Welcome to The Lippman Kanfer Institute:
An Action-Oriented Think Tank for Innovation in Jewish Learning and Engagement

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Jewish education is the primary vehicle through which the Jewish community ensures its continuing vitality. Dramatic demographic, sociological, cultural, technological and organizational changes that have taken place in society and in Jewish life over the past quarter century call for equally dramatic changes in how Jewish education is organized, practiced, and delivered in 21st century America.

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In order to achieve such changes -- changes that by and large have not yet been implemented widely and, in some cases, not even imagined -- Jewish education must:

• Identify where innovation is required,
• Capitalize on creative ideas that exist within the field of Jewish education,
• Cultivate ideas from fields beyond Jewish education, and
• Systematize the development and dissemination of promising solutions.

The Lippman Kanfer Institute: An Action-Oriented Think Tank for Innovation in Jewish Learning and Engagement responds to this need. The Lippman Kanfer Institute focuses on infusing innovation into the Jewish educational system. The Institute identifies and disseminates new ideas, new thinking, new practices, and new organizational designs to keep Jewish education relevant and effective in a changing world.

Read our Current Publication on Redesigning Jewish Education

The Lippman Kanfer Institute’s inaugural project, “Redesigning Jewish Education for the 21st Century,” laid out a set of “design principles” that call for contemporary Jewish education to be more “learner-focused, relationship-infused, and life-centered.”   Following up on its initial work, the Institute has launched two projects – “Linking the Silos” and “Jewish Educators for the 21st Century” – that are working with community leaders and educators on the ground to apply these design principles and the analysis underlying them to key areas where innovation and systemic change have the potential to substantially enhance Jewish education’s reach and impact. 

To learn more about the projects we are currently working on, please visit our LKI Projects Page here.