By Michelle Lackie When we picture campus life, we might think about a classroom, a rowdy football stadium, or students lying out in the grassy quad. At Hillel, we also picture dynamic...
Shabbat Shelanu: Creating a Family Education Program for Today’s...
By Barb Shimansky This fall, Congregation Sinai in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is launching a new family education program called...
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Building the Embracing, Engaging Jewish Community for the Future (and...
By Arnie Samlan Earlier this month, a dozen of the leading educational directors from synagogues across Broward County joined in...
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A century on, celebrating the first Yiddish-language college course
These celluloid cylinders at the Mayrent Institute contain the oldest known examples of recorded Yiddish music, dating to about...
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Show Me Your Girl Power
By Val Weisler I’ve been at Ramah Nyack since I was in 3rd grade. The rocky cobblestone pathway was my road to the place I call home and the gesher was a magical transportation between...
The Enduring Understandings of Peoplehood Education
Image courtesy BimBam (formerly G-dCast) who created this collection of animated shorts for teaching Jewish Peoplehood basics. By Dr Shlomi Ravid Enduring understandings are defined as...
Redesigning Back to School Night
By Ari Yares Like many parents at this time of year, I am somewhat dreading “Back to School Night.” It’s not out of any sense of school phobia or flashbacks to my own education. After...
Hebrew Language Acquisition Connected to Identity...
The Consortium for Applied Studies in Jewish Education, CASJE, released the first of three literature reviews that explores what recent research about heritage, second and foreign language...
Thinking and Rethinking Supplementary Religious...
photo courtesy Valley Beth Shalom By Phil Jacobs Whether you’re part of a “Tribe,” awash in the educational waters of “Mayim,” or have opted to trade in the one-size fits all...
Yeshivat He’Atid Cost Per Student Fell Below Tuition...
Teaneck’s Yeshivat He’Atid (“He’Atid”) reached yet another key milestone as it closed out the books on its fourth year of operation. With its innovative model of high-quality...
The Branding Of Jewish Education
By Jesse Cogan For years, products and services talked about differences. Tastier, faster, bigger, the most graduates who made Harvard, the percentage who married Jews. All are claims. As...