In this blog, we’ve viewed Jewish education and engagement through various frames. This is our first post through a content frame. We need more Jewish in our lives, and we need more Jewish in our Jewish education and engagement. May the voices of the different teachers we feature here …
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Is there room for innovation in Jewish education & engagement in our communities? What does the word “innovation” even mean? We asked Melissa Balaban of IKAR and Rabbi Rachel Nussbaum of Kavana to share with us the nature of their …
How do we become the best resource for young families in our communities? Can we really listen to their needs without a bias towards our own programs and initiatives?
In today’s blog post, Liora Brosbe, family engagement officer at the Jewish Federation of the East Bay and a trained …
Let’s talk about day schools.
In some ways, Jewish day schools are more challenged than ever before: They face governance weaknesses, leadership absences, and, of course, a tuition “crisis.” The issues are not insignificant.
And yet, we see remarkable innovations. Such inno…
Developmentally, teens are in the midst of a significant process of becoming. In the teen years, we begin to move from our parents’ ideas and habits to our own. And at the same time, we are too young to truly be independent — we are deeply influenced by our peers and any mentors we…
