By Dr. Bill Robinson
Let’s get right into it this week …
Idea #5 is: The world is broken and in need of repair.
Our Jewish heritage speaks of a God-created world that is “good” and yet still incomplete, requiring humans to finish the work of creation - “to till and tend it.” The Jewish People have a unique (though not exclusive) responsibility to serve the world and make it a better place for all God’s creatures. This is found in God’s … [Read more...] about Cultivating “Super-Empowered Hopeful Individuals” Who Can Respond Hineini:
A New Paradigm for Jewish Education: Idea #5
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Cultivating “Super-Empowered Hopeful Individuals” Who Can Respond Hineini:
Introducing the Future of Jewish Learning
[This blog is the first in a series on the new report, The Future of Jewish Learning is Here: How Digital Media are Reshaping Jewish Education, by Stanford University’s Ari Y. Kelman. The report, commissioned by the Jim Joseph Foundation, will be featured in a session Monday morning at the upcoming Jewish Funders Network conference. Following the conference, additional blogs will run in eJP sharing multiple perspectives on the findings and … [Read more...] about Introducing the Future of Jewish Learning
Remarks by Yossi Prager at Prizmah 2019 Conference
Thank you, Paul, and our dear friends who have toasted us, for the beautiful and heartwarming words. I am flooded with warm memories, and I will cherish this event for a long time. I would be speechless, but fortunately I prepared a speech in advance! In fact, I prepared two speeches. First, I was going to talk about AVI CHAI’s founder, Zalman Chaim Bernstein zichrono livracha, his amazing business success, his Jewish journey from ignorance to … [Read more...] about Remarks by Yossi Prager at Prizmah 2019 Conference
Jewish Day Schools Dare to Dream
By Paul Bernstein “It is truly the best of times, and the worst of times.” So reads the opening of the recent Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) report about “Challenges and Opportunities on the Jewish Day School Landscape,” prepared by Rosov Consulting. All too often, when the topic is Jewish day schools, it is the “worst of times” conversation that dominates. The 1,100 passionate, determined, optimistic educators, administrators, … [Read more...] about Jewish Day Schools Dare to Dream
The Goal of Learning is to Become Better Co-Learners:
A New Paradigm for Jewish Education – Idea #4
By Dr. Bill Robinson
This installment focuses on the point of the jewel called Being in Relationship. As explored in the second article in this series, Martin Buber offers us an ideal vision of Being in Relationship in which we experience the person in all his/her/their entirety, not mediated by our own particular needs or desires. This he calls I-Thou, in contrast to I-it relations where the other is treated as a means to our ends. We spend … [Read more...] about The Goal of Learning is to Become Better Co-Learners:
A New Paradigm for Jewish Education – Idea #4
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