Clik here to view.
New Project Will Explore How Jewish Early Childhood Education Can be a...
CASJE commissions Child Trends and team from Brandeis University for major study on engaging Jewish families with young Jewish children Washington, DC – CASJE, the Consortium for Applied Studies in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Kohanim: The Challenge of Educational Dissent
by Rabbi Dr. Nathan Lopes Cardozo And the Lord said to Moshe: Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them: Let none [of you] defile himself for a dead person among his people.” (Vayikra...
View ArticleClik here to view.
It’s Time to Invest in Part-Time Jewish Education
3rd graders from Temple Sholom in Broomall, Pa; photo courtesy. By Anna Marx [This is the ninth in a weekly series of posts from a coalition of institutions across the continent devoted to nurturing...
View ArticleClik here to view.
9 Educational Technology Apps to Supercharge the (Jewish) Classroom
By Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman eJewishPhilanthropy/Jeducation World The technologies of tomorrow are already making their way into Jewish classrooms. For educators, the challenge is how not to simply go...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Developing and Transmitting Religious Identity: Curriculum and Pedagogy in...
By Moshe Krakowski Abstract: This paper argues that American modern Orthodoxy is facing a crisis caused at least in part by problems of student identity formation. A range of ethnographic research...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What Makes Prayer at Camp So Special?
Photo courtesy URJ Camp Eisner By Wendy Grinberg Open your heart. Open to Me. Let My Presence rest on you. The question of what makes prayer at camp so special has peppered both camp and synagogue...
View ArticleClik here to view.
UM Hillel: Connecting to Jewish Cuba
Down a bumpy dirt road, next to abandoned railroad tracks with overgrown grass and a handful of curious locals, the Cementerio Union Hebrea Chevet-Ahim, one of only five Jewish cemeteries in Cuba,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Na’aseh v’nishma and the Maker Movement
By Steve Freedman “Na’aseh v’nishma– We will do and we will understand.” That is what the Israelites proclaimed as they were about to receive the Torah from God. We will be commemorating that moment...
View ArticleClik here to view.
When a Black Jewish Teen Heads Off to College
For Jewish kids of color, graduating from high school and stepping out into the world often means going from a place where their story is already known into spaces where their identity may be up for...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Whole Jew
By Barbara Albert In my 30+ years as an educator in one of the world’s leading Jewish day schools, I have always made an effort to use the “Whole Child” approach to teaching. The definition of the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Building Capacity for Change in Congregational Education through Communities...
Photo credit: URJ By Julie Lambert, RJE [This is the tenth in a weekly series of posts from a coalition of institutions across the continent devoted to nurturing the emerging transformation of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Moriah launches entrepreneurial scholarship to Israel
Students during a STEM lesson Sydney’s Moriah College has announced a new scholarship to inspire entrepreneurship and innovation among Year 11 students. Successful applicants will be awarded an...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What happens when a bar/bat mitzvah student can’t ‘perform?’
Daniel Lawson FLICKR By Rabbi Erin Polansky At a bar or bat mitzvah, the young person is celebrated as he or she chants the Torah and Haftorah, and perhaps delivers a dvar Torah, or leads some portion...
View ArticleClik here to view.
We Do Not Make the Journey to Sinai Alone
By Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld Next week, Jewish communities around the world will gather to celebrate the holiday of Shavuot and the anniversary of the giving of the Torah. We have been preparing for...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Design Thinking Takes Center Stage
HaKaveret Design Team; courtesy JEIC by Rabbi Shmuel Feld Design Thinking Takes Center Stage as 100 Educators Reimagine Judaic Education in Jewish Day Schools Boston, MA (May 18, 2017) – Jewish...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Part-Time Jewish Education: Harnessing the Power of Social-Emotional...
By Evie Rotstein [This is the eleventh in a weekly series of posts from a coalition of institutions across the continent devoted to nurturing the emerging transformation of congregational and part-time...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Helpful or Distracting? Fidgets At Schools & Camps
Photo credit: LiveScience By Gabrielle Kaplan-Meyer For the last few months, educators and parents across the country have been trying to make sense of the fidget spinner craze. The spinner, which...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Limmud wins prize for Jewish Unity
By David Hoffman Next Wednesday, Limmud, the international network of Jewish learning communities, will receive the Jerusalem Unity Prize in the global category. It is a great privilege to be...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Our Sages Were Wrong
By Melinda Mersack I love my kids’ school. I know we have conversations about Jewish belief and practice that we may not have had, had they not been students at a Jewish day school. This is what I...
View ArticleClik here to view.
High-tech, low barriers: new study advances the digital future of Jewish...
A photo that is included in “Smart Money,” a newly released study intended to help the Jewish community navigate the high-tech world. Credit: Lewis Kassel, courtesy of Moishe House. By Deborah Fineblum...
View Article