Poland: Program for Jewish museum professionals
Call for Applicants The Council of American Jewish Museums is offering a limited number of competitive fellowships for its program to Poland in Fall of 2017. The trip is part of [...]
The Impact of Tefilla Role Models in Tefilla education
By Daniel Rose In the first two articles in this four-part series on tefilla education, possible goals for a program of tefilla education were identified. These were tefilla literacy, tefilla [...]
New Design Principles for Mobile History Games
By Owen Gottlieb This study draws on design-based research on an ARIS–based mobile augmented reality game for teaching early 20th century history. New design principles derived from the study include [...]
Empowering – and engaging – parents through Jewish wisdom
By Mark Horowitz and Dasee Berkowitz There are few Jewish organizations today that don’t fret about changing demographics and lack of engagement among younger Jews. Data is gloomy as organizations [...]
The Siddur as an Educational Resource for Tefilla education
By Daniel Rose In the first of this four-part series on tefilla education, we identified three possible goals of a program of tefilla education: tefilla literacy, tefilla inspiration (meaning-making and [...]
Agent(s) in our Jewish Educational Infrastructure
In her column below from last week's JFNA email, Beth Cousens talks about the life and legacy of Jonathan Woocher. As the sad news of his death spread through the [...]
Jewish Day School Leaders Go to Harvard
By Deborah Fishman This summer, AVI CHAI is once again sponsoring Jewish day school leaders to participate in the Art of Leadership (AOL) and Leadership: An Evolving Vision (LEV) programs [...]
Camp Harlam: Working To Be Our Best Selves
By Lisa David and Stacy Rigler In a recent eJP article, Dr. Lesley Litman remarked that "success could depend on a clear and ever-present recognition that the work of innovation,once [...]
Tefilla Literacy vs. Tefilla Inspiration: Reevaluating our goals for Tefilla Education
By Daniel Rose When I say the words “tefilla education” what is your visceral instinctive response? Fear and trepidation? Fatigue and resignation? Or excitement and passion for the educational opportunities [...]
Strengthening Character Development: Resetting Priorities in Jewish Education
By Shmuly Yanklowitz One of the most potent indicators of a sustained, Jewish life is an upbringing that nourishes the intellectual dynamism of Jewish thought and lived experience. That being [...]
Jonathan (Jon) Woocher, PhD, z”l
It is with sadness we share news of the untimely passing of Jonathan (Jon) Woocher, PhD, z”l. Jon, 70, was a long-time educator; a friend and colleague to many of [...]
Dear Ben Platt: If Evan Hansen Were a Jewish Teen
By Susan Holzman Wachsstock The moment Ben Platt stepped on stage, the audience was electrified. For 60 Jewish educators in the theater, the thrill was two-fold: seeing Dear Evan Hansen [...]