to the list of 'Israel's 50 Heroes of Civil Society'. In 2016 he was nominated by The Marker Magazine as #57 at "Israel's 100 Most Influential People."