CV Tereza Gafna Foltýnová

CV – Tereza Gafna Foltýnová

First name and surname:Tereza Gafna Foltýnová

Date and place of birth: 25th August 1979 in Prague

Permanent address: Cíglerova 1081, Praha 9-Černý Most, 198 00, CzechRepublic

Current occupation:teacher in Lauder Jewish day-school in Prague

Coordinator of Masorti community Prague

E-mail addresses:

Current mobile number:+972 54 682 4583

Current landline number:+972 2 672 5369

Nationality:Czech

Citizenship:CzechRepublic

Education:1997 - 2003 Charles University – Faculty of Education

M.A. in English and Social Science

(diploma thesis on “The Phenomenon of Inner Struggle in Selected Novels by Isaac Bashevis Singer)

2000 - 2003Charles University – Faculty of Arts

(Hebrew Studies and Studies of Religion)

2003 - 2004Paideia - The European Institute for Jewish

Studies in Sweden

(one year study program for future Jewish leaders)

2004-2005 Oxford Center for Hebrew and Jewish Studies

(MSt in Jewish Studies (dissertation on “Biblical Story of Hagar and Ishmael in Pirkei de Rabbi Eliezer and Targum Pseudo-Johnatan)

2005-2006Student of one-year program of the Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem

Special training:1998 - 2000Course on English Creative Writing

(StateLanguageSchool in Prague)

1999 - 2000 Reading and Writing for Critical Thinking Course

(one-year course on teaching strategies supporting and developing students’ critical thinking)

2001Summer School of Critical Thinking

(intensive summer teacher training program including workshops on structural drama in teaching and museum worksheets production)

2001-2002“Variants” - a one-year course on didactics of intercultural education organized by People in Need organization (affiliated with The Czech Television)

P.T.O.

Career: 1997-2003Prague Jewish Museum guide

2000-2003Tutor and workshop coordinator in Culture and Education Center of Prague Jewish Museum

1999-2000Prague Rudolf Steiner’s school teacher of English

2004-2005Student librarian at OxfordCenter for Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Great Britain

since 2000English tutor, interpreter and translator

Special job experience:1998Moshav volunteer in Israel (3 months)

2000Co-organizer of Prague Poetry Day

2001 Data collector for a School research organized by American Institute for Research

2005-2006Volunteer in the MessilahCenter, Neve Yaakov, Jerusalem

Membership in Jewish

organizations:2000-2002Bejt Praha, Open Jewish Community in Prague

since 2002Masorti CzechRepublic (a member of board in 2003)

since 2003Jewish Community in Prague (ZOP)

since 2004Paideia Alumni Association

2004-2005Jewish Society of Graduate Students of OxfordUniversity

Language knowledge:Czech - native

English - advanced

German- sufficient

Hebrew - rama dalet

Special interests:- modern trends in education

- textual studies (Hebrew Bible, Talmud and rabbinic texts)

- intercultural education