By Alanna Kotler We are having the wrong conversation about education. Year after year, it is reported how poorly students perform on standardized tests. And year after year, the conversations focus on classroom curricula (which should be more rigorous), the teachers (who need better and more training), and the professional development (which millions are spent every year). However, these conversations ignore the real change needed - the … [Read more...] about College Admissions and “Measuring” Students: A Different Approach for Day Schools
Fundraising vs. Fun-Raising: How Development Work and Experiential Education Intersect
By Allison Gerstley This semester, I’ve been working as a graduate student development intern at GW Hillel and taking a fundraising course concurrently as part of my master’s program. With no prior fundraising experience beyond phone banking at my undergrad university, I figured experience in fundraising and philanthropy would prove beneficial in my future career as a Jewish educator. Though I hope to eventually work in a setting where I am … [Read more...] about Fundraising vs. Fun-Raising: How Development Work and Experiential Education Intersect
Judaism in the Age of AI Peril
By Andrew Fretwell Good news! The Jewish community’s thorniest internal debates may be resolved in our lifetime. But the bad news is this might happen because Judaism is walking into an existential trap, one for which we are totally unprepared: the temptation to surrender personal choice to artificial intelligence. Judaism is all about choices and their consequences. The Torah begins with Adam and Eve’s irreversible decision and ends with … [Read more...] about Judaism in the Age of AI Peril
Integrating Jewish Community Organizations in Small and Intermediate-Size Communities
An Overview By Jay L. Rubin The structure of organized Jewish communities in North America developed during the late 19th and early 20th centuries as waves of immigrants fled anti-Semitism and poverty in Eastern Europe to begin new lives in the U.S. and Canada. Jewish Welfare Funds (precursors to Jewish Federations), Young Men’s Hebrew Associations (precursors to Jewish Community Centers), orphanages and settlement houses (precursors to … [Read more...] about Integrating Jewish Community Organizations in Small and Intermediate-Size Communities
The Empowerment of the New Jewish Superhero
By Rabbi David Saiger When my high school students are willing to entertain my delusions of grandeur, I like to ask them to imagine the possibilities of what might be accomplished in the Talmud or Chumash or Jewish Thought classroom. This year, my delusions of grandeur are, depending on the perspective, either more deluded or more grand than ever, thanks to the Pedagogy of Partnership Day School Educator’s Institute I attended at … [Read more...] about The Empowerment of the New Jewish Superhero
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