Integrating Israel Throughout the Year
by Samantha Vinokor-Meinrath - This morning, I ripped apart half my closet searching for the requisite blue and white attire for this week. With Yom HaZikaron and Yom HaAtzmaut coming [...]
A Key to Open Many Doors? Jewish Education for Ambivalent, Ambiguous, and Changeable People
by Dr. Bill Robinson - This article was originally published in the Jewish Theological Seminary's Gleanings Magazine. Click here to view the original. The fastest growing religious group among American [...]
Let Millennials Lead the War on Anti-Semitism
by Dr. Shmuel Rosenman - With each passing year, the Holocaust is becoming less familiar and less relevant to youth around the world. To some, it’s a confusing collection of [...]
Passover tells us: Teach your children well
by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks - As one nation after another in Africa and the Middle East engages in a fight for freedom, Passover, which begins this week, still has much [...]
Fun Passover Resources from Jewish Interactive
Our friends at Jewish Interactive have created an e-book with fun resources for educators to use while teaching Passover. They have also created a series of educational games on their [...]
Crossing Chasms at iCON with Parker Palmer’s Poetry, Paradox and Permission
by Tali Zelkowicz, Ph.D. - Head of School, Columbus Jewish Day School There is always a little fear involved when meeting a hero for the first time. In person, will [...]
Passover Resources with the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies
The Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies has released several Passover resources on Elmad, their online learning center. The Pedagogy of Processing Pesach In this podcast “The Pedagogy of Processing Pesach” [...]
#MySederServes Passover Resources from Repair the World
Repair the World has created a roundup of resources that can be used during the seder. Outside the seder, these resources could be used in the classroom to teach the [...]
10 Commitments of Jewish Educators
by Samantha Vinokor-Meinrath - There are certain things that, no matter what setting you work in, or age group you serve, or denomination you affiliate with, virtually all Jewish educators [...]
Celebrate Israel’s Moon Landing with Your Students
SpaceIL's Beresheet rocket is on its way to the moon! Excitement for Israel's first moon landing, making it the fourth country to achieve the feat, is in the air. The [...]
Makom 4HQ Moishe House Cohort
Through a year-long learning training program from Makom, Moishe House residents and Moishe House Without Walls (MHWOW) hosts are bringing engaging Israel programing to their peers. Makom’s 4HQ program takes the penultimate [...]
Creating Relationships Defined by Radical Candor
by Emily Messinger Creating an environment in which relationships defined by openness, honesty, and transparency can flourish is a great goal to have, albeit difficult to achieve. In my role [...]