Lander Institute Winter 2009
Our winter semester courses are now open for registration.
Photoshop – for Photography
This course is intended for Photographers who would like to enrich their Digital Photography skills and learn to use Photoshop CS3, an essential tool for Photographers in today's digital age. Students will learn about resolution, importing
files, color adjustments and corrections, layers, merging digital files, modes of curves and levels, masks, retouching and repairing files, photographic digital darkroom tools, special digital effects, filters, channels, creating borders and styles, creating panoramas, automation, and much much more!
Instructor: Abba Richman
Day & time: Sunday 9:00am-12:00pm
Start date: February 1st
Length of course: 17 weeks
Advanced Digital Photography
An intensive digital photography course for beginners and advanced photographers. Topics include an extensive understanding of the technical aspects of the camera and lens, artificial and natural lighting, composition and visual perception, introduction to event and portrait studio photography.
Instructor: Abba Richman
Day & time: Sunday 2:00pm-5:00pm
Cost: 4000 NIS + 200 NIS registration fee
Start date: February 1st
Length of course: 28 weeks
Real Estate License- Marketing & Management
This course is designed with two major objectives. The first is to give the student the tools and abilities to become a marketing agent and professional real estate expert. The second is to prepare the students for the exam of the Ministry of Justice. The Ministry of Justice requires all real estate agents to pass an exam (in Hebrew) that includes a comprehensive knowledge of Israeli real estate laws, as a condition to receiving a real estate agent license. This course will review the key terminologies and structure of the law book that is used during the exam, ensuring students can overcome the language barrier. Sample exams are reviewed and practiced.
Instructor: Ofer Lifshitz
Day & time: Monday 12:00pm – 3:00pm OR
Monday 6:30pm – 9:30pm
Cost: 3950 NIS + 200 NIS registration fee
Start date: February 2nd
Length of course: 22 weeks
Web Design
As the World Wide Web is evolving, there is a high demand for web designers. This course will give the students the professional and essential tools to conceptualize and design a site from start to finished product. Each student will end this course by implementing their own website. The course will be comprised of a basic overview of Photoshop, (graphic tool for websites) Dreamweaver, using an editor to implement your graphics live on the web, and Flash, the interactive animation program for the web.
Instructor: Neil Grunstein
Day & time: Sunday 6:30pm – 9:30pm OR
Friday 9:00am-12:00pm
Cost: 4500 NIS + 200 NIS registration fee
Start date: February 1st/February 6th
Length of course: 24 weeks
Interior Design
This course will introduce the student to the basic principles of residential interior design emphasizing drafting skills, design concepts and knowledge of materials. Through a series of design exercises, lectures, and field work, the student will become familiar with a broad overview of what designers do and how they think. The classroom will be set up as a design studio in which the student will draft, draw, and present their ideas, learn from their peers and get critiqued by the instructor and visiting professionals.
Instructor: Alan Cohl
Day & time: Thursday 9:00am-12:00pm
Cost: 2900 NIS + 200 NIS registration fee
Start date: February 5th
Length of course: 15 weeks
Introduction to Computers
This course is designed for individuals with limited or no computer experience. The course offers the opportunity to learn the basic tools of the computer, including word processing, the internet and e-mail. Topics covered include how to organize and save documents and pictures on the computer. The introduction to word processing teaches the tools available to write, edit and format documents. The internet sessions introduces searching the web to find sites of interest and many useful aids. In the e-mail classes, the participants are taught how to send and receive e-mails.
Instructor: Sandra Unger
Day & time: Sunday 9:00am – 12:00pm
Cost: 2100 NIS + 200 NIS registration fee
Start date: February 1st
Length of course: 15 weeks
Our winter semester courses are now open for registration.
Photoshop – for Photography
This course is intended for Photographers who would like to enrich their Digital Photography skills and learn to use Photoshop CS3, an essential tool for Photographers in today's digital age. Students will learn about resolution, importing
files, color adjustments and corrections, layers, merging digital files, modes of curves and levels, masks, retouching and repairing files, photographic digital darkroom tools, special digital effects, filters, channels, creating borders and styles, creating panoramas, automation, and much much more!Instructor: Abba Richman
Day & time: Sunday 9:00am-12:00pm
Start date: February 1st
Length of course: 17 weeks
Advanced Digital Photography
An intensive digital photography course for beginners and advanced photographers. Topics include an extensive understanding of the technical aspects of the camera and lens, artificial and natural lighting, composition and visual perception, introduction to event and portrait studio photography.
Instructor: Abba Richman
Day & time: Sunday 2:00pm-5:00pm
Cost: 4000 NIS + 200 NIS registration fee
Start date: February 1st
Length of course: 28 weeks
Real Estate License- Marketing & Management
This course is designed with two major objectives. The first is to give the student the tools and abilities to become a marketing agent and professional real estate expert. The second is to prepare the students for the exam of the Ministry of Justice. The Ministry of Justice requires all real estate agents to pass an exam (in Hebrew) that includes a comprehensive knowledge of Israeli real estate laws, as a condition to receiving a real estate agent license. This course will review the key terminologies and structure of the law book that is used during the exam, ensuring students can overcome the language barrier. Sample exams are reviewed and practiced.
Instructor: Ofer Lifshitz
Day & time: Monday 12:00pm – 3:00pm OR
Monday 6:30pm – 9:30pm
Cost: 3950 NIS + 200 NIS registration fee
Start date: February 2nd
Length of course: 22 weeks
Web Design
As the World Wide Web is evolving, there is a high demand for web designers. This course will give the students the professional and essential tools to conceptualize and design a site from start to finished product. Each student will end this course by implementing their own website. The course will be comprised of a basic overview of Photoshop, (graphic tool for websites) Dreamweaver, using an editor to implement your graphics live on the web, and Flash, the interactive animation program for the web.
Instructor: Neil Grunstein
Day & time: Sunday 6:30pm – 9:30pm OR
Friday 9:00am-12:00pm
Cost: 4500 NIS + 200 NIS registration fee
Start date: February 1st/February 6th
Length of course: 24 weeks
Interior Design
This course will introduce the student to the basic principles of residential interior design emphasizing drafting skills, design concepts and knowledge of materials. Through a series of design exercises, lectures, and field work, the student will become familiar with a broad overview of what designers do and how they think. The classroom will be set up as a design studio in which the student will draft, draw, and present their ideas, learn from their peers and get critiqued by the instructor and visiting professionals.
Instructor: Alan Cohl
Day & time: Thursday 9:00am-12:00pm
Cost: 2900 NIS + 200 NIS registration fee
Start date: February 5th
Length of course: 15 weeks
Introduction to Computers
This course is designed for individuals with limited or no computer experience. The course offers the opportunity to learn the basic tools of the computer, including word processing, the internet and e-mail. Topics covered include how to organize and save documents and pictures on the computer. The introduction to word processing teaches the tools available to write, edit and format documents. The internet sessions introduces searching the web to find sites of interest and many useful aids. In the e-mail classes, the participants are taught how to send and receive e-mails.
Instructor: Sandra Unger
Day & time: Sunday 9:00am – 12:00pm
Cost: 2100 NIS + 200 NIS registration fee
Start date: February 1st
Length of course: 15 weeks
Microsoft Office
Most computer literate people know how to navigate Microsoft Word, but not as many are proficient with the rest of Microsoft Office. Learn the secrets and tools of PowerPoint, Excel, Publisher and enhance your use of Word. Create, edit and use formulas in Excel; learn the fundamentals needed to create and modify basic slide presentations using PowerPoint; create and print lively and interesting publications using Publisher and create, edit and format documents in Word.
Instructor: Sandra Unger
Day & time: Wednesday 6:00pm-9:00pm
Cost: 2900 NIS + 200 NIS registration fee
Start date: February 4th
Length of course: 15 weeks
Internet Marketing
The course will be led by RankAbove™ a leader in the field of website optimization.
Online marketing encompasses a wide range of disciplines. As organizations realize the sheer potential of their website as a sales and marketing tool that is available 24/7/365, the need to have a well-educated online marketer on staff is no longer a luxury, but a critical need. This course will teach a wide array of internet marketing skills. Topics include building and optimizing a successful PPC (Pay Per Click) campaign, the development and execution of a winning SEO (Search Engine Optimization) strategy, and the ins and outs of a social media campaign.
At the end of the course, RankAbove™ will arrange a job fair with internet marketing companies.
Coordinator: Mayer Reich – Rank Above
Day & time: Sundays 6:00pm-9:00pm
Cost: 3400 NIS + 200 NIS registration fee
Start date: February 1st
Length of course: 15 weeks
Foundations of Alternative Medicine
The objective of this course is to introduce the basic concepts, philosophy and therapeutics offered by Ayurvedic, Chinese medicine, acupuncture and homeopathy. Additionally, the course will explore the meeting points of these alternative therapies with conventional medicine. Are there common pathways in understanding the relevance of conventional and alternative healthcare systems in healing diseases? The course is recommended for anyone wishing to understand alternative medicine from a scientific analytic mind set.
Instructor: Dr. Gabriel Amitai
Day & time: Tuesday 9:00am-12:00pm
Cost: 4500 NIS + 200 NIS registration fee
Start date: February 3rd
Length of course: 24 weeks
Starting a Successful eBay Business
In an age of ever increasing opportunities and capabilities in the world of commerce, the online retail industry has established its presence and has created a global village in eBay. Knowledge of the workings of this village is crucial to anyone who wishes to forge into this exciting business arena. The eBay course will teach you various models and creative thought processes which can be utilized to sell products successfully and securely on the eBay site. Strongly emphasized will be the goal of building a marketing strategy suitable for you, the Israeli user.
Public Speaking – Presenting in Hebrew
This course assists the participants in developing a stronger message while speaking in Hebrew. Using listening skills through kinesthetic, visual, & auditory awareness, the course will promote intelligibility in Hebrew for a more effective and impressive message.
Instructor: Diana Gurman
Tuesday: 6:00pm-9:00pm
Cost: 2900 NIS + 200 NIS registration fee
Start date: February 3rd
Length of course: 15 weeks
NLP(Neuro-Linguistic Programming ) Practitioner Training
Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) has been described as "The Study of Human Excellence." It is a set of principles, models and tools for communication, learning, and change. NLP is able to teach you to observe people in a different way, see through the surface other people present, hear what they are really saying, and know how they feel. Through NLP training you will quickly learn to take these observations, model them, adapt their formulas and begin to maximize your own potential. Similarly, if you excel in one particular area of your life, you can apply your formula to areas where you are less excellent. NLP is used in virtually every field where EXCELLENCE is the goal, including medicine, business, public relations, psychology, therapy, education, sports, the arts, as well as in day to day living.
Length of course: 24 weeks
Starting a Successful eBay Business
In an age of ever increasing opportunities and capabilities in the world of commerce, the online retail industry has established its presence and has created a global village in eBay. Knowledge of the workings of this village is crucial to anyone who wishes to forge into this exciting business arena. The eBay course will teach you various models and creative thought processes which can be utilized to sell products successfully and securely on the eBay site. Strongly emphasized will be the goal of building a marketing strategy suitable for you, the Israeli user.
Instructor: Elan & Asi Tzur
Day & time: Wednesday 9:00am-2:00pm OR
Wednesday 6:00pm-10:00pm
Cost: 1850 NIS + 200 NIS registration fee
Start date: February 4th
Length of course: 5 weeks
Public Speaking – Presenting in English
Do you lack self-confidence when you speak in public? In this course you will learn some very helpful strategies to become an experienced and confident public speaker. The skills you learn in this course will help you improve your articulation skills, teach you how to plan a convincing message, develop the use of persuasion, improve your vocabulary and language usage, and improve your knowledge of how to understand and use non-verbal communication.
Instructor: Diana Gurman
Day & time: Tuesday 9:00am-12:00pm
Cost: 2900 NIS & 200 NIS registration fee
Start date: February 3rd
Length of course: 15 weeks
Day & time: Wednesday 9:00am-2:00pm OR
Wednesday 6:00pm-10:00pm
Cost: 1850 NIS + 200 NIS registration fee
Start date: February 4th
Length of course: 5 weeks
Public Speaking – Presenting in English
Do you lack self-confidence when you speak in public? In this course you will learn some very helpful strategies to become an experienced and confident public speaker. The skills you learn in this course will help you improve your articulation skills, teach you how to plan a convincing message, develop the use of persuasion, improve your vocabulary and language usage, and improve your knowledge of how to understand and use non-verbal communication.
Instructor: Diana Gurman
Day & time: Tuesday 9:00am-12:00pm
Cost: 2900 NIS & 200 NIS registration fee
Start date: February 3rd
Length of course: 15 weeks
Public Speaking – Presenting in Hebrew
This course assists the participants in developing a stronger message while speaking in Hebrew. Using listening skills through kinesthetic, visual, & auditory awareness, the course will promote intelligibility in Hebrew for a more effective and impressive message.
Instructor: Diana Gurman
Tuesday: 6:00pm-9:00pm
Cost: 2900 NIS + 200 NIS registration fee
Start date: February 3rd
Length of course: 15 weeks
NLP(Neuro-Linguistic Programming ) Practitioner Training
Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) has been described as "The Study of Human Excellence." It is a set of principles, models and tools for communication, learning, and change. NLP is able to teach you to observe people in a different way, see through the surface other people present, hear what they are really saying, and know how they feel. Through NLP training you will quickly learn to take these observations, model them, adapt their formulas and begin to maximize your own potential. Similarly, if you excel in one particular area of your life, you can apply your formula to areas where you are less excellent. NLP is used in virtually every field where EXCELLENCE is the goal, including medicine, business, public relations, psychology, therapy, education, sports, the arts, as well as in day to day living.
Instructor: Lily Cohen
Day & time: Sunday 9:00am-2:00pm OR
Tuesday 5:30pm-10:30pm
Cost: 5500 NIS & 200 NIS registration fee
Start date: February 1st/3rd
Length of course: 17 weeks
Safrut Stam- Scribal Writing
Our course will equip students with the knowledge of all the halachot of writing the form of the letters and the producing of tefillin, mezzuzot and megillot. Students will gain all the halachic mastery needed to pass the exams for a Scribes Certification. Our course will enable students to write superior kosher scribal products starting from preparing the quill, selecting parchment, writing the letters according to all customs, all the way through to planning and preparing your first Megillah. Our course will guide students past the hurdles of entering this stimulating profession and show you the "tricks of the trade" of master scribes. You needn't be an artist or scholar to get started. A little application and practice and you're on your way to a lucrative and satisfying career.
Instructor: Rav Natan Siegal
Day & time: Monday 6:00pm – 9:00pm
Cost: 2900 NIS + 200 NIS registration fee
Start date: February 2nd
Length of course: 15 weeks
Day & time: Sunday 9:00am-2:00pm OR
Tuesday 5:30pm-10:30pm
Cost: 5500 NIS & 200 NIS registration fee
Start date: February 1st/3rd
Length of course: 17 weeks
Safrut Stam- Scribal Writing
Our course will equip students with the knowledge of all the halachot of writing the form of the letters and the producing of tefillin, mezzuzot and megillot. Students will gain all the halachic mastery needed to pass the exams for a Scribes Certification. Our course will enable students to write superior kosher scribal products starting from preparing the quill, selecting parchment, writing the letters according to all customs, all the way through to planning and preparing your first Megillah. Our course will guide students past the hurdles of entering this stimulating profession and show you the "tricks of the trade" of master scribes. You needn't be an artist or scholar to get started. A little application and practice and you're on your way to a lucrative and satisfying career.
Instructor: Rav Natan Siegal
Day & time: Monday 6:00pm – 9:00pm
Cost: 2900 NIS + 200 NIS registration fee
Start date: February 2nd
Length of course: 15 weeks
Sculpture
The students in this off-site course will learn some of the fundamental rules governing art, including perspective, proportion, composition, modeling, application, and drawing. At the end of the course students will construct a sculpture using clay that will then be cast into cement using a plaster mold. The finished works will be the property of the students. Within this basic framework the students will also be introduced to some of the other techniques of sculpture i.e. stone-carving, steel and welding, wood construction and more. Students will also be taught to draw in pencil, ink and charcoal.
Instructor: Paul Taylor from "Create a Space Studio"
Day & time: Wednesdays 10:00am-2:00pm OR
Tuesday 6:00pm-10:00pm
Cost: 4500 NIS + 200 NIS registration fee
Start date: February 3rd/4th
Length of course: 20 weeks
Mediation
Students will learn all of the pertinent areas to become a professional mediator. The training objectives are: Provision of applicable tools and skills for professional conflict management; understanding mediation and internalizing it as a managerial tool and a way of life; strengthening the awareness to the organizational, social and national implications of mediation in Israel; developing awareness to and endowment of a different point of view to conflicts; and exposing participants to the hidden potentials of mediation and to its transformative facets. This course is taught in cooperation with the Gevim Group who specializes in training and authorizing professional mediators – Leading to a Diploma recognized by the Ministry of Justice.
Instructor: The Gevim Group
Day & time: Thursday 9:30 AM-2:30 PM
Cost: 3000 NIS + 200 NIS registration fee
Start date: February 5th
Length of course: 15 weeks
*** Coming this spring ***
Advanced Web Applications with Ruby
Ruby is one of the hottest programming languages around today, with a rapidly growing following among Web developers. This course introduces the Ruby language, as well as the Ruby on Rails framework for creating dynamic Web applications. We will begin with Ruby itself, studying its core data types, object-oriented features, regular expression integration, extension libraries ("gems"), and built-in documentation system ("RDoc"). We will then start to build Web applications using Ruby on Rails, beginning with the MVC (model-view-controller) paradigm, and then learning to create all of the components of an effective Rails application -- models, views, controllers, layouts, helpers, and plugins. We will explore many of the innovative and time-saving techniques in Rails, including environments, migrations, layouts, and RESTful resources. The importance of automated code testing will be stressed throughout the course.
Instructor: Reuven Lerner
Day & time : Mondays & Wednesdays 6:00pm-9:00pm
Cost: 6000 NIS + 200 NIS registration fee
Start date: February 2nd
Length of course: 8 weeks
*** Coming next fall ***
Tour Guide License
The tour guide course leading towards becoming a licensed tour guide is taught by the “Derech Eretz” School of Tourism. Derech Eretz teaches all the relevant aspects of Israel Studies while at the same time enriching the spiritual and national bond of the student to Eretz Israel and its Jewish sources and origins. The school’s goal is to train guides who are qualified to guide groups and individuals throughout Israel, while creating a professional, educational and enjoyable atmosphere. A strong emphasis is placed on the Jewish-Israeli experience. The Derech Eretz curriculum corresponds to the criteria established by Israel’s Ministry of Tourism and is authorized by the Ministry to prepare its students for the final certification examinations as official national guides.Our faculty includes some of the leading authorities in the relevant disciplines
Day & time: Mondays and Wednesdays 5:00pm-9:00pm
Cost: 21,000 NIS + 200 NIS registration fee
We are now accepting registration for the next course which will begin next fall.This is a 2 year course.
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