By Rabbi Devin Maimon Villarreal The picture has become a common one. Educators from different cities, different schools and teaching scenarios, all gathering online for professional development. Minds are filled with questions and anxiety about how to perform the monumental … [Read more...] about Beyond Common Possibilities
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If Not Now, When? Ahead of High Holidays, Jewish Organizations Must Strive for Racial Equity and Inclusion
By Cheryl Cook and Nate Looney Towards the end of the summer of 2005, the United States got a glimpse into what can happen when we aren’t prepared for a crisis. Hurricane Katrina, and the lives and physical toll it took, illuminated the growing disparity between black and w … [Read more...] about If Not Now, When? Ahead of High Holidays, Jewish Organizations Must Strive for Racial Equity and Inclusion
Mental Health in Day Schools On Our Minds
By Paul Bernstein In a recent eJP article, mom and Jewish community leader Carrie Bornstein expressed her concern about the fact that, in her view, mental health was absent from the important conversations happening about the COVID-19 crisis, particularly with regard to … [Read more...] about Mental Health in Day Schools On Our Minds
Jewish Organizations Must Address the Pandemic Parenting Gender Gap
By Rabbi Hara Person and Rabbi Mary ZamorePicture this: A dual-career family, the rabbi and her husband are self-isolated with their three young children who are supposed to be learning remotely. Their au pair returned to Europe, a new one is not available. Last week the back-up … [Read more...] about Jewish Organizations Must Address the Pandemic Parenting Gender Gap
How USCJ used Design Thinking to Help Small Congregations
By Aimee Close Like other “legacy institutions,” USCJ has been criticized in recent years for being unable to quickly adapt and respond to the needs of our constituents. This is a story that contradicts that narrative. It is a story about how we listened carefully to our sma … [Read more...] about How USCJ used Design Thinking to Help Small Congregations
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