The Most Important People in Your Life: Teachers
We love this new video made by Aish HaTorah! We can never get enough of people showing appreciation for teachers! The post The Most Important People in Your Life: Teachers appeared first on Jeducation...
View ArticleCreating Relationships Defined by Radical Candor
Creating an environment in which relationships defined by openness, honesty, and transparency can flourish is a great goal to have, albeit difficult to achieve. In my role as Director of the Northeast...
View ArticleMakom 4HQ Moishe House Cohort
Through a year-long learning training program from Makom, Moishe House residents and Moishe House Without Walls (MHWOW) hosts are bringing engaging Israel programing to their peers. Makom’s 4HQ program...
View ArticleCelebrate Israel’s Moon Landing with Your Students
SpaceIL’s Beresheet rocket is on its way to the moon! Excitement for Israel’s first moon landing, making it the fourth country to achieve the feat, is in the air. The iCenter for Israel Education has...
View Article10 Commitments of Jewish Educators
There are certain things that, no matter what setting you work in, or age group you serve, or denomination you affiliate with, virtually all Jewish educators have in common. Things like the constant...
View Article#MySederServes Passover Resources from Repair the World
Repair the World has created a roundup of resources that can be used during the seder. Outside the seder, these resources could be used in the classroom to teach the important values of giving and...
View ArticlePassover Resources with the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies
The Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies has released several Passover resources on Elmad, their online learning center. The Pedagogy of Processing Pesach In this podcast “The Pedagogy of Processing...
View ArticleCrossing Chasms at iCON with Parker Palmer’s Poetry, Paradox and Permission
Tali Zelkowicz, Ph.D. Head of School, Columbus Jewish Day School There is always a little fear involved when meeting a hero for the first time. In person, will he or she be that same individual we have...
View ArticleFun Passover Resources from Jewish Interactive
Our friends at Jewish Interactive have created an e-book with fun resources for educators to use while teaching Passover. They have also created a series of educational games on their Ji Tap platform....
View ArticlePassover tells us: Teach your children well
As one nation after another in Africa and the Middle East engages in a fight for freedom, Passover, which begins this week, still has much to teach us about the nature of that fight. The Jewish...
View ArticleLet Millennials Lead the War on Anti-Semitism
With each passing year, the Holocaust is becoming less familiar and less relevant to youth around the world. To some, it’s a confusing collection of dreadful details, one of many horrific periods in...
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A Key to Open Many Doors? Jewish Education for Ambivalent, Ambiguous, and...
DR. ARIELLE LEVITES This article was originally published in the Jewish Theological Seminary’s Gleanings Magazine. Click here to view the original. The fastest growing religious group among American...
View ArticlePesaj, una visión libertaria.
**In this article Darío discusses how the Jews were “transformed” during their trip in the search for freedom because something changed in them. At the same time the article is an invitation to think...
View ArticleIntegrating Israel Throughout the Year
This morning, I ripped apart half my closet searching for the requisite blue and white attire for this week. With Yom HaZikaron and Yom HaAtzmaut coming up, particularly against the backdrop of the...
View ArticleFrom Oy to Joy: A Call for Positivity in Jewish Engagement
By Rabbi Benji Levy There is a dissonance between the Jewish story and narrative. We are a people who have demonstrated an inverse relationship between numbers and impact for thousands of years and...
View ArticleEducational Resources for Yom Hazikaron and Yom Ha’atzmaut
Today is Yom Hazikaron, the Israeli holiday commemorating the soldiers who have fallen defending the state of Israel, and it will be followed by the holiday of Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israeli Independence Day....
View ArticleDr. Arielle Levites Named Managing Director of CASJE (Consortium for Applied...
Washington, DC – CASJE (Consortium for Applied Studies in Jewish Education) announced today that Dr. Arielle Levites will become its first Managing Director, effective June 24, 2019. CASJE is a...
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JPRO19: What Connects Us
For individuals working in Jewish organizations in the U.S. and Canada, JPRO is the leading professional association working to ensure that the field attracts, develops, and retains the talent needed...
View ArticleiNfuse Initiative Deepens Israel Education Across All Aspects of Jewish Day...
Led by The iCenter, schools set to connect more students to meaningful Israel learning Chicago, IL – To help more Jewish day schools infuse Israel into all aspects of school life and learning, The...
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From “God” to “G!D”
ELIANA LIGHT There is a feeling I get when I look at the mountains. I feel held and at peace. I feel awe at the grandeur and majesty of nature. And I feel immense gratitude and deference, for I did...
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