Stephen Colbert and the Goals of Jewish Education
By Dr. Ziva Hassenfeld and Dr. Jonah Hassenfeld It’s not every night Stephen Colbert talks Tanakh. Last week, in a somewhat unusual interview, Rose McGowan brought up the biblical story [...]
Jewish Women’s Archive announces Rising Voices Fellowship
photo JWA The Jewish Women’s Archive is now accepting applications for the 2018–19 Rising Voices Fellowship, a national, ten-month program for female-identified teens in 10th–12th grades who have a passion [...]
Architecture of Values
By Shira Hecht-Koller [This article is the seventh in a series written by participants in the Senior Educators Cohort at M²: The Institute for Experiential Jewish Education.] A few years [...]
Sheva Center Now Accepting Applications from JCCs
Screenshot: JCCA.org The Sheva Center Leadership Institute for Early Childhood Professionals is now accepting applications for candidates for this newly-funded initiative of JCC Association of North America’s Sheva Center for [...]
Jewish Disabilities Awareness & Inclusion Month
From Matan, an organization that educates Jewish leaders, educators and communities, empowering them to create learning environments supportive of children with special needs, through training Institutes and consultations across North [...]
A Survey of Yeshiva High School Graduates:Summary and Implications
By Zvi Grumet Over the course of the past year I conducted a study of Yeshiva high school graduates, beginning in the post-college years. The goal was to gain a [...]
George Washington University’s Master’s in Experiential Education and Jewish Cultural Arts
Engaging with arts and culture is an increasingly popular way for American Jews, particularly young adults, to experience Jewish life, learning, and community. Yet, for these experiences to have meaning [...]
Countering “Hotovely-ism”
Courtesy of the Ruderman Program for American Jewish Studies. By Amitai Fraiman “(US Jews) are people that never send their children to fight for their country … Most of them [...]
Generation Now Fellowship: Calling Senior Teen Engagement Professionals
>By Susan Holzman Wachsstock & Andi Meiseles, Ed.D. When thinking about the Jewish community’s classic approach to engaging teens, there are traditionally three questions we focus on: “How can we [...]
Thriving, Flourishing, Covenantal Community, Intentional Spiritual Communities, and Positive Judaism: How To Lead In An Emergent Movement?
Photo: Chen Chaik, from PicWiki By Dr. Bill Robinson “How can we help Jews draw on and use their Jewishness to live more meaningful, fulfilling, responsible lives?” Jonathan Woocher (z”l) [...]
Hokhmat Nashim
By Ayelet Wenger - There was no Talmud class beyond the beginner’s level in my high school. Actually, there was one. It was not for girls. I learned with a [...]
Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies Receives Two-Year Grant from The AVI CHAI Foundation
Grant to Support the Pardes Tefilah Initiative The Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies is proud to announce the awarding of a two-year grant from The AVI CHAI Foundation. The grant [...]