By Felicia Epstein I have lectured over the past few years about gender awareness as part of adult education programmes and for educators in Jewish schools as part of Continuing Professional Development. I have been working with Jewish day schools in London over the past year to try and raise awareness of gender within the schools and to support teachers and parents in addressing issues related to gender within the Jewish and school … [Read more...] about Promoting Gender Awareness in Jewish Schools
Jewish Education Today
Lean, Mean, and Clean: a New Model For Educating Educators
By Menachem Posner When Rabbi Zalman Shneur founded the Menachem Education Foundation in 2008 with the goal of facilitating elevated learning opportunities in the Jewish world, he had a challenge: How to create a comprehensive teacher training program on a shoestring budget? He soon encountered a second challenge. Often following years of exclusive Torah study, many Orthodox teachers are raring to enter the workforce immediately to support … [Read more...] about Lean, Mean, and Clean: a New Model For Educating Educators
Begin with a Dream in Mind
By Rabbi Barry Kislowicz The Problem with Problem-Solving Newspaper headlines declare it. Blog posts discuss it. Parents, students, and teachers worry about it: American schools today face many challenging problems. We struggle with issues ranging from limited resources to lackluster achievement. It is only natural that dedicated teachers and educational leaders seek solutions for these problems. This is the nature of school improvement, … [Read more...] about Begin with a Dream in Mind
The Covenant Foundation Names 2015 Award Recipients for Excellence in Jewish Education
Three visionary educators demonstrating the power of inspired Jewish education to create change and drive impact are the 2015 recipients of The Covenant Award for excellence in the field, The Covenant Foundation announced today. Michelle Shapiro Abraham, Director of Program Development for the Campaign for Youth Engagement at the Union for Reform Judaism, as well as a consultant for the Foundation for Jewish Camp, and a clinical faculty member … [Read more...] about The Covenant Foundation Names 2015 Award Recipients for Excellence in Jewish Education
Dropping the God Standard: Another 800 Pound Gorilla in the discourse about Judaism and Jewish Education
By David J. Steiner The Judaism that we inherited started in a coffin. Had Rabban Yochanan ben Zakai not been smuggled out of Jerusalem pretending to be dead, to sue for peace and ask for Yavne to create a new academy for our scholars, we would most likely not have the religion we have today. However, were Yochanan to visit a synagogue of any of our modern denominations, the great likelihood is that he would not recognize our practices as the … [Read more...] about Dropping the God Standard: Another 800 Pound Gorilla in the discourse about Judaism and Jewish Education
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