Reflecting on Israel during the High Holidays
By Abby Pitkowsky In a recent email, a friend and colleague of mine in Jewish education described this time of year as the “Super Bowl for the Jews.” Indeed, the [...]
The Mandel Teacher Educator Institute (MTEI): People Are Our Product
Photo credit: MTEI This is one of several articles from “Gleanings,” a publication from the Leadership Commons at the William Davidson School at JTSA. This issue asks: "What does it [...]
In Havruta: Lessons in Learning, Shabbat, and Partnership
By Sarit Wishnevski and Allie Conn Kanter It’s Wednesday. Are you thinking about the weekend yet? Project Zug and OneTable hope you are, and are introducing a new course to [...]
Am Yisrael Ha!
The famous Jewish names in comedy are too many to list. Why does it seem that humor is embedded in our DNA? In the new exhibit “Let There Be Laughter [...]
Torah Educators Network holds inaugural YHShare Conference
Photo Credit toraheducators.net By Rabbi Perry Tirschwell Over 100 yeshiva high school limudei kodesh educators participated on June 12-13 in the First Annual YHShare Conference. YHShare was a groundbreaking forum [...]
“It’s Not School, It’s Jewish After School. And it’s Awesome!”
Courtesy Jewish Kids Groups By Ana Robbins The Nitzan Network is reinventing Jewish after-school learning experiences, providing hundreds of young people with the building blocks to grow and explore the [...]
How to use Jewish teen philanthropy for Civic Discourse
By Danielle Segal There is a fine line between a debate and an argument. All too often, we are pulled into an argument, where everyone is speaking and no one [...]
Networks: Spreading Ideas Peer to Peer
This is one of several articles from “Gleanings,” a publication from the Leadership Commons at the William Davidson School at JTSA. This issue asks: "What does it take to nurture [...]
Jewish Women’s Archive Celebrates Five Years of the Rising Voices Fellowship
2017-2018 Rising Voices Fellows at their graduation ceremony in Newton, MA, June 10, 2018. By Larisa Klebe and Judith Rosenbaum “Before the Rising Voices Fellowship, writing was just a means [...]
CHIdush: Sparking Change in Synagogue Schools Through Collaboration
Photo Credit Anshe Emet Synagogue By Linda Gerard and Rabbi Scott T. Aaron, PhD This is one of several articles from “Gleanings,” a publication from the Leadership Commons at the [...]
Rabbis as Entrepreneurs? It’s Not About the Money
By Cyd Weissman I teach rabbinical students to be entrepreneurs. Often, people respond, “Really, you teach rabbis how to make money?” Feigning patience, I explain that tackling the finances of [...]
Scaling Curricular Initiatives: Five Approaches
Photo credit #OnwardHebrew Screen shot Nachama Skolnik Moskowitz This is one of several articles from “Gleanings,” a publication from the Leadership Commons at the William Davidson School at JTSA. This [...]