How to Avoid Startup Crash and Burn
By Cyd Weissman You need guts to launch a startup. Chances are that your exciting new project is going to crash and burn. According to a Harvard Business School study, about [...]
‘We’re more alike than we realize:’ school twinning program fosters Israel-diaspora bonds
By Deborah Fineblum JNS.org When two little girls got the chance to read a book together with their classmates across a gap of more than 6,000 miles, albeit with the [...]
Internationally Zoned In On Education: Moishe Houses outside the US offer Jewish experience in learning in uniquely universal way
Mezuzah hanging at Moishe House Munich; courtesy By Maayan Hoffman eJewish Philanthropy | JeducationWorld So often when we talk about Diaspora Jews what we really mean are Jews living in [...]
Apply for The Fellowship in Educating for Applied Jewish Wisdom
We are pleased to announce that the Leadership Commons of the William Davidson Graduate School of Jewish Education at JTS, with generous support from Lippman Kanfer Foundation for Living Torah, [...]
What’s in a Name?
By Isaac Saposnik In the Midrash, we learn that people are known by three names: one given by our parents, one used by other people, and one that we acquire [...]
The Journal of Jewish Education Opens Access Through BJPA
The Journal of Jewish Education from 1929 to 2007, totaling more than 2200 articles, is now fully searchable and available online at Stanford’s Berman Jewish Policy Archive (www.BJPA.org). Dr. Helena [...]
CASJE Releases RFP for Research That Will Influence the Practice of Jewish Education
CASJE (Consortium for Applied Studies in Jewish Education) has released a request for proposals (RFP) to promote research that can make a difference in how Jewish education is practiced. Three [...]
Jewish EdTech in a World of Cognitive Surplus
By Tzvi Pittinsky In an age where everyone has ready access to what would have recently been considered to be a supercomputer, how can an industrial–age educational system adapt to [...]
Sara S. Lee: The Jewish Educator who Saved my Soul
By Paul Kipnes Every year, as the High Holy Day season begins, I thank the Holy One for having brought Sara S. Lee, a gifted Jewish educator and a straight-talking [...]
The Job of Making Mensches: Campers with Integrity and Honor
Photo courtesy of JCC Camp Chi, Lake Delton, Wisconsin By Avi Katz Orlow Clayton M. Christensen (2017), professor at the Harvard Business School and one of the foremost authorities on [...]
A Pivotal Year for Welcoming Students & Families
By Cindy Terebush In the best of years, the “Welcome Back” days of school can be intense. Typically, the opening days are an emotional and tiring time. Young learners may [...]
What Voldemort Can Teach Us About Jewish Education: The Missing Palestinian in Israel Education
Haidy Wasef (left) with a student in her Arabic class at Gann Academy in Waltham, Massachusetts, 2016; screenshot The Times of Israel. By Hannah Tobin Cohen "Fear of a name [...]