The Lippman Kanfer Institute brings new thinking to important issues and opportunities facing Jewish education, such as the limited and episodic nature of educational participation among many Jews; the need to build powerful synergies among multiple forms of education; and the untapped potential of technology, the arts, social action and other media for Jewish communication, self-expression and engagement.

In all of its work, the Lippman Kanfer Institute maintains a vigorous connection with front-line practitioners and draws on and learns from innovative work already underway that promises to dramatically improve Jewish education’s reach and impact.  The Lippman Kanfer Institute also pays special attention to learnings from beyond the field of Jewish education. Its innovative ideas are brought to the field through vehicles such as conferences and colloquia, print and electronic publications; interactive media like wikis and blogs, and direct contact with educators and policy-makers working on the front lines.

The Institute is available to work with communities and other organizations to assist in developing initiatives aimed at applying these new ideas and at engaging professional and lay leaders in conversations and deliberations based on the Institute's work.  The Institute has made numerous presentations at national and local conferences and meetings, and would be happy to come to your community to speak about innovative ideas that can strengthen local Jewish education.

If you are an educational innovator, we would like to hear from you about your work and your ideas.  If you are interested in participating in future Institute-sponsored conferences, projects or invitation only events, or in learning more about the Institute's work, please be in touch with us by contacting Lippman Kanfer Institute Program Assistant Rebecca Leshin at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .