After 10 years trailblazing the area of Cultural Competency we and our partners in action have garnered a broad spectrum of experience in a wide variety of areas. Throughout the country, there are many people who have developed expertise in different aspects of cultural competency, in different disciplines. They’ve dealt with countless difficulties and are proud of impressive achievements. We’ve all come a long way. After 10 years, we and our partners in action are excited to share some key aspects of Cultural Competency in Israel, and are taking a moment to reflect on the journey of the last decade.
We’ve called this reflection “Wisdom of Experience” newsletters. They detail different issues in Cultural Competency that we’ve dealt with. Each 3-5 page description includes a page introduction about the topic, plus a detailed description of the subject, written by our partners in the field.
Rabbi as a Hospital Consultant
Thus far we’ve written about (in Hebrew):
Rabbi as a Hospital Consultant (for matters concerning the Ultra-Orthodox population)
In Your Language – Language Accessibility at Hadassah Medical Centers
Assimilating Use of a Telephone Interpreting Hotline
Training at the Western Galilee Medical Center
We’ll continue publishing these newsletters monthly. Other subjects soon to be published include our Haifa-based round table with Haredim and the Maccabi HMO, Cultural Competency in Mental Health, making health services accessible to French-speaking olim, and more.
These newsletters join our series about multi-cultural and religious holidays, that we continue to revise in 2017 (on our Hebrew publications web page).
Many thanks to the Jerusalem Foundation for their continued partnership and support of cultural competency over the past decade!
