Finding the Good in Students
By Joel Lurie Grishaver In Pirke Avot, 1:15 we find this famous text. Shammai says: “Make of thy Torah study a fixed practice; say little and do much; and greet [...]
Center for Israel Education to Livestream Workshop Sessions on Facebook
The Center for Israel Education workshop is sold out. Educators are invited to follow select sessions which will be live streamed on our Facebook page. Make sure you are following [...]
Professional Learning Program for Supplementary School Teachers
NEXT from Gratz College addresses the widespread and well-documented challenge of engaging and retaining supplementary school (Hebrew schools, religious schools, synagogue schools, alternative synagogue learning environments) students by strengthening the [...]
Covenant Award Winners Announced
The Covenant Foundation has announced the names of three Jewish educators who are the 2018 recipients of The Covenant Award. Naomi Ackerman, Founder and Executive Director of The Advot Project, [...]
CASJE Announces RFP for Small Grants Research to be released August 1, 2018
CASJE (Consortium for Applied Studies in Jewish Education) announced today that a request for proposals for Small Grants for Research on the Practice of Jewish Education will be releasedon August [...]
Matan Institute Announces 9th Cohort
Matan presents the the newest Matan Institute Cohort. These talented educators kick off their year-long professional development experience with Matan, helping to ensure that their communities will be inclusive of [...]
This is my home: Passing the Torch of Teen Leadership
By Becky Oliver “This is my home.” On Erev Shavuot, this phrase was repeated over and over by our graduating seniors as they spoke to the congregation. Many years ago, [...]
Teaching as Giving Credit
by Joel Lurie Grishaver Here is a very simple text that says a lot, more than we at first think it does. In the Talmud, Ta’anit 15b, we are told, [...]
Thinking in Moments
Part of a series by ARJE (Association of Reform Jewish Educators) voices on the topic of Jewish summer camp experiences. by Vanessa Ehrlich, RJE We must learn to think in [...]
Teaching as Intrepretation
Replica of Rashi's Study at Beit Hatfutsot By Joel Lurie Grishaver One of my favorite texts of all times is Rashi’s comments on the first verse of the Torah. Rashi’s [...]
Stop Making Programs, Start Making Communities
Shabbat Na Kryshe at the Marlene Mayerson JCC By Jane Tuv What does community mean to you? When I became a mother three years ago, it became increasingly important to [...]
Preparing for Camp
First in a series from Reform Educators from the Association for Reform Jewish Educators, ARJE. by Rabbi Stacy Rigler, RJE I have spent many of my summers since 1993 at [...]