School of Education
Dept. of Research Methods, Measurement & Evaluation
Tel-Aviv University
1993 - 1998
Masters of Arts Degree with Honors
Thesis Title:
Relationships between Assessment Preferences,
Learner's Characteristics and Track of Study
Chicago Teacher’s College North
1965-1967
Bachelor of Arts Degree
Industrial Arts Teaching Seminar
Givatyim, Israel
1962-1964
Presentations
dealing with GENEALOGY:
Feldman, R.A., (2020, November).Your Family
History During the British Mandate in Israel
through the MyHeritage Collections. MyHeritage, Israel (Hebrew) webinar
Feldman, R.A., (2020, August).Educational
Institutions as Genealogy Resources. IGRA, Israel (Hebrew) webinar
Feldman, R.A. & Regev G., (2020,
August). Tracing the Footsteps of a Holocaust
Survivor in 1945. Presented
at the 40th IAJGS International Conference on
Jewish Genealogy. Virtual.
Feldman, R.A., (2020, May). The IGRA
Collection - The
Accessible Databases of Genealogical Research Documents in Israel. IGRA, Israel (Hebrew) webinar
Feldman, R.A., (2020, February). The
IGRA Collection - The Accessible Databases of
Genealogical Research Documents in Israel. Presented
at the IGRA meeting, Givatayim, Israel
(Hebrew)
Feldman, R.A., (2019, June).Educational
Institutions as Genealogy Resources Presented at the IGRA Seminar, Tel
Aviv, Israel (Hebrew)
Feldman, R.A., (2018, October).All Roads Lead to Eretz Israel Presented at the 2018 Heshvan Event -
Communities That Will Never Be Forgotten.
Jerusalem, Israel
Feldman, R.A., (2018, August).All Roads Lead to Eretz Israel Presented at the 38th IAJGS
International Conference on Jewish Genealogy.
Warsaw, Poland.
Feldman, R.A., (2018, May).From Lists to Databases: Free
Databases for Genealogy Research Presented at the Tel Dan Conference.
Tel Aviv, Israel. (Hebrew)
Feldman, R.A., (2018, April).Lists & Documents from
Educational Institutions as a Resource for
Researching Family History. Presented at National Library.
Jerusalem, Israel (Hebrew)
Feldman, R.A., (2018, January).The Expanded Montefiore Census: The most important Jewish
genealogy resource for the 19th century in Eretz
Israel IGRA
webinar
Feldman, R.A., (2017, October).Filling in the In-Between in Jewish
BMD Presented
at the MyHeritage One Day Seminar, Or Yehuda,
Israel.
Feldman, R.A., (2017, October).
Introducing Two Resources: Historical Newspapers
and the IGRA Collection, Presented at the Rishon
Lezion Branch of IGS, Rishon Lezion
(Hebrew)
Feldman, R.A., (2017, July).Filling in the In-Between Presented at the 37th IAJGS
International Conference on Jewish Genealogy,
Orlando, Florida.
Feldman, R.A., (2017, June).Also in Israel: Marriage
Documentation as a Genealogical Source Presented at MyHeritage, Or-Yehuda,
Israel.
Feldman, R.A., (2017, January).Navigating the All Israel Database
Search Engine
Presented at the Jerusalem Branch of IGS,
Jerusalem, Israel. (Hebrew)
Feldman, R.A., (2016, November).Don't Put the Cart before the Horse
or Reading Pages of Testimony and Drawing
Conclusions Presented at Yad Vashem Seminar,
Jerusalem, Israel
Feldman, R.A., & Regev, Garri,
(2016, August). Immigration to Eretz Israel
Presented at the 36th IAJGS International
Conference on Jewish Genealogy, Seattle,
Washington,USA.
Regev, Garri & Feldman, R.A., (2016,
August).Marriage
& Divorce Certificates during the Mandate
Period in Palestine Presented at the 36th IAJGS
International Conference on Jewish Genealogy, Seattle, Washington,USA..
Feldman, R.A. & Regev, G., (2016,
May).The Israel
Genealogy Research Association as a Connector
Presented at Who Does History Belong To?: Archive
& History in Israel , Jerusalem, Israel.
Feldman, R.A., (2015, December).You'll Never Believe What You Can
Find in Old Newspapers Presented at ESRA
, Ra'anana, Israel.
Feldman, R.A., (2015, November).IGRA's "Educational Collection"From Eretz Israel in the 19th and 20th
Century and Morocco Presented at "Tell
Me
Where You Studied and I Will Tell You Who You Are"
Documents from Educational Institutions as a
Source for Family History, The National Library of
Israel, Jerusalem, Israel.(Hebrew)
Feldman, R.A., (2015, July).The Jewish Community in 19th Century
Eretz Israel: New Available Resources Presented at the 35th IAJGS
International Conference on Jewish Genealogy,
Jerusalem, Israel.
Feldman, R.A., (2015, July).Tracing the Women in Your Family
through Socialism and Community Work: Case Study
Eretz Israel
Presented at the 35th IAJGS International
Conference on Jewish Genealogy, Jerusalem, Israel.
Feldman, R.A., (2015, July).Genealogy Research - The Groundwork
for Your Story
Presented at the 35th IAJGS International
Conference on Jewish Genealogy, Jerusalem,
Israel.(Hebrew)
Feldman, R.A., (2015, May).Genealogy &
Newspapers Presented at the Course
in Genealogy Research at the Central Zionist
Archives, Jerusalem, Israel (Hebrew)
Feldman, R.A., (2015, May).Opening a Window to Genealogy
Research in Eretz Israel Presented at INFO 2015 - The 30th Annual
Conference & Exhibition, Tel-Aviv, Israel
(Hebrew)
Feldman, R.A., (2015, March).Jews in Eretz Israel during
World War OnePresented at the Course in Genealogy
Research at the Central Zionist Archives,
Jerusalem, Israel (Hebrew)
Feldman, R.A., (2015, March).Jews in Eretz Israel in the
19th centuryPresented at the Course in Genealogy
Research at the Central Zionist Archives,
Jerusalem, Israel (Hebrew)
Feldman, R.A., (2014, November).On Both Sides and in the Middle: The
Jews in Eretz Israel in WWI Presented at "Roots
at the Front":First World War resources for family
history, The National Library of Israel,
Jerusalem, Israel.
Feldman, R.A., (2014, July).Yes there is a female paper trail: a
case study based on Eretz Israel Presented at the 34th IAJGS
International Conference on Jewish Genealogy, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Feldman, R.A., (2014, July).The Jewish Legion and the Jews in
Eretz Israel in World War I Presented at the 34th IAJGS
International Conference on Jewish Genealogy, Salt
Lake City, UT, USA.
Feldman, R.A., (2014, July).Looking Outside the BMD Box for Your
Mother and Aunts: A Case Study Based on Eretz
Israel
Presented at The Jewish Genealogical Society of
Illinois, Skokie, IL, USA.
Feldman, R.A., (2014, June).
Genealogy Research with the Help of Historical
Newspapers Presented
at the Course in Genealogy Research at the Central
Zionist Archives, Jerusalem, Israel
Feldman, R.A., (2014, March).
Genealogy Research with the Help of Historical
Newspapers Presented
at Hamercza Lelimudei Toldot Ra'anana, Ra'anana,
Israel
Feldman, R.A., (2014, January).
Genealogy Research with the Help of Historical
Newspapers Presented
at the Course in Genealogy Research at the Central
Zionist Archives, Jerusalem, Israel
Feldman, R.A., (2013,October).
The Historic, Sociological, and Demographic
Significance of the Montefiore Censuses of the
Holy Land 1839-1875 -
'Visions of Judaism and Jewish Community in the
19th Century: The Impact of Sir Moses Montefiore'
an International Seminar Concluding the Montefiore
Testimonials Digittization Project, University
College London, London, England.
Feldman, R.A., (2013, August).
Social Media for Societies BOF (Sponsored by
IAJGS)
Presented at the 33rd IAJGS International
Conference on Jewish Genealogy, Boston, MA, USA.
Feldman, R.A., (2013, August).
Navigating with Filters: the New IGRA Search
Engine for Eretz Israel (mid 19th century -
1964) Presented at
the 33rd IAJGS International Conference on Jewish
Genealogy, Boston, MA, USA.
Feldman, R.A., (2013,May).
A Three Way Split: Did Something Cause It? Presented at New Trends in the
Historiography of Jewish Immigration - an
International Workshop, The Western Galilee
College, Akko, Israel
Feldman, R.A., (2013, April).
Rehovot as a case study for resources in and out
of Rehovot Presented
at the Rehovot Branch of the Israel Genealogy
Research Association, Rehovot, Israel
Feldman, R.A., (2012,
November). Amazing What You Find in Old
Newspapers: Case Study of the Historical Jewish
Press Website Presented
at the Jerusalem Branch of the Israel Genealogy
Research Association, Jerusalem, Israel
Feldman, R.A., (2012,
November). Building Databases: From the Point
of View of Genealogy Research Presented at the 2012 Annual Conference
of Israel
Archivistand InformationSociety, Tsuba, Israel.
Feldman, R.A., (2012,
September). Bringing the Montefiore Censuses to
the Masses Presented
at the Raananna Branch of the Israel Genealogy
Research Association, Raanana, Israel
Feldman, R.A., (2012, July).
A New Resource to Find Your Relatives in Eretz
Israel Presented at
the 32th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish
Genealogy, Paris, France.
Feldman, R.A., (2011,
November). New All Israel Database for
Genealogical Research in Israel. Presented
at the 8th Jerusalem Conference on the
Digitisation of Cultural Heritage, Jerusalem,
Israel.
Feldman, R.A., (2010,
November). Bringing Montefiore to the Masses.
Presented at the 7th Jerusalem Conference on the
Digitisation of Cultural Heritage, Jerusalem,
Israel.
Feldman, R.A., (2010,
November). A three way split: What caused it?
Presented at the 6th Israel Genealogical Society
National Seminar - Jewish Families migration split
- some went East (Eretz Israel) and some went
elsewhere, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
Feldman, R.A., (2010,
July). The Document Bridge between the
Montefiore Census and the British Mandate.
Presented at the 30th IAJGS International
Conference on Jewish Genealogy, Los Angeles,
California, USA.
Feldman, R.A., (2010,
July).Breaking
News: The Montefiore Censuses Database Is Here
and in English. Presented
at the 30th IAJGS International Conference on
Jewish Genealogy, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Feldman, R.A., (2009,
December). Building a Virtual Community Site
for a Place That No Longer Exists. Presented
at the 5th Israel Genealogical Society National
Seminar - Preserving Memory: Family and Community,
Tel-Aviv, Israel.
Feldman, R.A., (2009,
November). A Document Here, A Document There:
Genealogy in Israel as a Cross-Archival Project.
Presented at the 6th Jerusalem Conference on the
Digitisation of Cultural Heritage, Jerusalem,
Israel.
Feldman, R.A., (2009, Aug).Treasures and Questions in Creating a
Database of Medical Professionals in Mandate
Palestine.
Presented at the 29th IAJGS International
Conference on Jewish Genealogy, Philadelphia, PA,
USA.
Feldman, R.A., (2009, June). The Montefiore Census Project of IGS.
Presented at the
Jerusalem Branch of the Israel Genealogical
Society (Hebrew).
Feldman, R.A. & Stein, B.,
(2008, Dec). The
Montefiore Census Project of IGS. Presented at the Tel-Aviv Branch of the
Israel Genealogy Society (Hebrew).
Feldman, R.A., (2008, Jan). Introducing "Eretz Israel Record
Indexing" (EIRI). Presented
at the Tel-Aviv Branch of the Israel Genealogical
Society (Hebrew).
Feldman, R.A., (2007, July). The 1839
Montefiore Census of Eretz Israel.
Presented at the 27th IAJGS International
Conference on Jewish Genealogy, Salt Lake City,
Utah, USA.
Feldman, R.A. &
Tagger, M., (2006, Nov). Volunteers in
Genealogical Societies: Saving the Information
and Serving the Community. Presented at the
Jerusalem 2006 Conference on the Digitisation of
Cultural Heritage
Feldman, R.A., (2004,
October). The Planning of a Database of
Memorials Found in Israel of Vanished
Communities: Pictures of the Memorials and
Indexes Presented at the Jerusalem
Conference on the Digitisation of Cultural
Heritage, Jerusalem, Israel.
Feldman, R.A., (2004,
May). 24th International Conference on Jewish
Genealogy Presented at Jewish Family
Research Association Ranana Branch, (English)
Feldman, R.A. &
Wagner, D. (2004, January). The Israeli
Searches for His Roots Presented at the 19th
Annual "Moach" Conference,"Computer Communications
and the Communications Media as the Catalyst of
Social Process", Tel-Aviv, Israel (Hebrew).
Feldman, R.A. (2003,
July). Through the Looking Glass of History:
Putting the Shtetl Pieces Together Presented
at the 23rd IAJGS International Conference on
Jewish Genealogy, Washington DC, USA.
Feldman, R.A. (2002,
November). Poland-Jewish Records Indexing:
Voluntary Jewish Electronic Communications
Encompasses the World Presented at the
Annual "ILA" Conference,"Information Technologies
- Vision, Accomplishments & Building the
Future", Tel-Aviv, Israel (Hebrew).
Feldman, R.A. (2002,
April). "Virtually" Discovering the Places
Where My Parents Were Born Presented at the
Tel-Aviv Branch of the Israel Genealogy Society
(Hebrew).
Articles:
Feldman, R.A. (Winter
2020)
Tracing the Footsteps of Holocaust
Survivors in 1945 and Beyond, Avotaynu 36
(4), x.
Feldman, R.A. (January 2020) Military
Resources in Eretz Isral for the
Genealogical Sleuth - Updated, Israel
Genealogy Research Association
Feldman, R.A. (December 2015) IGRA's First
Project with the Israel State Archives:
Marriage & Divorce Certificates during
the Mandate Period in Palestine, Israel
Genealogy Research Association.
Feldman, R.A. (Winter 2014) Eretrz
Israel: Bits and Pieces of Paper Trails for
Women, Avotaynu
30 (4), 21-22.
Feldman, R.A. (July 2014) Researching
Your Female Ancestors in Eretz Israel: Part
Two - The British Administration of Eretz
Israel - second half, Israel Genealogy
Research Association.
Feldman, R.A. (March 2014)
Researching
Your Female Ancestors in Eretz Israel: Part
Two - The British Administration of Eretz
Israel - first half, Israel Genealogy
Research Association.Feldman, R.A.
(July 2013) Researching
Your Female Ancestors in Eretz Israel: Part
One - The Ottoman Empire Period, Israel Genealogy
Research Association.
Feldman, R.A. (Summer 2012)
New Databases for Finding Relatives in Eretz
Yisrael, Avotaynu
28 (2), 17-18.
Feldman, R.A. (February
2012) Using
Newspapers and Land Registries to Find People,
Israel
Genealogy Research Association.
Feldman, R.A. (Fall 2011)
Genealogy and Yad Vashem hand in hand. Yad Vashem
Feldman, R.A. (May 2009) Book Review -
Exiled to Palestine - Substitution Immigration.
Sharsheret Hadorot: Journal of Jewish
Genealogy, 23, (1), XXXIV-XXXV.
Feldman, R.A. (May 2009) What Does the Use
of PDF Files Mean for Members of the Israel
Genealogical Society? Sharsheret Hadorot:
Journal of Jewish Genealogy, 23, (1),
XXVII-XXVIII.
Feldman, R.A. (May 2008) A new look at the
1839 Montefiore census of Eretz Israel. Shemot,
16, (2), 13-16.
Feldman, R.A. (February 2008) Names of Women in
the Montefiore Census of 1839. Sharsheret
Hadorot: Journal of Jewish Genealogy, 22,
(1), V-VI.
Feldman, R.A. (Fall 2007) Military Resources in
Eretz Israel For the Genealogical Sleuth.
Avotaynu,XXIII (3), 37-40.
Feldman, R.A. (November 2007) Book Review -
Princess or Prisoner. Sharsheret Hadorot:
Journal of Jewish Genealogy, 21, (4),
XL-XLI. (Reprint)
Feldman, R.A. (Spring 2007) Book Review -
Princess or Prisoner. Roots-Key, 27 (1),
2.
Feldman, R.A. (February 2007) After Finding a
Testimony in the Yad Vashem Database - The Next
Step. Sharsheret Hadorot: Journal of Jewish
Genealogy, 21, (1), 27-31.
Feldman, R.A. (Fall/Winter 2006) The Yad Vashem
Database: Next Steps. Roots-Key, 26
(3/4), 6-7.
Feldman, R.A. (February 2005) Protecting Your
Original Documents. Sharsheret Hadorot:
Journal of Jewish Genealogy, 19, (1), 15.
Feldman, R.A. (February 2003) "Virtually"
Discovering the Places where My Parents Were
Born. Sharsheret Hadorot: Journal of Jewish
Genealogy, 17, (1), 15-16.
Feldman, R.A. (Winter 2003) Why a Website to
Memorialize a Small Shtetl. Roots-Key, 22
(4), 10-11.
Participation
in the Organization of Conferences and
Seminars:
Feldman, R. (2004). Israel
Genealogical Society Projects for the 24th IAJGS
Conference on Jewish Genealogy – July 2004 in
Jerusalem In Memory of Professor Achi Racov z'l
Presentations
dealing with EDUCATION:
Feldman, R.A. (2004, February). 1,2,3
Almost All the Faculty is in Presented at
the 3rd Annual "Meital" Conference,
"Communications in Academic Instruction",
Tel-Aviv, Israel (Hebrew).
Feldman, R.A. (2003, February). 1,2,3
All the Faculty Together Presented at the
2nd Annual "Meital" Conference, "Communications in
Academic Technology", Ramat Gan, Israel (Hebrew).
Feldman, R.A. (2002, February). The
Design Aspect for Developing Instructional Sites
that Integrate the Whole Department: A Case
Study of the Department of Theatre Arts
Presented at the 1st Annual "Meital" Conference,
Haifa, Israel (Hebrew).
Birenbaum, M. & Feldman, R.A.
(2001, December). Effectiveness of
Asynchronous Threaded Discussions in Higher
Education: Instructors' Views Paper
presented at the 17th Annual "Moach"
Conference,"Values, Ethics & Technology in
Education in the Digital Age", Tel-Aviv, Israel
(Hebrew).
Feldman, R.A. (2000, October). Student
Attitudes in Relationship to Information
Literacy in Higher Education: Pilot Project
Paper presented at the 12th Conference of the
Israeli Association for Educational Research,
Tel-Aviv, Israel (Hebrew).
Feldman, R.A. (2000, July). On
the Relation of Computer Anxiety and Information
Literacy Paper presented at the 21st
International Conference of Stress and Anxiety
Research Society (STAR), Bratislava, Slovakia.
Feldman, R.A. (1999, July). Should
Technophobia be Considered When Giving Tasks
That Involve the Use of Computers? Paper
presented at the 20th International Conference of
Stress and Anxiety Research Society (STAR),
Krakow, Poland.
Feldman, R.A. (1998, July). Relationships
between Assessment Preferences, Learner's
Characteristics and Track of Study. Paper
presented at the 19th International Conference of
Stress and Anxiety Research Society (STAR),
Istanbul, Turkey.
Feldman, R.A. (1996, September). Assessment
Preferences of Teachers and Students in Various
Departments of the Faculty of the Arts.
Paper presented at the Northumbria Assessment
Conference, Newcastle on tyne, England.
Birenbaum, M. & Feldman, R.A.
(1995, July). Relationships between learning
characteristics and attitudes toward two
assessment formats. Paper presented at the
16th International Conference of Stress and
Anxiety Research Society (STAR), Prague, Czech
Republic.
Articles:
Birenbaum,
M. & Feldman, R.A. (April 2002) The Electronic
Forums as an Instructional and Learning Aid in
Higher Education: An International Perspective.
Al Hagova, 1, 34-37.
Birenbaum,
M. & Feldman, R.A. Relationships between
learning patterns and attitudes toward two
assessment formats.Educational Research, 40 (1),
90-98.
Conference
Proceedings:
Feldman, R. (2000). Student
Attitudes in Relationship to Information
Literacy in Higher Education: Pilot Project.
12th Conference of the Israeli Association for
Educational Research. F. Naser, N. Hativa, &
Z. Schwartz (Eds.) Reches Publishers, 335-338
(Hebrew)
Books
Illustrated:
Birenbaum, M. (1997). Alternatives
in Assessment. Israel: Ramot
Publishers
Exhibitions: Landscapes
in Weaving, Nov. 11, 1985 - Nov. 30,
1985, Municipal Exhibition Hall, Netayna
Municipality, Netayna, Israel
Landscapes & Figures in Weaving,
March 9, 1985 - March 23, 1985, ZOA House,
Tel-Aviv, Israel
Landscapes & Images in Weaving,
Feb. 16, 1985 - March 3, 1985, Spin &
Spindle, Tel-Aviv, Israel