By Shalom Elcott As Israel celebrates its milestone 70th birthday, I am vividly reminded of the significance and weight of questions about our future, Jewish leaders and what the next [...]
By Michelle Shapiro Abraham, Lisa Langer, Rachel Margolis The Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) Executive Master’s Program asks students to identify and grapple with an “enduring dilemma” – [...]
By Ayalon Eliach At Lippman Kanfer Foundation for Living Torah, we see immense value in the ancient Jewish tradition of feedback. Without input from others, we miss critical perspectives. With [...]
Adult learning at Spertus Institute, Chicago. Photo by Dan Rest. By Marla Goldberg [One of a series of articles about lifelong Jewish learning.] Over the past year, I have participated [...]
By Heschel Raskas and Adinah Raskas Those of us who are committed to Jewish day schools know that each year we will attend the annual dinner of the school. The [...]
A student struggles to ask for support from her math teacher. She considers Hannah’s bravery in asking for help. By Tali Puterman Subbing a class of 8th graders is hard [...]
By Julie Levinson It used to be that families with children enrolled in Jewish day school were a pretty homogenous crowd; two Jewish parents raising Jewish children. At Epstein Hillel [...]
Michigania 2017; courtesy. Jewish Overnight Camping for Families: First in a series of articles for exploration By Rabbi Miriam Burg There is a unicorn and a wizard who live in [...]
By Andrea Hernandez “We do not learn from experience; we learn from reflecting on experience.”– John Dewey This quote, from learning theorist John Dewey, is one of the most widely-shared [...]
Campers making pita on their outdoor oven with recipes received through their Israel @ Camp Resource Box. Photo provided by the iCenter. By Deborah Fishman Israel @ Camp – a [...]
[This is the fifth, and final article in a series about the role of storytelling in Jewish Education, written by grantees of The Covenant Foundation.] By Sam Ball I grew [...]
New initiative provides staff and resources to boost Israel education in K-12 day schools By Dr. Tal Grinfas-David In a time when history is being rewritten by vocal interest-driven groups, [...]
