By Ilana Horwitz Editor’s Note: Since 2012, The Concentration in Education and Jewish Studies (EDJS) at the Stanford School of Education has been a home for the creation and enhancement of research [...]
By Erica Brown Setting out on a new venture in Jewish education, I was interested in the hard-earned wisdom of notable professionals in and around the field. As part of [...]
Photo credit: Brandeis U. By Marci Borenstein and Rachel Fish As Israel approaches her 70th birthday as a modern nation-state we are given an opportunity to reflect on her growth, [...]
והגדת לבנך – The Haggadah charges us with retelling the Pesach story to the next generation each and every year. Building off the dynamic and multisensory seder that the Rabbis already laid [...]
By Dr. Joshua Shanes and Dr. Dean P. Bell Part of a series of articles about lifelong Jewish learning In 2015, Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership partnered with [...]
Limmud inaugurated its latest Chavruta resource series with the release of “Freedom – A Resource for Pesach.” The learning booklets, produced in partnership with UJIA, will offer fresh insight into [...]
By Lior Krinsky “We have to prepare students for campus.” “We need to teach our teens the facts so they’re ready for campus.” “Students need to know about Israel so [...]
The Ateret Zvi Prize in Hiddushei Torah, launching in 5778/2018, will be extended yearly by Mechon Hadar to recognize a work of innovative and exceptional Torah scholarship. The prize is [...]
500 Jewish Educators will gather at the 9th annual NewCAJE conference, taking place July 29 – Aug 1 at the University of Hartford in Connecticut. Early bird registration closes April [...]
By Jonathan Cannon Any attempt to explain, understand, contextualize or reframe the tragic killing of 17 students and teachers at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School is a disservice to those [...]
Teens from the 2017-2018 Rising Voices Fellowship cohort participating in a retreat workshop. By Larisa Klebe If you work with teens in any number of settings (religious school, day school, [...]
Adult learning at Spertus Institute, Chicago. Photo by Dan Rest. By Dr. Dean P. Bell First in a series of articles about lifelong Jewish learning There are many opportunities for [...]
