By Andrea Lieber [This article is the eighth, and final, in a series written by participants in the Senior Educators Cohort at M²: The Institute for Experiential Jewish Education.] I live a double life as a Jewish educator. Most of my colleagues know me as a professor and director of the Jewish studies program at Dickinson College, a small liberal arts school where I have the privilege of tenure and hold an endowed chair. In this … [Read more...] about Experiential Education: An Approach. Not a Place.
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Architecture of Values
By Shira Hecht-Koller [This article is the seventh in a series written by participants in the Senior Educators Cohort at M²: The Institute for Experiential Jewish Education.] A few years ago, my family purchased a new home. A lovely house with an abundance of light, the inside had not been touched in many decades. I found myself serving as my own architect-designer, spending early mornings and late evenings standing with a contractor … [Read more...] about Architecture of Values
What Makes it Jewish?
By Shuki Taylor A frequent question often surfaces in the organizational space I inhabit: “What makes this program / experience / initiative a Jewish one?” What makes this question complicated is that it assumes that there is a ‘non-Jewish’ baseline to what we do, and that through some sort of reframing or intervention we must make it Jewish, and that there is some sort of silver bullet that turns non-Jewish experiences into Jewish … [Read more...] about What Makes it Jewish?
BadgeQuest: Discover, Play, Create
By Liron Lipinsky [This article is the sixth in a series written by participants in the Senior Educators Cohort at M²: The Institute for Experiential Jewish Education.] The findings of the 2013 Pew Research Center A Portrait of Jewish Americans national study propelled leaders of Jewish organizations to critically analyze how to engage young Jewish children in Jewish life, specifically by focusing on Jewish identity formation. Among other … [Read more...] about BadgeQuest: Discover, Play, Create
Diverse and Yet Not Pluralistic: Creating a New Jewish Identity in Israel
By Ayal Beer [This article is the fifth in a series written by participants in the Senior Educators Cohort at M²: The Institute for Experiential Jewish Education.] As an Israeli educator working with North American Jewish organizations, programs, and groups, I have been involved in the discussions about how to keep the next-gen demographic involved in Jewish life. I have heard this demographic described as being “under the radar” and not … [Read more...] about Diverse and Yet Not Pluralistic: Creating a New Jewish Identity in Israel
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