by Anthony Ashworth-Steen and Robin Moss Let’s talk about adolescence. It starts when a child is 11 or 12 years old - hormones are pumping and change is afoot. Whereas [...]
by Clive Lawton Imagine, if you will, Jewish educational hopes in the 1950s and 60s. Back then, the Jewish world – unconsciously, no one talked about it – was still [...]
By Dr. Susie Tanchel [This is the second in a weekly series “When and how does effective leadership make a true difference?” written by alumni, staff, and faculty of the [...]
By Rabbi Daniel Brenner 80s Klezmer Aerobics? It’s Yentl meets Cyndi Lauper meets Miami Vice. It sports circa 1989 Reebok Pumps on its feet and does Richard Simmons dance moves [...]
Intents to submit requested by July 1, 2016, Manuscripts due by December 1, 2016. The Journal of Jewish Education invites papers for a thematic issue highlighting research on the growing [...]
More than 150 Jewish professionals from across the former Soviet Union recently participated in JDC's sixth annual Jewish Educators' Conference, held at the Hesed Eliyahu social welfare center in Tbilisi, [...]
The Jewish Women’s Archive is currently soliciting applications and nominations for the 2016 Natalia Twersky Educator Award. Presented annually, The Twersky Award honors educators who share JWA’s commitment to inspiring inclusivity [...]
By Louise Szczerb It was 2013. For five hours a week, in exchange for a small tuition grant, a Pardes student perched at the end of my desk and worked [...]
By Judy Alexander Throughout my twenty-year tenure of serving as an educator in my local Jewish community, I’ve found one thing that ensures success for Jewish educators: building strong relationships [...]
Jewish educators join with hundreds of children, parents, grandparents and others at an event at the 92St Y; photo courtesy The Covenant Foundation. By Judy Alexander Throughout my twenty-year tenure [...]
By Alejandro Okret for eJewishPhilanthropy.com The narrative and harsh realities coming out of Europe are far too familiar. Anti-Semitism is prevalent and terrorism around the globe has cast a wide [...]
Participants at 2014 BBYO International Convention (IC); photo courtesy. After completing its tenth year of grantmaking, the Jim Joseph Foundation has announced $6,355,000 in new grants awarded at its fall [...]
