One of the major challenges facing Jewish education today is to provide learners with ready access to a seamless continuum of learning opportunities.  Meeting this challenge will require new levels of cooperation among educational institutions and across various educational domains.

To help advance this process of "linking silos," the Lippman Kanfer Institute facilitated a “community of practice” for central agencies seeking to create more accessible, engaging, and integrated Jewish educational systems for learners and their families in thir communities.  Senior professionals from more than two dozen agencies participated in conference calls and webinars, and contributed to the Institute's research on "silo linking."

Webinars on Leading Systems Change

An important series of webinars for this community of practice featured presentations by Ellen Kagen Waghelstein of Georgetown University on "leading systems change," "adaptive challenges," and "skills for 21st century leaders."   These webinars are available for listening and viewing by clicking on the following links: Webinar Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3.

During 2009-10, the Lippman Kanfer Institute joined with JESNA's Learnings and Consultation Center to offer an additional series of webinars applying these concepts to the redesign and transformation of our systems for delivering supplementary Jewish education.  These webinars are available through the Sosland Online Resource Center.

Case Study

Together with JESNA's Berman Center, the Institute also undertook a case study of the Los Angeles Bureau of Jewish Education's Concierge for Jewish Education program, a model effort in encouraging expanded educational participation.

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Download the Research Brief Making Connections: A Case Study in Linking Silos