Passover tells us: Teach your children well
by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks - As one nation after another in Africa and the Middle East engages in a fight for freedom, Passover, which begins this week, still has much [...]
Passover Resources with the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies
The Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies has released several Passover resources on Elmad, their online learning center. The Pedagogy of Processing Pesach In this podcast “The Pedagogy of Processing Pesach” [...]
Celebrate Israel’s Moon Landing with Your Students
SpaceIL's Beresheet rocket is on its way to the moon! Excitement for Israel's first moon landing, making it the fourth country to achieve the feat, is in the air. The [...]
Creating Relationships Defined by Radical Candor
by Emily Messinger Creating an environment in which relationships defined by openness, honesty, and transparency can flourish is a great goal to have, albeit difficult to achieve. In my role [...]
AVIV: BLENDED LEARNING IS THE FUTURE OF JEWISH EDUCATION
by Dan Aviv - This article was originally published on Canadian Jewish News. Click here to visit the original. Of the 1,100 professional and lay Jewish school leaders who attended the [...]
The iCenter: The Landing Page – An Educator’s Launch Kit
The United States, Russia, and China have all landed spacecrafts on the moon. Soon humanity will add a fourth country to that list: Israel. On February 21 (subject to change), SpaceIL is [...]
Why Leaders of Jewish Teen Initiatives All Went to See “Dear Evan Hansen”
by Jessica Green - As educators working to engage teens in meaningful Jewish experiences, all of us in the Jewish Teen Education and Engagement Funder Collaborative know the facts surrounding teen angst and concerns about young [...]
Reclaiming Service: Planting the Seeds of Jewish Values
by Rabbi Benji Levy - In our fast-paced interconnected world, it can be so hard to do a good deed in a truly selfless way. When we run a marathon [...]
PJ Library Expands to Include Older Children
PJ Library, the popular program that gives away free Jewish books for children, has been expanded to include older kids aged nine to 11. The aim of the new initiative, [...]
The Four Fasts – What’s the Message
We're excited to share with you the newest podcast in the Pardes Center for Jewish Educators podcast series! You can find other podcasts from the series on Elmad, the online [...]
Hiddur: Reinvigorating Jewish Learning and Living at Camp
by Deborah Fishman - Over the past three years, Perlman Camp in Pennsylvania has brought their previously seasonal Jewish educator, Candice Goldstein, onto the camp’s year-round team, working with staff to ensure [...]
Hanukah, Pesach & Purim Walk into a Bar…!
Introducing PCJE'S new podcast series, Hanukah, Pesach & Purim Walk into a Bar...! In each episode Elmad podcast host Zvi Hirschfield will be joined by guest educators who will share [...]