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Yeshivat He’Atid Cost Per Student Fell Below Tuition in 2015-16
Teaneck’s Yeshivat He’Atid (“He’Atid”) reached yet another key milestone as it closed out the books on its fourth year of operation. With its innovative model of high-quality, affordable education,...
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Thinking and Rethinking Supplementary Religious Education: A Look at 9...
photo courtesy Valley Beth Shalom By Phil Jacobs Whether you’re part of a “Tribe,” awash in the educational waters of “Mayim,” or have opted to trade in the one-size fits all religious school model...
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Hebrew Language Acquisition Connected to Identity Development, Parental...
The Consortium for Applied Studies in Jewish Education, CASJE, released the first of three literature reviews that explores what recent research about heritage, second and foreign language learning...
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Redesigning Back to School Night
By Ari Yares Like many parents at this time of year, I am somewhat dreading “Back to School Night.” It’s not out of any sense of school phobia or flashbacks to my own education. After all, I’ve spent...
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The Enduring Understandings of Peoplehood Education
Image courtesy BimBam (formerly G-dCast) who created this collection of animated shorts for teaching Jewish Peoplehood basics. By Dr Shlomi Ravid Enduring understandings are defined as “statements...
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Show Me Your Girl Power
By Val Weisler I’ve been at Ramah Nyack since I was in 3rd grade. The rocky cobblestone pathway was my road to the place I call home and the gesher was a magical transportation between one side of it...
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Let’s Grab Coffee: The Success of Hillel’s Relationship-Based Engagement
By Michelle Lackie When we picture campus life, we might think about a classroom, a rowdy football stadium, or students lying out in the grassy quad. At Hillel, we also picture dynamic students...
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A century on, celebrating the first Yiddish-language college course
These celluloid cylinders at the Mayrent Institute contain the oldest known examples of recorded Yiddish music, dating to about 1901. Photo: Ron Wiecki, Mills Music Library, UW–Madison. By David...
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Building the Embracing, Engaging Jewish Community for the Future (and Now)
By Arnie Samlan Earlier this month, a dozen of the leading educational directors from synagogues across Broward County joined in this year’s opening meeting of their network, housed and staffed here at...
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Shabbat Shelanu: Creating a Family Education Program for Today’s Families
By Barb Shimansky This fall, Congregation Sinai in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is launching a new family education program called “Shabbat Shelanu: A Shared Shabbat Experience.” The name Shabbat Shelanu...
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Case Study Webinar Available: Hebrew Instruction at JDS
By Devorah Fishman As evidenced by the high rate of participation in an AVI CHAI webinar yesterday, Hebrew instruction is a topic which elicits passion in many Jewish day school educators and leaders....
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MOOCs and Jewish Studies: A Match Made in Digital Heaven
By Barry Scott Wimpfheimer People usually have puzzled reactions when I tell them that I’ve produced a MOOC on the Talmud. This term, it seems, is not that widely known. Juxtaposing “MOOC” with Talmud...
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App through the Museum: Our Summer Vacation Program for Modern Scavenger Hunters
Lunch break in the museum garden; photo: Doris Spiekermann-Klaas, Verlag Der Tagesspiegel By David Studniberg Even now, scavenger hunters are investigating the hole next to the coin track and taking...
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Should a Synagogue Build a Separate Website for their Early Childhood Center?
By Jen Lieberman Cultivating a love of lifelong learning is a hallmark of Jewish tradition and many synagogues support an active early childhood center or ECC within their walls. Often, information on...
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The ‘library’ that’s a lifeline for families
By Keren David Sam Grainger is six and Zachary Swain is five. They live hundreds of miles apart, but they have a lot in common. They both live in villages, with quintessentially English names – Sam...
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The Chill Zone – A sensory space that makes sense at camp
By Lori Zlotoff Due to the thoughtful work of our professional staff and a generous grant, Camp Harlam was able to provide a new space for campers to “take a break” – a concept that is hard to come by...
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Seven Keys for Success of Jewish Day School Leaders Unveiled in New Study
New Research from CASJE Shows Importance of Teachers’ Relationships, Decision-Making Authority Findings from the first part of a three-year study identify the conditions that can support effective...
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A Shul of One: Defining Orthodox Millennials
By Avidan Milevsky I recently sat in my shul office with a young person who commented about how displeased he was with some aspect of our shul. After presenting his case he proclaimed, without much...
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Welcome to my MinecraftEDJew Blog
By Yifat Mukades Hi – and welcome to my blog. Here you’ll follow me on my journey as I strive to integrate Jewish Education with one of the most-played computer games, Minecraft. Ever since I heard...
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Reinventing education in Israel
Students take a break at the College of Law and Business in Ramat Gan, one of the Israeli universities at which Shlomo “Momo” Lifshitz has helped launch degree programs that attract English-speaking...
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