The Jewish Education Project has opened nominations for its Robert M. Sherman Young Pioneers Award. The Robert M. Sherman Young Pioneers Award celebrates forward thinking and innovative educators, age 40 [...]
by David Bryfman - As the grandson of Holocaust survivors, I never thought I would have to write this article. As an optimistic Jewish educator, I never wanted to write [...]
by Mordy Walfish - In her now-famous study on leadership, Tina Kiefer, a professor of organizational behavior at the University of Warwick, asked participants to draw a picture of an [...]
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 [...]
by Jessica Green - As educators working to engage teens in meaningful Jewish experiences, all of us in the Jewish Teen Education and Engagement Funder Collaborative know the facts surrounding teen angst and concerns about young [...]
One hundred-fifty Limmud volunteers from 25 countries gathered in Israel in May for “Limmud Connect,” Limmud’s first-ever global volunteer forum. Credit: Shlomi Amsalem by Eli Ovits - “Ethics [...]
Bethlehem, 29, from Kharkov, Ukraine, joined the MiNYanim program. Photo credit Nir Kafri, The Jewish Agency for Israel By Nathan Roi "I have learned that what you give is what [...]
By Jane Taubenfeld Cohen and Ilisa Cappell Prizmah seeks to strengthen the ecosystem of day school leadership. We believe that schools with strong lay and professional leadership are in a [...]
[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 [...]
By Thabatta Mizrahi It was a last-minute school tour set up by my assistant. I welcomed the father and he immediately began to speak in Spanish, telling me that his [...]
By Cyd Weissman Occasionally, startup leaders sleep. When heads hit the pillow, work often continues with list-making and idea-generation disrupting dreamtime. So who in their 24-hour right minds would add [...]
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 [...]
