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Jewish Educational Programs
Academy for Torah Initiatives and Directions (ATID)
ATID has been established in order to enable talented men and women, young professionals from all fields, who have a rich background in Torah study, to develop the ability to make informed decisions about the education of the next generations. ATID was developed to help shape the future of educational leadership in our community.
- Organizations - Academic Institutions
- Programs and Initiatives
Agenda: Jewish Education, Renaissance and Renewal
Issue No. 16 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.
Agenda: Jewish Education, Renaissance and Renewal (1.75 MB)
- Newsletters - Agenda: Jewish Education
American Jewish University (formerly University of Judaism) Graduate Programs in Nonprofit Management, Lieber School of Graduate Studies
American Jewish University (formerly University of Judaism) MBA program in nonprofit management focuses on the business of running a nonprofit organization: the marketing, fundraising, financing and accounting necessary to manage and create change within the nonprofit world. Our Masters of Jewish Communal Studies combines Judaic knowledge with the management skills needed to work efficiently in the Jewish world.
Additional programs are offered: an MA in nonprofit management for students who are already in possession of a master's degree, and Master of Arts in Jewish Communal American Jewish University (formerly University of Judaism) MBA program in nonprofit management focuses on the business of running a nonprofit organization: the marketing, fundraising, financing and accounting necessary to manage and create change within the nonprofit world. Our Masters of Jewish Commu ...
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American Jewish University - Graduate Center For Education
The Graduate Center for Education at American Jewish University prepares educators to create and articulate a compelling vision for Jewish education and apply the knowledge, skills, creativity and leadership needed to bring that vision to life. AJU’s Familian and Brandeis-Bardin campuses provide a natural laboratory for innovation, experimentation and integration of experiential and traditional education.
Our comprehensive two-year M.A.Ed. program focuses on pedagogy, curriculum design and development, educational administration, Jewish texts, and Hebrew literacy. Students interested in such areas as youth education, environmental and community education, Hillel, summer camping, and the arts may enroll in a module in Jewish Ex ...
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Brandeis University - Hornstein Program in Jewish Professional Leadership
Brandeis University’s Hornstein Program prepares future Jewish Leaders to address the challenges of a fast and ever-changing Jewish community. Educationally robust and intellectually rigorous, this 21 month program offers three separate leadership tracks:
- A dual MBA/MA program with Brandeis’s highly esteemed Heller School of Social Policy and Management.
- A dual MPP/MA program, also with the Heller School.
- A dual MA program with Brandeis’s world renowned Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies (NEJS)
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Brandeis University - MAT-JDS/DeLeT
DeLeT is a 14 month (two summers and a school year) program that combines academic and professional study with a year-long internship in a local day school. Small and personalized, the program prepares teachers of general and Jewish studies for grades 1-6. Students study with members of their Jewish day school cohort as well as with members of the public elementary school MAT cohort.
Program faculty and instructors include distinguished teacher educators and Judaic scholars drawn from the Brandeis Education Program, the Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies, and the Mandel Center for Studies in Jewish Education.
The DeLeT/MAT partners with Jewish day schools in the greater Boston area that span the denominational spectrum of Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, and community/pluralistic. Trained mentor teachers welcome interns into their classroom and guide them in learnin ...
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Brandeis University’s Summer Institute for Israel Studies: The First Four Years
- Research Reports and Studies
Chinuch at Daat (Merkaz Limudei Yehadut V'Ruach)
A collection of over 50 Hebrew articles on education
- Articles
- Databases and Resource Centers - Resource Centers
DeLeT - Day School Leadership through Teaching
DeLeT is a 15-month fellowship program designed to increase the number of professional teacher leaders who are prepared to teach and support Jewish families in the growing number of Jewish day schools in America. Partners include JESNA, Brandeis University and Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion.
- Programs and Initiatives
Exploring the Challenges of Informal Jewish Education
Special issue of Sh'ma magazine which focuses on informal Jewish education, with information on Jewish identity, gender issues, and professionalizing the field of informal Jewish education.
Fairleigh Dickinson University - Office of Jewish Affairs and Israel Programs
Master of Public Administration: This 39 credit program is designed to create a well-rounded administrator to work in the non-profit sector focusing on communal service within the Jewish community. The curriculum is designed to provide the conceptual and management skills needed to perform effectively in the public and non-profit sectors.
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George L. Mosse / Laurence A. Weinstein Center For Jewish Studies - University Of Wisconsin
The Center for Jewish Studies coordinates and promotes an interdisciplinary program in Jewish Studies, encompassing all aspects of the Jewish experience (for example, religion, culture, society, politics) as well as relationships with numerous cultures and societies in many periods in many parts of the world.
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Gratz College
Gratz College offers several graduate degrees and certificates in both Jewish Communal Service and Jewish Education. The Masters of Arts degree in Jewish Communal Service (MAJCS) and the graduate-leve Certificate in Jewish Communal Service (CJCS), with a special track in Jewish Non-Profit Leadership (on-line), prepares students to serve as future Jewish communal professionals and enhances the Jewish studies background of those already employed in the community. The Master's degree and graduate-level certificate programs in Jewish education, including an online only certificate in Jewish Early Childhood Education, combine clinical knowledge of educational methodology and theory with strong grounding in Jewish studies. Students choose to concentrate in teaching or administration and may also pursue special tracks in day school and early childhood. Graduates emerge as experienced profession ...
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Hebrew College: Shoolman Graduate School of Jewish Education
Masters of Jewish Education may be completed in two to three years. Certificates and specializations offered in Jewish Day School Education, Early Childhood Jewish Education, Jewish Family Education, Jewish Special Education, Informal Education, and Camping. The Masters of Jewish Education may also be completed in Jerusalem, Israel through the Pardes Educators Program. Graduates of the Hebrew College/Pardes program will also receive a Certificate in Advanced Jewish Learning from Pardes.
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Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion New York School of Education
The School of Education in New York offers a full-time three-year program which begins in Israel with rabbinical and cantorial students, and a joint MA with the School of Jewish Non-Profit Management. Flexible part-time degree programs (with a mid-winter seminar in Israel), leading to a Master of Arts in Religious Education (MARE) is also available. Our programs prepare educational leaders for congregations, day schools, camps, informal education programs and family education. In addition to academic studies, students have field internships under the supervision of experienced mentors. Students also learn about the many educational transformation projects currently happening at the school and in the field.
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Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion Rhea Hirsch School of Education
The Master of Arts in Jewish Education and the Joint Masters in Jewish Communal Service and Education (in cooperation with the School of Jewish Communal Service) prepare educational leaders for congregations, day schools, camps, informal education programs and family education. In addition to academic studies, students have field internships under the supervision of experienced mentors. Students at the Rhea Hirsch School learn about the many educational transformation projects sponsored by the school. The first year of study is at Hebrew Union College in Jerusalem along with the first year Rabbinical and Cantorial students.
DeLeT: Day School Leadership through Teaching is a 13-month fellowship program that prepares fellows to enter careers as teachers in Jewish day schools by combining the academic study of teaching with placements in day school classrooms alongside mento ...
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Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion School of Jewish Nonprofit Management
HUC-JIR's School of Jewish Nonprofit Management provides a variety of two-year double master's degree programs in partnership with the University of Southern California, including the School of Planning, Policy and Development (MAJCS/MPA), the Marshall School of Business (MAJCS/MBA), the Annenberg School of Communications (MAJCS/MCM), the School of Social Work (MAJCS/MSW) and the Roski School of Fine Arts (MAJCS/MPAS). SJCS also offers a Joint MAJCS/MAJE degree together with the HUC-JIR Rhea Hirsch School of Education, as well as a Certificate in Jewish Communal Service for students enrolled in other graduate programs..
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Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Two year MA program in Jewish Education offered through the Rothberg International School in conjunction with the Melton Centre for Jewish Education (no teaching certification). The program is offered in English but students should achieve a required standard of Hebrew during the course of the program.
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Initiative on Bridging Scholarship and Pedagogy in Jewish Studies
This initiative from the Mandel Center for Studies in Jewish Education at Brandeis seeks to bridge the worlds of scholarship and pedagogy in Jewish studies at all levels, explore common questions in the teaching of Jewish Studies and conduct research into the practice of pedagogy in Jewish Studies. The website includes conference videos, working papers, and a bibliography on pedagogy for Jewish studies teachers.
- Bibliographies
- Research Reports and Studies
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- Video
Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI)
The Jewish Agency website provides curricular resources for schools and youth movements. Information can also be found about various trips to Israel as well as information about distance learning programs.
- Organizations - National and International Organizations
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- Databases and Resource Centers - Curriculum Banks