Creating True Equality
I heard a story this week from one of my lecturers that really made me think. He told us of his first Shabbat in the yeshiva high school his parents sent him to, Yeshivat Nahalayim in Petah Tikvah,...
View ArticleEducation During Corona
Who isn’t aware of the madness that has plagued the world in recent weeks? What began as a mysterious local epidemic in an exotic wet market in China has become a global pandemic leading to desolate...
View ArticleThe Jewish Education Project Launches New Tutorials and Resources Amid Rapid...
From online classrooms to mindfulness exercises and more, educators want support with new platforms New York — Amid the unprecedented transition to distance learning made by thousands of schools and...
View ArticleAlone For The Seder : Thoughts, Tips and Encouragement
By Josh Weiner – this is the first article of a series. The second one, with concrete tips, can be found here. One who is alone should ask themselves: “Why is this night different?” (Maimonides, Laws...
View ArticleAlone For The Seder: Tips, Steb-by-Step
By Josh Weiner – this is the second article of a series. The first one, with reflections and encouragements, can be found here. How different is this night from all other nights. But in a way, how...
View ArticleCOVID-19: Jeducation World Library of Online Resources
The COVID-19 pandemic has much of the world in lock down. Nonessential businesses related to sustaining life have been shuttered across nations. In order to protect public health, this includes schools...
View ArticleZoombombing: Developing Resilience Against Virtual Attacks
by Claire Dahan – On Monday evening, during the observation of Yom Hashoah, a major incident occurred in our community. As you know, this day is an important time for remembrance, paying tribute to the...
View ArticleCounting the Omer in the Age of Corona
by Samantha Vinokor-Meinrath – For those who are of the habit of marking Jewish time, we started counting the Omer on the second night of Passover, nearly a week ago. Last year when I wrote about...
View ArticleThe Day After Tomorrow: A Conversation with Dr. Jonathan Mirvis
Join Simon Caplan, Director of Education at the Pincus Fund for Jewish Education, and Dr. Jonathan Mirvis, author of “It’s Our Challenge: A Social Entrepreneurship Approach to Judaism”, as they discuss...
View ArticlePardes Institute of Jewish Studies – Shavuot: Kindness Connects Us
The Pardes Center for Jewish Educators has launched a new initiative to integrate Social-Emotional Learning into the Pardes Mahloket Matters curriculum for constructive conflict resolution, and we are...
View ArticleFrom Darkness to Light, Emerging from Inner Confinement
by Vale Levin – The year 2020 will be remembered as the year that the entire world came to a standstill, the economy went through a massive change, and people across the globe locked themselves inside....
View ArticleJewish Peoplehood in the Time of Corona: A Conversation with Doctors Elan...
Join the Pincus Fund for Jewish Education’s Simon Caplan as he sits down with Dr. Shlomi Ravid, executive director of the Center for Jewish Peoplehood Education, and Elan Ezrahi, head of the M.A. in...
View ArticleGeneration Z’s Sons of Israel
This past Shabbat, we read Parshat Beha’alotcha, a parsha that is filled with upheaval. Throughout the first half, the people of Israel are in the best place they could possibly be. We receive the...
View Article#BlackLivesMatter: Learning to Pray with Your Legs
by Faustine Goldberg-Sigal, translated from the original Hebrew. On Tuesday afternoon, during a team meeting (on Zoom), the team I work with had a discussion on the protests currently taking place...
View ArticleCOVID-19 Lessons for the Future: A Conversation with Nic Abery and Yechiel...
Join Simon Caplan (The Pincus Fund for Jewish Education,) Nic Abery (Partnership for Jewish Schools/PAJES,) and Yechiel Hoffman (Jewish Interactive) as they discuss lessons learned during the current...
View ArticleRefocusing in the Midst of a Pandemic: Why Do We Do Jewish Education?
By Faustine Goldberg-Sigal – Why do we do Jewish education? Why do we need to give Jewish education, as educators or as parents? And why do we need to receive Jewish education as a child or an adult –...
View ArticleIn an Era of Social Media Identity, How Are Our Students Identified?
by Vale Levin – Two of my students approached me one day to tell me about a discussion they had seen on YouTube. In the video, a teenager challenged their mother to imagine who a person was based...
View ArticleAn Entire Museum, From Our Sofas!
The end of the tunnel for our confinement seems to have appeared, but we are not there yet; patience is still required of us. As educators, this is the opportunity for us to take stock of what we have...
View ArticleTeach For…
Several years ago, many of my friends and acquaintances were in some manner connected to the Teach for Russia program: one person was an external consultant, another worked within the organization, and...
View ArticleYou Shall Explain to Your Son – Do They Hear?
What criteria do we use to judge quality education on a personal level for younger children. How do we know, as parents or teachers, whether we have succeeded? In a world in which everything is...
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