Agenda: Jewish Education, A Decade of Adult Jewish Learning

Issue No. 12 of Agenda: Jewish Education, a JESNA publication. Agenda: Jewish Education is a catalyst for informed dialogue around policy issues related to Jewish education. Agenda: Jewish Education seeks to actively engage lay and professional decision makers from across the spectrum of Jewish education institutions, organizations and federations by means of published articles, forums and online discussions.
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Alliance for Technology Access (ATA)

The Alliance for Technology Access (ATA) is a network of community-based resource centers, developers and vendors, affiliates, and associates dedicated to providing information and support services to children and adults with disabilities, and increasing their use of standard, assistive, and information technologies.

Behrman House

Behrman House offers a wide variety of free digital & multimedia tools for Jewish educators at all grade levels, from early childhood through adult education, in both Hebrew language & Judaica. The site also offers tech tools and advice for educators interested in integrating more mutlimedia & non-print resources into the Jewish classroom.

Contact: The Journal of the Steinhardt Foundation for Jewish Life

Contact is the quarterly journal of The Steinhardt Foundation for Jewish Life. Each issue of Contact explores vital issues affecting the American Jewish community and the philanthropic vision of The Steinhardt Foundation for Jewish Life. It is the goal of Contact to stimulate discussion throughout the community on the most effective programs and ideas that will help to revitalize American Jewish life.

Drisha Institute for Jewish Eduation

Drisha Institute for Jewish Education is a cutting edge center for advanced study of Jewish classical texts by women in an open and thoughtful environment. We provide the opportunity to encounter Jewish texts in a serious, intellectually rigorous and inclusive manner through specialized courses, lectures, and an emphasis on havruta [partner] study. Drisha has grown significantly in scope and impact since its founding in 1979 and its graduates serve as educators, scholars and leaders in the Jewish community and the world at large.  Drisha's continuing education programs are a key community resource and its Beit Midrash is open to all.

FAU Judaica Sound Archives

The Judaica Sound Archives at Florida Atlantic University is a major center for the collection, preservation and digitization of Judaica audio recordings. The online archive is intended as a scholarly resource for students, teachers, and the general public.

Hear & Now: Jewish Downloads to go

A project of The Partnership for Jewish Life & Learning, Hear & Now is a series of podcasts on a variety of Jewish topics, including Art, History, Education, College Life, Holidays, Jewish Peoplehood, and more.

Interfaith Outreach Projects of the Robert I. Lappin Charitable Foundation

The Robert I. Lappin Charitable Foundation (along with several partners) sponsors various interfaith outreach programs.  These include "Mothers Circle", a free program for mothers of backgrounds other than Judaism who are raising Jewish children; a free 25-week course called "Introduction to Judaism," designed for individuals in interfaith relationships wishing to explore Judaism as well as those considering conversion to Judaism; a Community Gift Basket for newly converted Jews, consisting of religious items of their choice, up to $150 in value; among others.

The Lappin Foundation also provides grant money to agencies to be used for interfaith outreach programs.

Jewish Educational Background: Trends and Variations Among Today's Jewish Adults

Report 1 from the UJC Report Series on the National Jewish Population Survey 2000-01. This report examines the extent to which today's Jewish adults engaged in both formal and informal Jewish education in their youth. It also looks at trends and variations in educational participation, seeking to understand how patterns of use have changed over time, and how educational choices vary by such factors as age, gender, region, parents' Jewishness, and religious denomination.
Jewish Educational Background: Trends and Variations Among Today's Jewish Adults (Link)

Jewish Farm School

The Jewish Farm School is an environmental education organization whose mission is to practice and promote sustainable agriculture and to support food systems rooted in justice and Jewish traditions. They offer a wide range of programs for teens, adults & educators, including an internship program for high school seniors in NY state; an organic farming alternative spring break in CA & Philadelphia; an educators' seminar in NY state; an urban sustainability program in Philadelphia; as well as workshops, conferences, lectures, & outreach programs across the US.

Jewish Heritage Online Magazine

Devoted to Jewish text study, culture and heritage, sponsored by the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture. Each monthly edition focuses on a different topic crossing the spectrum of biblical and talmudic literature, mysticism, modern poetry, Hebrew language, art and music; also features Judaic clip art and electronic greeting cards.

JewishWebcasting.com

JewishWebcasting.com provides a gateway to Jewish TV, radio, webcast and podcast programming on the internet. It presently links to over 400 websites and 25,000 programs of Israeli and Jewish content. Programs are listed alphabetically and by category, to provide convenient location of webcasts. The site also provides a search engine allow searching the website and its listings using keywords.

Among the program categories on the site:

• Radio & TV
• News
• Israel
• Judaism
• Music
• Hebrew
• Organizations
• Youth
• Women
• History
• Holocaust
• Jewish Literacy Project

Learn Hebrew Videos

Learn Hebrew Videos is an innovative and interactive way to begin to learn the Hebrew language. By using this website, one can begin to learn basic Hebrew words and phrases. Visual aids make this learning enjoyable.

Limmud International

Website for Limmud International, where you can find links to Limmud groups in cities around the world.

Limmud is the Hebrew word for learning. It is an approach to cross-communal Jewish education that started in the UK in 1980 and is now being enjoyed by communities throughout the world. In the UK the original and largest event has become a five-day residential Conference, a festival of learning held on a university campus and attended by close to 2,500 people - which the Jewish Chronicle called the "jewel in the crown of Anglo-Jewry". This event attracts some 350 presenters annually, between them presenting over 900 sessions on every conceivable topic of Jewish interest.

Limmud aims to enable each participant to go one step further on their own Jewish journey. Everyone is a student and everyone can be a teacher. Events feature all educational sty ...

Me'ah

Me'ah is Hebrew College's two-year intensive adult Jewish learning program. An invigorating journey, Me'ah offers not only an opportunity to grow as a literate student of Jewish life but also a powerful means to join a growing community of learners — bringing knowledge and insight into your personal life and community as you build your understanding of what Jewish texts and ideas meant historically and what they mean for Jews today.

MediaMidrash

Media Midrash is an online platform linking multimedia content to innovative curricula, providing Jewish educators the ability to bring art, animation, film and music directly into their classrooms. Website includes a virtual tour & tutorial on how best to use its resources, a blog for discussion topics, and a link to share your own students' videos.

Mofet JTEC: Jewish Portal of Teacher Education

MOFET JTEC (Jewish Teacher Education Community) is a MOFET Institute initiative developed with the aim of developing a community of Jewish education teacher educators around the world. This community will work as part of a general international community of teacher educators established by The MOFET Institute - (MOFET ITEC - International Teacher Education Community).

The objective of the international JTEC content portal in Jewish education is to improve the flow of pedagogical knowledge and research in Jewish education by helping teacher educators, teachers, researchers, and other stakeholders keep abreast of the wealth of publications in the field.

The portal's uniqueness results from the coordinated processes of collecting, filtering, processing and distributing relevant research and non-research papers and other resources on Jewish formal and informal educa ...

Moreshet

Moreshet: the Hebrew literacy project is a joint venture between the Jewish Education Center of Cleveland and the Siegal College of Judaic Studies. The mission of Moreshet is to promote Hebrew literacy in the community. The Moreshet program focuses on encouraging the study and use of Hebrew and has different components including Moreshet Teacher Development, a Hebrew crash course for adults, and a monthly Hebrew Storytime for children.

MyJewishLearning.com

MyJewishLearning.com is a trans-denominational website of Jewish information and education geared toward learners of all ages and educational backgrounds. As the central Internet site for learning about Judaism, it is designed to be:

• Content rich and pedagogically sound--to invite and facilitate site visitors' engagement in ever-deeper levels of learning.
• Relevant to adult audiences of diverse backgrounds and learning objectives--from novice learners, who know little about Judaism, to experienced learners, who know a great deal but want to learn much more.
• Accurate, well written, and visually engaging.
• Representative of the wide range of trans-denominational perspectives within Judaism.
• Compatible with a broad range of user experiences--from self-guided browsing and learning, to site-assisted browsing and learning.

National Jewish Population Survey 2000

This portrait of American Jews emerges from the National Jewish Population Survey (NJPS) 2000-01, a representative survey of the Jewish population in the United States sponsored by United Jewish Communities and the Jewish federation system. This report presents findings on several demographic topics; Jewish connections and engagement; intermarriage; and three special topics, the elderly, immigrants and those living below the poverty line. In coming months, UJC will issue a series of specialized reports on these and other topics, such as synagogue affiliation and denominations, Jewish practice, philanthropy and volunteerism, Jewish college students, marriage and families, and regional differences among Jews.

This report and other documents associated with NJPS 2000-01 are available on the UJC website, www.ujc.org/njps. The NJPS electronic d ...