Moishe House Retreatology & Peer-Led Retreat programme 2018
by Anna Kernus - For many young Jewish adults, the concept of a Shabbaton or Jewish learning retreat is totally outside the realm of their experience. Outside of the United [...]
Prizmah’s Leadership Academy Addresses the Needs of the Day School Field
By Jane Taubenfeld Cohen and Ilisa Cappell Prizmah seeks to strengthen the ecosystem of day school leadership. We believe that schools with strong lay and professional leadership are in a [...]
Professional Development and Networking: Program Impact
By Beth Schenker - One of a series of articles about lifelong Jewish learning. As curator for public programs at Spertus institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership – a non-denominational [...]
Jewish Day School Leaders Go to Harvard
By Deborah Fishman This summer, AVI CHAI is once again sponsoring Jewish day school leaders to participate in the Art of Leadership (AOL) and Leadership: An Evolving Vision (LEV) programs [...]
New Evidence on the Importance of Leaders’ Professional Development
According to the research brief, Leaders as Learners: The Case for Continued Professional Development - prepared by the American Institutes for Research (AIR) on behalf of the Consortium for Applied Studies in [...]
A Word of Caution Before Jewish Disability Awareness and Inclusion Month
By Lisa Friedman There’s a buzz in the Jewish Disability World. Can you feel it? A few weeks from now will mark the beginning of yet another Jewish Disability Awareness [...]
A March of the Living Leader’s visit to the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews
March of the Living Leaders at the entrance to the POLIN Museum in Warsaw, Poland. By Ali Newpol It was a Friday morning in early May – I had taken [...]
Making Sense of Behavior
By Lisa Friedman When we run Matan Institute inclusion training sessions for educators and synagogue professionals, we are frequently asked to provide specific ways to help classroom teachers recognize the [...]
A Way Forward for Educators and Leaders in Jewish Early Childhood Education (ECE)
By Janet Harris, Denise Moyes-Schnur, Dawne Bear Novicoff, and Seth Linden - As more communities around the country recognize both the need for, and potential of, Jewish early childhood education [...]
When It Comes to Inclusion, Does Your Community “Get It”?
By Lisa Friedman Some communities just get it: They understand that inclusion a mindset, a way of thinking about how we treat one another, ensuring that everyone has a place. [...]
Empowering Jewish young adults to lead peer-led Jewish educational programs
By Adam Rossano - There is so much depth, diversity and beauty in Jewish tradition. The Jewish people are blessed with a vast and rich history, culture and canon of [...]