Inclusion from Camp Ramah to Israel
The participants and staff at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem! By Howard Blas The Ramah Camping Movement is gearing up to celebrate our 50th summer (in 2019) of Tikvah, offering [...]
Ten Years Later, A Model Changing the Landscape of Bay Area Jewish ECE
By Janet Harris and Denise Moyes-Schnur Ten years ago, the Early Childhood and Family Engagement (ECFE) Initiative (formerly known as Early Childhood Education Initiative) of the Jewish Community Federation of [...]
How Musical-Visual Bar Mitzvah Rituals Communicated My Son’s Essence
By Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer The last thirteen years have been a journey for my husband Fred and me into a world that we knew nothing about before: the world of autism. [...]
Let Other People’s Dignity Be As Precious to You As Your Own
by Meredith Polsky As the month of February continues, so, too, does Jewish Disabilities Awareness and Inclusion Month (#JDAIM18). For those of us in the field of Jewish Inclusion, this [...]
Giving Families and Children Access to Jewish Experiences, No Matter What
Children at a Celebrations! event on Purim. By the Covenant Foundation Advocates of inclusion practices often speak of the need for holistic inclusion—looking at not just one aspect of a [...]
Inclusion in Jewish Day Schools
By Dan Finkel Rebbi says: Do not look at the jug but rather at what is in it. For there are new jugs full of old [wine], and old that [...]
The Jewish Nature of Reggio Emilia Early Childhood Education
From JECEI Site by Dr. Gabe Goldman Many Jewish early childhood educators and schools have adopted a type of early childhood education called Reggio Emilia (named after the location in [...]
Change that Lasts: Sharing the Continued Impact of the Jewish ECE JRS Initiative
by Dawne Bear Novicoff and Seth Linden Retaining and training early childhood educators is a serious and major challenge, and funders are beginning to be creative about their investment models to increase professional development and [...]
Retain Students by Retaining Parents: Proactive Parent Communication Tips for Educators
By Rebecca Weisman I’m no prophet. I don’t read palms or interpret tea leaves. When I was the middle school principal at a large, pluralistic Jewish day school, I regularly [...]
Operation Understanding – Effective Social Justice Education
Photo credit: Lloyd Wolf By Amanda Herring I have the pleasure and honor of working as an intern for Operation Understanding DC (OUDC), a 23-year old organization working to build [...]
Zman Cheker – Using PBL to Unite the School Community Around Learning
By Dr. Sarah Levy, Mark Parmet and Elana Shapiro While the holiday may be over for 5778, when you think of Chanukah, what comes to mind? Lighting the chanukiah and [...]
Can you Teach a Teen to be a Jewish Social Innovator?
By Bree Kessler Programs where Jewish teens learn the “Jewish response” to social issues like hunger or homelessness are far from new. In fact, I can remember clearly as a [...]