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