By the Jewish Education & Engagement staff, with input from The Jewish Education Project
Life doesn’t take place in classrooms. Education doesn’t even take place in classrooms. The best schools today use technology to bring their students to real-world experiences. Students learn …
As we explore this thing called engagement that has taken the Jewish world by storm, Heather Paul, Jewish engagement lead at the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle, gives us a look at the practice of engagement, at what an engagement professional does every day—and at why it matters.
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Jewish peoplehood could be said to refer to the idea that there is such a thing as collective Jewish life in which we engage when we engage in Jewish civilization, when we live Jewishly. We can live more intertwined or less, more responsible to each other or less.
Over the 20th century,…
Makom, the Israel Education Lab of The Jewish Agency for Israel, empowers educators, rabbis, activists, and arts and community leaders across the spectrum to ask tough questions and articulate compelling visions for their communities in the area of Israel education and engagement. Here, Robb…
In 2016, even as the world around us has changed, Federations have remained true to our historic purpose. Still, we have changed our tactics in response to new generations' attitudes toward community, philanthropy, religion and culture.
Robert Kovach, president and CEO of the Jewish Fede…
