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
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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
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
Jewish Swag
By Erica Brown Now that the semester’s ending, I’ve decided to take up quilting over the winter break. Specifically, I’m making a quilt out of tote bags I’ve gotten at Jewish conferences. You know the ones; representing the entire span of Jewish organizational life, they tumble out of your hall closet, making you feel like you just came back from the G.A. every time you open the door. By the look of it, my quilt is likely to cover a small … [Read more...] about Jewish Swag
Jewish Identity Development in Experiential Pluralistic Environments
By Robert Bettmann As an education project manager with a nonprofit, I’m interested not only in the interactions and outcomes we make possible, but the behind-the-scenes design and evaluation of experiential education programs. How can we provide more impactful programs? What are the most appropriate target outcomes, and how do we measure them? Structural considerations have to be factored in, and one underlying factor common to many programs … [Read more...] about Jewish Identity Development in Experiential Pluralistic Environments
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