When A Jewish Educator Travels Part II
As I’ve written about in the past, while I love being an educator and consider it to be my most natural state of being, my ultimate dream is to be [...]
The Yiddish Book Center’s Great Jewish Books Teacher Seminar
The Yiddish Book Center’s Great Jewish Books Teacher Summer Seminar offers teachers at Jewish middle and high schools the opportunity to enrich their curricula with materials that reflect the breadth [...]
From Dreaming to Doing: creating an educational vision.
The power of educational visions is amply evident in the history of educational thought, both in the general and Jewish sphere (Fox, Scheffler, Marom, 2003 p.9) One of the annual [...]
Prizmah Working Towards a Vibrant Future for Jewish Day Schools
Jewish day schools fundamentally strengthen the trajectory of Jewish knowledge, identity, community, and leadership. This is a core principle guiding Prizmah: Center for Jewish Day Schools as it begins to [...]
The Jewish Education Project Announces David Bryfman As New CEO
December 11, 2018 (NEW YORK) -- Following an extensive national search, The Jewish Education Project has named David Bryfman, Ph.D. as its next CEO. Founded in 1910, and later known [...]
Chanukah: Lighting Up the Youtube Screen
It's that time of the year. Everywhere we go, at least within the United States, we hear Christmas music - sometimes written by a Jew- playing. Some of it is [...]
Yeshiva Executive Directors Conference Grows by 50%
Jewish Day School Professionals Discuss Best Practices at 2nd Annual EDShare Conference 65 Executive Directors and finance professionals representing more than 50 Jewish day schools and over 30,000 students Jewish [...]
Toward Inclusive Pedagogical Content Knowledge for Jewish Learners with Disabilities
RABBI RUTI REGAN In recent years, there has been a growing consensus within the Jewish community that our schools and youth programs must welcome learners with disabilities. At [...]
2018 Pomegranate Prize Awarded to Five Emerging Jewish Educators
Five emerging Jewish educators received the 2018 Covenant Foundation Pomegranate Prize today at the annual Pomegranate Prize ceremony. This year’s cohort includes educators working in myriad settings across the country [...]
Work for Yesod: Director of Educational Programming Position
Yesod is excited to be hiring a full-time Director of Educational Programming, expanding from a part-time position. The Director of Educational Programming will lead on the design and implementation of [...]
The Power of Networks: Insights from a Leadership Development Convening
A rabbi, an activist, and a researcher walk into a bar. It’s not the beginning of a joke, but the makings of the late summer Jim Joseph Foundation convening, that brought [...]
BetterLesson: A Critical Strategic Shift to Focus on the Teachers
It’s now been about eight years since AVI CHAI became interested in the field of personalized learning and the potential that this new model of education has to impact student [...]