First “Menschiness,” Then Holocaust
The Butterfly Project for Diary Of Anne Frank Believe in Holocaust lesson plans By Larisa Klebe When I was in second grade I learned about the Holocaust in religious school [...]
“Countdown to 70” to Celebrate Israel’s 70th Independence Day
The Lookstein Center for Jewish Education of Bar-Ilan University, in collaboration with The AVI CHAI Foundation, is launching an exciting new educational project to celebrate Israel’s upcoming 70th anniversary. Educational [...]
How Musical-Visual Bar Mitzvah Rituals Communicated My Son’s Essence
By Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer The last thirteen years have been a journey for my husband Fred and me into a world that we knew nothing about before: the world of autism. [...]
JWA Seeking Nominations for Natalia Twersky Educator Award
The Jewish Women’s Archive is soliciting applications and nominations for the 2018 Natalia Twersky Educator Award. Presented annually, The Twersky Award honors educators who share JWA’s commitment to inspiring inclusivity [...]
What Makes it Jewish?
By Shuki Taylor A frequent question often surfaces in the organizational space I inhabit: “What makes this program / experience / initiative a Jewish one?” What makes this question complicated [...]
ELI Speaker Fellowships Request for Applications
What is ELI’s Speaker Fellowship? Through ELI’s Speaker Fellowship, a new generation of Jewish thought will gain skills in Jewish text and idea development, storytelling, and stage presence to refine [...]
JSE Maggid-Educator Program Accepting Applications
Screenshot from http://reclaimingjudaism.org Reclaiming Judaism is now accepting applicants for the second cohort of the Maggid-Educator Program, this Jewish Spiritual Education (JSE) training program reclaims the traditional role of Maggid [...]
Thinking [W]holistically about Inclusion: A View from Jerusalem
Shutaf staffer and campers, in action (photo credit: Debbi Cooper). By Beth Steinberg In 2016, Sight Line interviewed Beth Steinberg, Founder and Executive Director of Shutaf Inclusion Programs in Israel, [...]
Ramah Darom announces a new partnership with the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies
The Kaplan Mitchell Retreat Center at Ramah Darom and the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies are joining forces to bring together the best of what both institutions have to offer: [...]
Let Other People’s Dignity Be As Precious to You As Your Own
by Meredith Polsky As the month of February continues, so, too, does Jewish Disabilities Awareness and Inclusion Month (#JDAIM18). For those of us in the field of Jewish Inclusion, this [...]
Guiding Principles for Effective and Moral Leadership in Our Day Schools
[This is the tenth and final article in our series on day school leadership from the Leadership Commons of the William Davidson Graduate School of Jewish Education of JTS. In [...]
Giving Families and Children Access to Jewish Experiences, No Matter What
Children at a Celebrations! event on Purim. By the Covenant Foundation Advocates of inclusion practices often speak of the need for holistic inclusion—looking at not just one aspect of a [...]