By Jordan Soffer As he reflected on his much-revered seminal work, Abraham Maslow should have been overcome with pride. In 1943 he designed the Hierarchy of Needs, which quickly became essential to any conversation about human development. Its design is enduring and continues to be venerated today. In it he organizes and elucidates all human needs, arranging them from the most fundamental to the most meta. Atop the pyramid rests … [Read more...] about Demanding Redefined Greatness
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CHIdush: Sparking Change in Synagogue Schools Through Collaboration
By Linda Gerard, MBA and Rabbi Scott Aaron, PhD "The answer is not 'Build it and they will come'; it's closer to 'If they build it, they will come.'” CHIdush participant How has our world changed from the 1950s until today, and how have our synagogue schools changed with it? At a retreat in Chicago, synagogue educators, clergy, and lay leaders armed with Post-it notes mapped out the shifts across decades in family structure, technology, … [Read more...] about CHIdush: Sparking Change in Synagogue Schools Through Collaboration
Moishe House: (How) is our Jewish Learning Different from all the Other Jewish Learnings?
By Faustine Sigal It starts like a joke, or perhaps a text from the haggadah… A Russian, a Czech, an American, two British, an Uruguayan, an Argentinian and a French were sitting in the countryside, in the outskirts of Paris. The whole morning, they were discussing attributes of Jewish learning at Moishe House, until one of the colleagues said to them “my friends, we should write that and share it with the world!” A couple months ago, while … [Read more...] about Moishe House: (How) is our Jewish Learning Different from all the Other Jewish Learnings?
CASJE Releases RFP for Research That Will Contribute to 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 grants, up to $30,000 each, will be awarded to stimulate time-concentrated research that is clearly connected to one of CASJE’s areas of focus, and that will apply to the practice of Jewish education. Areas of inquiry currently supported by CASJE include: … [Read more...] about CASJE Releases RFP for Research That Will Contribute to the Practice of Jewish Education
The Gift of #OnwardHebrew
By Nachama Skolnik Moskowitz Simon Sinek is a name familiar to many. His Ted Talk has been seen by almost 40,000,000 (wow!), his book Start with Why remains at the top of Amazon’s Business book list, and he’s the author of a website, numerous articles and videos. Over the years, I’ve read some of his work and watched him on YouTube, but it was a summer stroll that opened my heart to him. No, Sinek and I did not walk side-by-side. Instead, I … [Read more...] about The Gift of #OnwardHebrew
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