{"id":65312,"date":"2018-11-20T17:05:44","date_gmt":"2018-11-20T15:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=65312"},"modified":"2018-11-20T08:36:49","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T06:36:49","slug":"24-05-34","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=65312","title":{"rendered":"ISRAEL HIGH SCHOOL DEBATE TEAM SNAGS FIRST PLACE IN EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.reunion68.com\/Biuletyn\/img\/jpost.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"305\" \/><\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/Israel-News\/Israel-high-school-debate-team-snags-first-place-in-European-championships-572269\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ISRAEL HIGH SCHOOL DEBATE TEAM SNAGS FIRST PLACE IN EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>TAMAR BEERI<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"background: #d0e6fa; width: 710px; height: 15px;\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The team performed better than 37 of the best debate teams in the world, including those of Germany, China, and the US.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/images.jpost.com\/image\/upload\/f_auto,fl_lossy\/t_Article2016_ControlFaceDetect\/431871\" width=\"100%\" \/><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><em>The Israeli high school debate team in the European championships, who came out in first, 2018.. (photo credit: NICOLE CHAN\/LEARNING LEADERS)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Israel\u2019s national high school debate team was crowned champion at the EurOpen debate competition last Wednesday in Stuttgart, Germany, marking it the first win for Israel in the competition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The team performed better than 37 of the best debate teams in the world, including those of Germany, China and the US. They were unbeaten throughout all twelve rounds \u2013 a rare achievement in debate, and even more so for a team comprised of non-native English speakers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Maya Carmon and Omer Zilberberg, two of the members on the team, are students at the Atid High School for Arts and Sciences in Lod. The other students on the team, Tamir West and Tomer Zucker, study at the Israel Arts and Science Academy in Jerusalem and at Oleh Shem High School in Ramat Hasharon, respectively.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cIt was a privilege to witness the team making history,\u201d said Elijah Kochin, the team\u2019s coach who accompanied them to Stuttgart.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Kochin expressed his and the team\u2019s gratitude to the English teachers who helped the students \u201cdebate in a foreign language,\u201d as well as \u201cthe university debaters who spend their free time helping to coach, judge and give feedback\u201d to the team.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"FIOnDemandWrapper_fiInstance_108769_0_575792877372702700\" class=\"FIOnDemandWrapper\">\n<div class=\"apd_static_banner \" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cThis generation of debaters is very talented,\u201d said Miriam Kalman, a coach assisting the team leading up to the world championships in Sri Lanka. \u201cWe are looking forward to more success at the World Schools Debating Championships in 2019.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr style=\"background: #d0e6fa; width: 710px; height: 15px;\" \/>\n<div id=\"content\" class=\" content-alignment&lt;br \/&gt;&lt;br \/&gt; \">\n<div id=\"watch-description\" class=\"yt-uix-button-panel\">\n<div id=\"watch-description-text\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><em>Zawarto\u015b\u0107 publikowanych artyku\u0142\u00f3w i materia\u0142\u00f3w nie reprezentuje pogl\u0105d\u00f3w ani opinii Reunion&#8217;68,<\/em><em><br \/>\nani te\u017c webmastera Blogu Reunion&#8217;68, chyba ze jest to wyra\u017anie zaznaczone.<br \/>\nTwoje uwagi, linki, w\u0142asne artyku\u0142y lub wiadomo\u015bci prze\u015blij na adres:<br \/>\n<\/em><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><em><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"mailto:webmaster@reunion68.com\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">webmaster@reunion68.com<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 710px;\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISRAEL HIGH SCHOOL DEBATE TEAM SNAGS FIRST PLACE IN EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS TAMAR BEERI The team performed better than 37 of the best debate teams in the world, including those of Germany, China, and the US. 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