The Jewish Education Innovation Challenge (JEIC) is accepting applications for 2019 Ignition Grants up to $15,000 to jump-start new and/or to continue recently-established innovative programs that improve Jewish education in Jewish day schools across North America. JEIC initiated its Ignition Grants program in late 2018 to continue to catalyze change in day schools by supporting creative, out-of-the-box programs through mini-grants to a wider … [Read more...] about Jewish Education Innovation Challenge Is Accepting Applications for Mini-Grants for Programs Improving Jewish Education in Day Schools
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Jewish Day Schools and the Canary Mission
By Rabbi Philip Graubart This past fall, a school administrator pulled me aside and told me that one of our incoming ninth graders had just lost her mother. She was informing all the student’s teachers, but I’m also a rabbi, and serve in that capacity, so she thought I might have something unique to offer. I teach the ninth grade Judaica curriculum, a conceptual, big-idea based re-introduction to Judaism called “God, Torah, and Israel.” As … [Read more...] about Jewish Day Schools and the Canary Mission
What Can the History of Day Schools Teach Us? Part 1
By Sara Smith, Ph.D The history of Jewish day schools in Los Angeles can provide lessons that are widely applicable to the future of Jewish education. The number and variety of non-Orthodox day schools in the city surged in the late 1970s through the 1990s, creating the contemporary landscape of day schools. However, it is the first few schools, established before the number of day schools exploded due to court-ordered busing and other … [Read more...] about What Can the History of Day Schools Teach Us? Part 1
Leading with Honor and Derech Eretz
By Judd Kruger Levingston When I began my new job at Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy nearly ten years ago, I was surprised to learn that as much as my colleagues were interested to work with me on the curriculum, they also were interested to work with me on raising student awareness about honesty. According to one study that I read that was included in James Davison Hunter's book from 2000, The Death of Character, between 10-20% of high school … [Read more...] about Leading with Honor and Derech Eretz
Re-digging the Wells of the Day School Field
By Deena K. Fuchs When I joined the AVI CHAI Foundation, a little more than 18 years ago, one of the first events I participated in was a Partnership for Excellence in Jewish Education (PEJE) Donor Assembly. It was a well-received effort to bring together very significant donors from day schools from around the country and to celebrate them as a group. That year - its first - featured a tour of PEJE co-founder and funder Michael Steinhardt’s … [Read more...] about Re-digging the Wells of the Day School Field
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