Do We Over-Emphasize Learning Styles?
By Lisa Friedman There is no doubt in my mind that EVERYONE has the ability to learn. We just each go about it differently. From Proverbs, “Teach a child according [...]
Religious School Innovation Marches Forward with BJE
On the heels of June's successful conference on religious school innovation, which brought together nearly 150 religious school lay leaders and staff members from 45 synagogues to address this crucial issue, the [...]
How We Bridged the Gap in Post B’nai Mitzvah Engagement
By Stefani Carlson Imagine a congregational school in which the Sunday before a child’s Bar or Bat Mitzvah is their last day of classes, forever. A school where classes for [...]
Heschel at the Gan: How Jewish Early Childhood Education Ignites the Potential of the Whole Family
Photo ZERO to THREE By Sonya Shoptaugh and Bill Robinson “The essence of teaching is to have a dialogue with the child’s potential.” —Carla Rinaldi “The essence of Jewish education [...]
LehavinU’Lehaskil: A curriculum that trains our students to become independent readers of Tanach
By Tamar Nusbaum Recently, I attended a two-day conference held at Brandies University, Learning to Read in Jewish Education, to discuss how we as educators can empower and equip our [...]
An optimist’s view: Remarks by Jon Woocher, May 18, 2017
Photo by Ellen Dubin The following are remarks shared by Jonathan Woocher z'l (1946-2017) on the occasion of his receiving a doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, from the Jewish [...]
The Life-Long Innovator: The Legacy of Jonathan Woocher
We continue celebrating the life, work, and friendship of Jonathan Woocher. We are honored to share the words below by David Bryfman of the Jewish Education Project celebrating Jon. Visit [...]
Why Bother? A Religious School Manifesto
Screen capture JQuest BYachad 2016 (YouTube) By Rabbi Nicki Greninger *This goes out to all parents thinking of sending their kids to a (Jewish) religious school… to parents who were [...]
Celebrating Jonathan Woocher z”l
Last month we invited readers to share memories of and learning from the visionary Jewish educator Jonathan Woocher, of blessed memory, who died July 7, 2017. In celebration of his life, [...]
Hebrew Academy (RASG) Becomes First School in Nation to Implement Entrepreneurship Course developed in Israel
The Hebrew Academy is introducing a weekly elective course in Entrepreneurship in both the Middle and High School with the aim to bring it to the elementary division in the [...]
Why your program of Tefilla Education should have a social action component
By Daniel Rose In this four-part series on tefilla education, we identified three possible goals of any program of tefilla education: tefilla literacy, tefilla inspiration (meaning-making and connection building), and [...]
Reflections on CASJE’s Emerging Scholars Seminar and NRJE’s 2017 Conference
By Scott Aaron One of my favorite aphorisms is “you don’t know what you don’t know.” This adage encapsulates what I have grown to love about Jewish educational research; namely [...]