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Shefa School’s Pioneers Head into High School
By Marc Goldsmith I didn’t know these pioneers in the fall of 2014 when they began blazing a trail, leaving their familiar surroundings to venture into the unknown. They were lured from their...
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The Value Proposition of Reform Day School
Photo credit: Hayidion By Miriam Heller Stern Why should Reform Jews choose day school? And why does the Reform movement need day schools? To some, the answers to these questions may be obvious; and...
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Inside Jewish Day Schools
By Tikvah Weiner On April 30-May 1, 2018, the Mandel Center for Studies in Jewish Education at Brandeis University hosted a conference entitled Inside Jewish Day Schools, where educators in the field...
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Of Grades and Judaics – Responding to the Call to “Pursue Distinction”
By Rabbi Shmuel Feld In her recent call to “Pursue Distinction,” Manette Mayberg made an appeal to Jewish schools with a radical premise. She asked, “If we agree that we want to build Jewish...
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Pardes, Hillel and JTS Launch Joint Masters Program in Experiential Education
The Pardes Center for Jewish Educators, Hillel International and The Davidson School of The Jewish Theological Seminary will launch a joint MA program in Experiential Jewish Education. Set to begin...
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Emanuel’s new Principal of Principles
Andrew and Cath Watt (right) with Adam Blackman, president of the school board and his wife Andy Bromberger By Sophie Deutsch THE inclusive community, emphasis on academia and innovation, Jewish...
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Merging My Judaism and Disability Advocacy
By Lily Coltoff I’ve met member of the House Bipartisan Disabilities Caucus Rep. James Langevin (D-RI), networked with RespectAbilityUSA president Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi and practiced my ASL with...
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Bringing Israel to North America’s Jewish summer camps
Jewish Agency Israeli Emissaries training at Kibbutz Shefayim, getting ready to serve at North American summer camps. Photo Credit, Nathan Roi, JAFI. By Nathan Roi As the summer approaches, more than...
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A Call for Stories About JFS Programs in your City: Tell Us What’s Good!
For the past 25 years, the Covenant Foundation has been committed to identifying and championing the most promising educators and projects in the field of Jewish education. With the constant goal of...
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Why Applied Research Is Integral to Advancing Jewish ECE
By Michael Feuer and Mitch Malkus Diana Ganger, a coach/consultant in Organizational and Educational settings and a long-time Jewish educator, published a piece in eJP discussing the importance and...
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Diller Teen Tikkun Olam Awards Recipients Announced
The Diller Teen Awards celebrate tikkun olam, or “repairing the world.” The Diller Family Foundation knows that supporting Jewish teen leadership today means creating and inspiring future generations...
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The Best Laid Plans: Samson Benderly and Supplementary Jewish Education
By Dr. Jonathan Krasner This is one of several articles from “Gleanings,” a publication from the Leadership Commons at the William Davidson School at JTSA. This issue asks: “What does it take to...
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The Power of Action Research: Naming, Noticing and Navigating for Change
By Mindy Gold What was the last thing you noticed in your classroom or school that made you go, “Hmmm. I wonder…”? We regularly capitalize on these moments for our students, fanning the sparks of their...
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Israeli Educational Leadership Meets Representatives of American Jewry
By Adam Tasachi The first meeting of its kind between the heads of religious schools in the Jerusalem district and representatives of American Jewry – a joint initiative of Herzog College’s “Yesodot”...
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Seamless Inclusion
Image credit: Camp Simcha By Stacy Rosenthal, RJE At first glance, Camp Simcha looks like any other day camp. Some of the campers are practicing their skills to become “Jedi Masters,” others are...
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Teaching Biblical Scholarship in a Modern Orthodox High School
By Sara Susswein Tesler The personal and educational challenges I faced teaching an introductory course on biblical scholarship to Modern Orthodox high school seniors: What I learned, what my students...
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Why It’s So Hard to Scale Success (And What to Do About it)
by Dr. Rob Weinberg This is one of several articles from “Gleanings,” a publication from the Leadership Commons at the William Davidson School at JTSA. This issue asks: “What does it take to nurture...
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Innovate, Develop and Learn: How the OU Prompted Programs that meet Women’s...
Young women taking part in program sponsored by the Orthodox Union that seeks to pair a a female member of a synagogue’s staff with a teen to learn. Photo courtesy Orthodox Union. By Elizabeth Kratz...
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Their Opportunity, Our Responsibility
Screen capture: Haggadot.com By Jody Passanisi And once Rabbi Tarfon and the Elders were reclining in the attic of the House of Nitzah in Lod [and] this question was asked in front of them: Is study...
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Raising Resilient Teenagers: Resources That Can Help
Rabbi P.J. Schwartz Being a teenager is difficult. It is a time filled with all types of changes – biological and physical, social, emotional, and intellectual. What’s more, thanks to the expectations...
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