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Three Jewish Educators Making Impact and change receive the 2017 COVENANT AWARD
New York – June 6, 2017 – Three outstanding Jewish educators who are taking their visions of deeply engaging Judaism and igniting them into reality – are the 2017 recipients of The Covenant Award....
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How the Standards of Excellence Elevate a Mentor-Coach and an Entire Field
By Karen Stokes Over the last two years, I have had the unique opportunity to serve as a mentor-coach for three Jewish early childhood education (ECE) centers in the Denver area that participated in...
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Hebrew Language Academy Awarded “Facing History and Ourselves” Grant.
Head of school, Peter Katcher and the team of teachers who applied for the grant: (l-r) Natalie Guiteau, Flor Placencia and Deb Gravina. by Keciah Bailey Hebrew Language Academy (HLA) was awarded the...
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From Surviving to Thriving: The Coming Revitalization of Congregational...
By Bill Robinson [This is the twelfth in a weekly series of posts from a coalition of institutions across the continent devoted to nurturing the emerging transformation of congregational and part-time...
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Playgrounds No Longer in Sync with Our Understanding of Play
A render of what a natural playground might look like. Artist: Alex Ricketts; screen-capture indaily.com By Gabe Goldman All parents learn three “truths” about playgrounds early in parenthood. First,...
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Life After Nativ: The College Years Progress, Trends, and Directions for the...
This survey of college-aged Nativ alumni was designed to gather quantitative information regarding their implementation of the program’s goals during their college years. Overall, college-aged Bogrei...
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Teaching teenagers about Israel
United Synagogue youth group Tribe on an Israel Experience tour By Simon Rocker If you take participation in summer schemes as a yardstick, British Jewry’s bond with Israel remains strong. Every year,...
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From Surviving to Thriving: The Coming Revitalization of Congregational...
By Bill Robinson [This is the twelfth in a weekly series of posts from a coalition of institutions across the continent devoted to nurturing the emerging transformation of congregational and part-time...
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Why Jewish Education Cannot Fade Away
Photo from Affordable Jewish Education Project By Robert Victor, 8th grade student at Hillel Day School I bet at one point you have been asked, “What are the necessities of life?” Your response most...
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Beshert moment for a new Mikveh guide
By Lisa Lisser A friend asked me to chant haftorah a few weeks ago for her daughter’s bat mitzvah. It was the haftorah for parasha Bechukotai. Of course I said yes. I always do, but this was special...
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How the Standards of Excellence Elevate a Mentor-Coach and an Entire Field
By Karen Stokes Over the last two years, I have had the unique opportunity to serve as a mentor-coach for three Jewish early childhood education (ECE) centers in the Denver area that participated in...
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Pedagogy of Partnership and the Power of Relationships
By Orit Kent and Allison Cook What do we mean by teaching and learning? What do (we want) people (to) learn? And how do they learn both subject matter and values, ways of being in the world? We asked...
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My First Day at Prizmah
By Elissa Maier Today is your day. You’re off to great places! You’re off and away! You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. I can’t...
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Affording Inclusion – Part 2
By Lisa Friedman In my previous post, Affording Inclusion – Part 1, I began to explore the necessity of financially supporting inclusion in religious schools and synagogues. I shared that the most...
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Tzimtzum: How we strengthen one another
By Jeremy J. Fingerman Years ago, a boss of mine assembled a large group of employees and challenged us with one sentence made up of 10 two-letter words: “If it is to be, it is up to me.” To be sure, I...
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PTJL, the Shema, and Jewish Humanism
By Rachel Schoenfeld How could I modify the Parenting Through a Jewish Lens (PTJL) curriculum to teach it without God? This was my central question when I started to prepare to teach this course. As a...
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The Potential Impact of Educational Technology on Jewish Education
[This article is part 2 of the series Continuing Conversations on Leveraging Educational Technology to Advance Jewish Learning. The series is a project of Jewish Funders Network, the Jim Joseph...
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Being Jewish In College. It’s More Complicated Than They Think.
By Eden Gordon The Forward recently published a survey that asked, “What makes a college ideal for the Jewish student? Is it the presence of pro-Israel clubs? Kosher food options? Jewish fraternities...
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Authentic Summer Homework: Asking the Right Questions
By Craig Lubner I am guilty as charged. Spring is in full swing, and there is still an untouched pile of summer assignments sitting on my desk. Luckily (or perhaps not) my students have never once...
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Dear Ben Platt: If Evan Hansen Were a Jewish Teen
By Susan Holzman Wachsstock The moment Ben Platt stepped on stage, the audience was electrified. For 60 Jewish educators in the theater, the thrill was two-fold: seeing Dear Evan Hansen just two...
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