The Walkout Matters
By Steve Freedman If we measure how the world seems to be going at this very moment, we may conclude it is getting worse. However, Harvard psychology professor Steven Pinker [...]
The Power of Aggada in Classrooms, Communities, and Life
by Rabbi Dr. Ariel Burger - [This is the first article in a series about the role of storytelling in Jewish Education, written by grantees of The Covenant Foundation.] Division [...]
Israel Education: Changing Perspectives
By Lior Krinsky “We have to prepare students for campus.” “We need to teach our teens the facts so they’re ready for campus.” “Students need to know about Israel so [...]
Announcement: Ateret Zvi Prize in Hiddushei Torah
The Ateret Zvi Prize in Hiddushei Torah, launching in 5778/2018, will be extended yearly by Mechon Hadar to recognize a work of innovative and exceptional Torah scholarship. The prize is [...]
NewCAJE 9 to Gather 500 Jewish Educators from All Denominations and Over 40 States for Annual Conference
500 Jewish Educators will gather at the 9th annual NewCAJE conference, taking place July 29 – Aug 1 at the University of Hartford in Connecticut. Early bird registration closes April [...]
The Lessons from Parkland for Jewish Education
By Jonathan Cannon Any attempt to explain, understand, contextualize or reframe the tragic killing of 17 students and teachers at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School is a disservice to those [...]
Addressing #MeToo with Jewish Teens
Teens from the 2017-2018 Rising Voices Fellowship cohort participating in a retreat workshop. By Larisa Klebe If you work with teens in any number of settings (religious school, day school, [...]
Israel ScaVentures: Successful Tour Gaming from an Educator’s Perspective
Screen-grab from israelscaventures.com By Tali Kaplinski Tarlow As a teenager I was a youth movement leader, and over the next twenty-five years, I taught, lead workshops, guided, trained and developed [...]
The Chicago Adult Jewish Learning Initiative: Opportunities and Challenges
Adult learning at Spertus Institute, Chicago. Photo by Dan Rest. By Dr. Dean P. Bell First in a series of articles about lifelong Jewish learning There are many opportunities for [...]
On Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks and Education
By Dr. Daniel Rose “To defend a land, you need an army. But to defend freedom, you need education. You need families and schools to ensure that your ideals are [...]
Applying Adult Learning Theories to the Field of Jewish Learning
By Dr. Jane S. Shapiro One of a series of articles about lifelong Jewish learning Sometime in the not-too-distant-future, we may be able to attach a device to an adult [...]
Journey Just Beginning: My Experience in Stanford’s Concentration in Education and Jewish Studies
by Abiya Ahmed Since 2010, The Concentration in Education and Jewish Studies (EDJS) at the Stanford School of Education has been a home for the creation and enhancement of research [...]