Transformimg Jewish Lives
Recently Updated Listings 
Intro to Jewish Experiential Education Featured
In April 2012,Grsinpoon-Steinhardt Awards winners participated in a webinar on Jewish experiential education with guest speaker Mark Young of the JTS William Davidson Graduate School. You may wish to download the PowerPoint presentation from this session before watching the video:
Introduction to Jewish Experiential Education (1.35 MB)
If you are a current or former Grinspoon-Steinhardt Award winner, we encourage you to fill out this brief survey after viewing the webinar. (Total running time: 70 minutes)
- Interactive Resources - Webinars
- Images
- Audio
- Video
Innovation and Transformation From Generation to Generation: JESNA's 30th Anniversary Annual Report
JESNA's commitment to transforming Jewish education is driven by a vision of a vibrant Jewish future. In a world where old models are no longer sufficient to maintain even the status q ...
- Annual Reports
Learn Hebrew Vocabulary Online for free
You can now learn Hebrew online for free and increase your vocabulary with eHebrew.org's dictionary of English & Hebrew terms organized by topic.
http://www.ehebrew.org is a new and one of a kind website to help anyone learn Hebrew quickly. What sets this website apart from other English to Hebrew Dictionaries is that the words are organized into distinct topics, teaching students the most common and useful words in each topic.
With over 1,000 terms and growing, http://www.ehebrew.org looks to be the premier thematically organized He ...
- Books
The Jewish Lens Featured
The Jewish Lens (TJL) provides experiential Jewish educational programming, engaging youth and young adults in the exploration of Jewish values, identity and tradition while discovering the diversity and unity of Klal Yisrael (Jewish Peoplehood). TJL’s innovative methodology couples the emotional impact of photography with more traditional text-based learning, empowering participants to both strengthen their own link to Judaism and then express it through their own photographs and commentary.
- Organizations
Classroom Technology Featured
This webinar, with guest expert Morrisa Golden-Sieradski, is a follow-up discussion to the Quick Bytes newsletter on the same topic (see the newsletter in our archives). Click on the link above to view the full recording of this session (total running time: 44 minutes). You may also wish to visit some of the following resources (not every item on this list was discussed in the webinar):
Custom-built Google Search example
- Interactive Resources - Webinars
- Images
- Audio
- Video
Planting Seeds and Nurturing Sprouts: Farming and Jewish Education, featuring Nati Passow, director of the Jewish Farm School Featured
In March 2012, members of the Jewish Education Change Network participated in a webinar with Nati Passow, Executive Director of the Jewish Farm School. This session discusses the Jewish Farm School and explores its application to Jewish education (both in and out of the farm). Click on the link above to view the full video of this webinar (total running time: 57 minutes).
You may also wish to download the PowerPoint presentation from this session:
Jewish Farm School Presentation (2.3 MB)
- Interactive Resources - Webinars
Making Jewish Education Work: Jewish Service Learning
- Research Reports and Studies - Publications and Dissemination Project
Jewish Education and the Arts: Realizing the Potential
The arts are a powerful vehicle for engaging learners, for deepening their educational experience, and for developing important skills and dispositions that extend well beyond the realm of the arts themselves. Integrating the arts fully into education builds enthusiasm for learning, provokes wonder and reflection, unleashes creativity, broadens perspectives, draws new meaning from familiar experiences, and forges connections among students as they create and critique collaboratively. This proposition is now widely accepted in the general educational world. But, in Jewish education, the arts are utilized to their full potential only sporadically, and the infrastructure and financial support needed to expand the role and impact of the arts are by and large missing.
- Research Reports and Studies - Lippman Kanfer Institute Publications
Day School Education in Challenging Times: Examining the Strategic Options
- Research Reports and Studies - Lippman Kanfer Institute Publications - Working Papers
Transforming Congregational Education: Lessons Learned and Questions for the Future
- Research Reports and Studies - Lippman Kanfer Institute Publications - Working Papers
Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants
This seminal article by author Marc Prensky assesses the new 21st century student culture of "digital natives," the first generation of young people who are "native speakers" of the digital language of computers, video games & the internet (more broadly referred to as social media). How does this transition from digital immigrants to digital natives affect the classroom, and the very nature of our educational system? Though there have been many more advances in the field of social media since this article was first published in 2001, it remains a highly relevant reference when assessing the broad transition of student & classroom culture to the digital world of the 21st century. ...
- Articles
- Journals
Digital Textbook Playbook Featured
- Handbooks and Guides
Jewish Virtual Learning Networks: A mapping of online ‘Communities of Practice’ in the North American Jewish institutional world Featured
- Research Reports and Studies
Technology Integration in the Jewish Classroom Featured
In January 2012, Grsinpoon-Steinhardt Awards winners participated on a webinar with The Jewish Education Project's Miriam Brosseau discussing technology integration in Jewish educational settings. Miriam Brosseau hails from the great state of Wisconsin; at Madison she earned her undergraduate degree in Jewish Studies and Modern Hebrew. She later went on to get a master's in Jewish Professional Studies from the Spertus Institute, where she focused on educational vision, new Jewish culture, and technology. Miriam has worked in educational and programmatic positions with the World Zionist Organization, Shorashim, Hillel, and the BJE of Chicago. Jewish professional by day, Jewish musician by night, Miriam is currently the social media coalitions manager at the Jewish Education Project and half of the "biblegum pop" duo Stereo Sinai....
- Interactive Resources - Webinars
- Images
- Audio
- Video
Mishna & Media Literacy: a Webinar with G-dcast's Sarah Lefton Featured
In January 2012, memebrs of the Jewish Education Change Network participated in a webinar with G-dcast's Sarah Lefton, exploring the interweaving of Mishna learning and media literacy. Click on the link above to view the full recording of this session (total running time: 60 minutes).
- Interactive Resources - Webinars
- Audio
- Video
Quick Bytes-- Government Support of Jewish Day Schools: Entitlements & Opportunities
All government support of education is rooted in legislation. In some cases these laws provide funding for children to attend private schools or provide funding to the private schools themselves. The Jewish community has not maximized its ability to receive the entitlements and opportunities available to its day schools . In order to secure government support it is crucial that the educational leadership know the laws and plan collaborative, strategic activities to access entitlements. This 2-part issue of Quick Bytes explores government support that is available for Jewish Day schools, and how to access these funds and services. Click here for part I, and Category:Fundraising and Grants
- Articles
- Research Reports and Studies
New York University - Wagner/Skirball Dual Degree Program in Non-Profit Management and Judaic Studies
Dual degree program culminating with Master of Public Administration (MPA) in nonprofit management from the Wagner Graduate School of Public Service and Master of Arts (MA) in Hebrew and Judaic Studies from the Graduate School of Arts and Science. The program can be completed in two and a half to three years. Students receive combined comprehensive educational training in Judaic studies and professional management and policy training for public and nonprofit service.
- Programs and Initiatives - Degree Programs
New York University - M.A.: Master of Arts in Education and Jewish Studies and Dual M.A.: Master of Arts in Education and Jewish Studies and Master of Arts in Hebrew and Judaic Studies
The masters programs are designed to enhance the skills and provide training to teachers and aspiring administrators in Jewish educational settings.
Philanthropists and communal organizations have placed a high priority on the recruitment and retention of well-trained professionals in the field of Jewish education, but institutions still struggle to fill their positions with professionals of the quality they seek.
The program in Education and Jewish Studies, with its academic location in a comprehensive school of culture, education, and human development and its physical location in the center of American Jewish communal life, provides a unique environment for students from all backgrounds to prepare for such careers.
While providing a core of academic, research, and cohort experiences in education, Jewish education, and J ...
- Programs and Initiatives - Degree Programs
Learning with The 2011 Jewish Futures Competition Winners Featured
In December 2011, members of the Jewish Education Change Network participated in a webinar with the 2011 Jewish Futures Competition winners, Ben Weiner and Andrea Rose Cheatham Kasper. Andrea and Ben share their proposals for new initiatives blending traditional Jewish values and new modes of engagement, and engage in further discussion with webinar participants (total running time: 59 minutes). Click on the link above to view the full recording. You may also view the winning films, and learn more about Ben Weiner and Andrea Rose Cheatham Kasper, at The Jewish Futures website. To view the winning videos on YouTube, click here for Andrea and ...
- Interactive Resources - Webinars
- Images
- Audio
- Video
Congegational Education and Whole Person Learning Featured
This webinar was recorded in November 2011, and features Cyd Weissman, Director of Innovation in Congregational Learning at the Jewish Education Project in New York (total running time: 62 minutes). Cyd has spearheaded the Jewish Education Project’s work with the Coalition of Innovating Congregations and LOMED, a cutting-edge initiative to transform congregational learning. In the Webinar, Cyd talks talk about some of the latest work with congregations to nurture “holistic learning,” and facilitates discussion among participants. You may also wish to view the entire short film that Cyd shares in the session, "The High Five," on YouTube.
- Interactive Resources - Webinars
- Images
- Audio
- Video