The Center promotes research and follow-up studies on major issues of Jewish education in the Diaspora and initiates special programs to create curricular material geared to the specific needs of Jewish communities.
Special emphasis is given to school-based curriculum development.
The Center is actively involved in the further training of teachers from the Diaspora, who are brought to Israel for intensive courses of between three to six weeks. Participants have come from the United States, South America, Mexico, the former USSR and many other countries. To implement this type of educational endeavor the Center taps liberally into the resources of the University's School of Education, which among its faculty counts experts in teacher education, curriculum development, educational administration, special education and counseling. It further draws on other Departments and Schools for such relevant subject matters as Bible Studies, Jewish History, Jewish Thought, Land of Israel Studies, Jewish Art and Music, Holocaust Studies. Study periods are from six months to a year and students get credits toward their academic degrees.