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The Impact of Tefilla Role Models in Tefilla education
By Daniel Rose In the first two articles in this four-part series on tefilla education, possible goals for a program of tefilla education were identified. These were tefilla literacy, tefilla...
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Little Pantries
By Rebecca Lerman It was never a shock to anyone when they found me hanging out at Penn State Hillel in between classes or during lunch. As a student these past four years, I went there regularly to...
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Songleading at Sports Camp
By Jacob There’s nothing quite like having the title of Song Leader at a sports camp. Despite having a history as an athlete, I knew that my first summer at 6 Points would be a little bit of a culture...
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Jewish teen girl journalists are doing it for themselves with new online...
By Renee Ghert-Zand A new website aimed at teen girls isn’t about the latest must-have fashion accessory or perfect shade of lipstick. Launched in June, jGirls is a pluralistic online magazine for...
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Poland: Program for Jewish museum professionals
Call for Applicants The Council of American Jewish Museums is offering a limited number of competitive fellowships for its program to Poland in Fall of 2017. The trip is part of CAJM’s emerging...
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Reflections on CASJE’s Emerging Scholars Seminar and NRJE’s 2017 Conference
By Scott Aaron One of my favorite aphorisms is “you don’t know what you don’t know.” This adage encapsulates what I have grown to love about Jewish educational research; namely that what we discover...
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Jewish Startup Inspiration with the Innovators Incubator
By Hila Ritzabi Starting in February 2017, the Reconstructionist Learning Networks launched its first in a series of six sessions of the Innovators Incubator. Participants working on different startup...
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Why your program of Tefilla Education should have a social action component
By Daniel Rose In this four-part series on tefilla education, we identified three possible goals of any program of tefilla education: tefilla literacy, tefilla inspiration (meaning-making and...
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Hebrew Academy (RASG) Becomes First School in Nation to Implement...
The Hebrew Academy is introducing a weekly elective course in Entrepreneurship in both the Middle and High School with the aim to bring it to the elementary division in the future. The course,...
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Debate continues over faith school entry limit
By Simon Rocker The Board of Deputies has lobbied the government to honour its pledge to relax entry restrictions on religious free schools. The Conservative manifesto promised to replace the “unfair...
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Celebrating Jonathan Woocher z”l
Last month we invited readers to share memories of and learning from the visionary Jewish educator Jonathan Woocher, of blessed memory, who died July 7, 2017. In celebration of his life, students,...
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Why Bother? A Religious School Manifesto
Screen capture JQuest BYachad 2016 (YouTube) By Rabbi Nicki Greninger *This goes out to all parents thinking of sending their kids to a (Jewish) religious school… to parents who were raised Jewish,...
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$18 Million Raised by Ramah Camping Movement
The Ramah Camping Movement continues to thrive, serving more than 11,200 campers and staff members this summer, the largest number ever in our 70-year history. We are fortunate to benefit from a...
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Kids say ‘ken’ to Hebrew day camp at Palo Alto JCC
Elle McCool teaches at Tayasim Hebrew immersion camp. Photo by Jessica Nemire. By Jessica Nemire Crowding around a camp counselor as she holds up pictures of various fruits and vegetables, a bunch of...
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The Life-Long Innovator: The Legacy of Jonathan Woocher
We continue celebrating the life, work, and friendship of Jonathan Woocher. We are honored to share the words below by David Bryfman of the Jewish Education Project celebrating Jon. Visit JEDLAB on...
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Saving Jewish Souls One Child at a Time
By Judi Rowland If you only had four months – 12 weeks – to give a child their entire Jewish education, what would you teach? Could you hope to teach the child to decode Hebrew? An overview of Torah?...
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Geography Guides Davis to Compare Religions
By Sarah Moosazadeh Learning occurs beyond the classroom, says Davis Academy eighth-grade social studies teacher Matthew Barry, who alongside sixth- and seventh-grade social studies teacher Joelle...
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An optimist’s view: Remarks by Jon Woocher, May 18, 2017
Photo by Ellen Dubin The following are remarks shared by Jonathan Woocher z’l (1946-2017) on the occasion of his receiving a doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, from the Jewish Theological...
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Camp Ramah in the Rockies relocates to borrowed facility after devastating fire
Photo North Fork Fire Rescue via Facebook Camp Ramah in the Rockies relocated to the nearby JCC Ranch Camp after a fire destroyed the building housing the camp kitchen, dining hall and administrative...
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With Much Appreciation: A Salute to Camp Directors
By Jeremy Fingerman Each summer, as I make my yearly pilgrimage across North America to visit Jewish camps, I feel fortunate to soak in incredible moments – a camper conquering a fear of heights on the...
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