“Ani Lo M’daberet Ivrit, Slicha”
by Vale Levin, originally written in Spanish - My first exposure to Hebrew was when I was eighteen years old, at camp, around a bonfire, when everyone was singing a [...]
Do We Need Online Programs for Offline Courses>
A few days ago, my daughter turned one. While celebrating her birthday with friends and family, the discussion turned to how nice it will be preparing for the moment when [...]
Hebrew Learning in American Public Schools: An Under-the-Radar Educational Experience and Resource
by Drs. Sharon Avni & Avital Karpman - The topic of how and why American youth learn modern Hebrew has taken center stage in recent debates in diverse educational contexts [...]
What Day Schools and Camps Can Learn from Each Other
This is part three in a three-part blog series from The iCenter for Israel Education, sharing its approach to working closely with day schools and camps to create effective Israel education [...]
Esther’s Way: Unmasking the ‘New Anti-Semitism’ on Campus
By Rabbi Benji Levy A few weeks ago, I woke up to a flurry of messages from my students in Australia asking how swastikas could taint the iconic Bondi beach [...]
Working Paper Provides Fresh Data About Experiences of Educators in Jewish Settings
Working Paper Provides Fresh Data About Experiences of Educators in Jewish Settings Commissioned by The George Washington University Graduate School of Education and Human Development and CASJE, the paper is [...]
Responsive Innovation: Growing and Evolving Through Dialogue
It starts simple. One problem. One need. One idea. At Sefaria, we take that simple start and grow it collaboratively into robust and sometimes game-changing solutions. This is the heart of [...]
Apply For The Paideia One-Year Jewish Studies Program!
Interested in learning more about Judaism to enrich your skills as a Jewish educator? The Paideia One-Year Jewish Studies Program is a great opportunity for European Jewish educators to build [...]
Personal Professional Goal – Learn How to Approach Burnout
No matter how passionate you are about your role as a Jewish educator, the threat of burnout exists. Like anything that becomes a part of our day to day lives, [...]
Fight Against Cookie Cutter Education
There is an old saying (often attributed to the wit of Mark Twain) that goes something like this: “I never let my schooling interfere with my education.” While many of [...]
If faith schools are so bad, why do parents love them?
Faith schools – so their opponents argue – are divisive, retrograde, narrow, insular, hostile to science and the critical mind, unable to teach their pupils tolerance, and fundamentally opposed to [...]
Students in Charge and in Control: Exploring and Designing Student Self-Paced Online Learning
This article was initially published on BetterLesson. You can view the original article here. An interview of Rabbi David Saltzman As a former teacher and now as an instructional coach [...]