[This is the tenth and final article in our series on day school leadership from the Leadership Commons of the William Davidson Graduate School of Jewish Education of JTS. In [...]
By Joel Lurie Grishaver We all know that the Jewish tradition values teachers and teaching. What I intend to this year is look at Jewish sources that can inform our [...]
by Adam Levine Today, we have the ability to access information that previous generations could hardly fathom. Consequently, the relationship between student and teacher has changed. No longer should the [...]
By Rachel Opatowsky - When I applied to be a part of the Youth Professional 101 Fellowship (YP101), I expected opportunities to strengthen congregational youth programming and gain valuable tools [...]
Students at The Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Hartford; courtesy. By Nancy Rosen When asked to share an important lesson from the biblical account of Creation, adults often answer, [...]
By Thabatta Mizrahi It was a last-minute school tour set up by my assistant. I welcomed the father and he immediately began to speak in Spanish, telling me that his [...]
By Cyd Weissman Occasionally, startup leaders sleep. When heads hit the pillow, work often continues with list-making and idea-generation disrupting dreamtime. So who in their 24-hour right minds would add [...]
By Tamar Nusbaum Recently, I attended a two-day conference held at Brandies University, Learning to Read in Jewish Education, to discuss how we as educators can empower and equip our [...]
By Daniel Rose In the first two articles in this four-part series on tefilla education, possible goals for a program of tefilla education were identified. These were tefilla literacy, tefilla [...]
By Daniel Rose In the first of this four-part series on tefilla education, we identified three possible goals of a program of tefilla education: tefilla literacy, tefilla inspiration (meaning-making and [...]
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 [...]
By Daniel Rose When I say the words “tefilla education” what is your visceral instinctive response? Fear and trepidation? Fatigue and resignation? Or excitement and passion for the educational opportunities [...]
