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The Wexner Field Fellowship Third Class of Fellows
The Wexner Foundation has more than 30 years of experience developing excellence in Jewish professionals and volunteer leaders in North America. To address the changing needs in the field of Jewish...
View ArticleThe Covenant Foundation Announces $1.6 Million in New Grants to be Disbursed...
The Covenant Foundation announced $1.6 million in new grants today, continuing its commitment to support the most creative and innovative approaches to Jewish education. “It is so inspiring to see the...
View ArticleTaking Off The Educator Mask
Being a Jewish educator comes with plenty of perks. We’re part of amazing communities – of educators, with our students, and as part of the greater Jewish people as a whole. We get to be there for...
View ArticleTake Control of Your Own Professional Development
Take a moment to look through this website. You’ll find that much of the site is dedicated to professional development. Except for maybe Moses himself, every Jewish educator is in need of continuing...
View Articleמה עשו הסמארטפונים לשעות השינה של הנערים
כמדריך נוער רוב המפגשים שלי עם החניכים היו בעיקר בנקודות החמקמקות בין שינה וערות. אני הייתי זה שמשכים אותם בבוקר וגם זה שרואה אותם לפני שהם הולכים לישון, בודק מה שלומם ואומר להם לילה טוב. נקודות ממשק...
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A Holistic Approach to Israel Education: Day Schools and Summer Camps – Part 1
This is part one in a three-part blog series from The iCenter for Israel Education, sharing its approach to working closely with day schools and camps to create effective Israel education experiences...
View ArticleReclaiming Service: Planting the Seeds of Jewish Values
In our fast-paced interconnected world, it can be so hard to do a good deed in a truly selfless way. When we run a marathon for charity and post about it on social media in order to encourage...
View ArticleHidden Value: The Importance of Bible Study
Throughout our history, Jewish leaders of every stripe have underscored the importance of Bible study. More than an examination of our birthright or an analysis of our history, our most prominent...
View Articleבין חינוך פתוח לחינוך מסתגר בראי פרשת וישלח
**The following Hebrew article discusses 2 separate approaches to education demonstrated in the Torah portion “Vayishlach.” One approach closes students away from society, protecting them from its...
View Articleהפתרונות האפשריים לשימוש המורחב של בני נוער בסמארטפונים
** Continuing from a discussion on the negative impact of smartphones on students’ sleep, our Hebrew Jeducation Representative discusses various options for tackling this 21st Century educational...
View ArticleThe Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies and Hebrew College Launch Program to...
PROGRAM EXPANDS PARDES’S IMPACT AND COMMITMENT TO JEWISH EDUCATION FOR ALL (JERUSALEM, Israel & NEWTON CENTRE, MA– January 23, 2019) The Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies (www.pardes.org.il) and...
View ArticleThat Awkward Jewish Moment
I am someone who embraces the awkward. I’m a Jewish educator – I’m up for singing off-key whenever the occasion calls for it, wearing ridiculous costumes for the sake of teachable moments, and will...
View ArticleThe Educators’ Personal Report Card
***Earlier this month, I wrote an article discussing professional development and how it is important for Jewish educators to take charge of it. The article laid out the different steps to take in...
View ArticleGetting Beyond the Survey
In November, I wrote a piece posted [on the Avi Chai Foundation Blog] about the wide chasm that often exists between research and practice. In that post I promised additional posts related to the...
View ArticleWhy Leaders of Jewish Teen Initiatives All Went to See “Dear Evan Hansen”
As educators working to engage teens in meaningful Jewish experiences, all of us in the Jewish Teen Education and Engagement Funder Collaborative know the facts surrounding teen angst and concerns...
View Articleחינוך יהודי במרחב החילוני לשם מה? טקסונומיה של גישות אפשריות
**The following Hebrew article discusses the different groups found within the secular Israeli society, and how it is important to understand these groups in order to properly approach Jewish studies,...
View Articleלמה טסתי מליון מייל למען החינוך היהודי
**In the following, article Rabbi Professor David Golinkin, President of the Schechter Institute and President Emeritus of the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies, discuss how he has travelled the...
View ArticleBEWARE OF TIME-WASTING LOW LEVEL TECHNOLOGY LEARNING
Many of us are excited when we learn about a new piece of technology that we can use in the classroom. The potential for new learning models is vast, and we would be remiss to ignore this. But are...
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A Holistic Approach to Israel Education: Day Schools and Summer Camps – Part 2
This is part two in a three-part blog series from The iCenter for Israel Education, sharing its approach to working closely with day schools and camps to create effective Israel education experiences...
View ArticleEncouraging Questions Among Students
One of the most valuable things that your students may contribute to the classroom and to their own education, are questions. While education is often thought of as the pursuit of knowledge and...
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