By Leeza Negelev and Amalia Mark “It looks just like a living room!” “Oh! The water is warm.” “Is this room for people with disabilities?” Usually, Mayyim Hayyim’s Paula Brody & Family Education Center echoes with voices asking questions and expressing curiosity as … [Read more...] about Experiential Education is a Pedagogy, Not a Place
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The Mountain and The Ocean:
Navigating Digital Torah
By Sara Wolkenfeld
With Shavuot just behind us, the quintessential encounter with Torah may appear in our mind’s eye as a set of tablets, finite and concrete, presented from the top of a mountain. Engaging with Torah, however, is perhaps more often and more accurately d … [Read more...] about The Mountain and The Ocean:
Navigating Digital Torah
Social and Emotional Considerations for Remote Learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic
By Shira Hammerman, Joey Eisman, and Samantha Star [The following is a special issue in an essay series on Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) in Jewish education. The ideas below are stepping stones on the path to creating a more comprehensive and coordinated SEL approach. If … [Read more...] about Social and Emotional Considerations for Remote Learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Getting Through the Next Eight Weeks:
Ten Tips for Tired Teachers
By Maya Bernstein
Many educators have made a wild, frantic leap from our familiar, in-person educational model, our norm throughout human history, to a totally new, untested, all-virtual model. We’ve “zoomed” into this because we have no choice, and the hope is that what we’re … [Read more...] about Getting Through the Next Eight Weeks:
Ten Tips for Tired Teachers
Count Your Blessings
By Renee Koplon I am consuming unhealthy amounts of news online and watching the evening news on television. I toss and turn throughout the night worried about the health of my family, my friends, my colleagues, and all of humanity. But during the day I feel calm and in … [Read more...] about Count Your Blessings
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