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Sustainability by the Numbers
by Guest | Jun 2, 2014 |
This post is cross-posted here on PEJE's blog. By Amy Katz The following is a text version of the speech Amy Katz, Executive Director of PEJE, delivered at the Recruitment & Retention Academy Summit in Chicago. In 1997, when a group of visionary philanthropists...
Israel Education: One Size Does Not Fit All
by YossiPrager | May 28, 2014 |
This post is cross-posted here on The Jewish Week. By: Yossi Prager On June 1, thousands of day school students in the New York area will march in the Israel Day parade. While they will march by school, new research highlights differences among students within...
Supporting “Field-Building” Organizations
by YossiPrager | May 21, 2014 |
This post is cross-posted here on eJewishPhilanthropy. For the overall welfare of our community, we believe Jewish funders – local, regional, national – should find ways to support national field-building organizations as well as local providers. ***** More on...
Why Jewish Engagement, L’Dor Va’Dor?
by Deborah Fishman | May 19, 2014 |
This post is cross-posted here on eJewishPhilanthropy. By Deborah Fishman Conversations about Jewish engagement (for better or worse, often centered around engagement of the “next generation”) frequently involve a certain degree of hand-wringing about the state of...
Case Study Los Angeles: An Interview with Gil Graff
by Guest | May 15, 2014 |
Who are some of the educational leaders advancing the day school field? I had the opportunity to meet with some of them during the recent Moving the Needle and iJED day school conferences, where hundreds of day school administrators, lay leaders, and other educational...
Would My Mother Be Proud?
by Guest | May 13, 2014 |
This article is cross posted from Rabbi Winaker's blog. By: Rabbi Jeremy Winaker I finally did it. I got into Harvard! Seriously. I have been selected to attend Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education Principals’ Center program “Improving Schools: The Art of...
Hearts and Minds: Israel in North American Jewish Day Schools
by Jack Wertheimer | May 1, 2014 |
This post is cross-posted here on eJewishPhilanthropy. By: Alex Pomson and Jack Wertheimer Israel, we are informed with regularity, is a source of ongoing and bitter strife among American Jews. According to a cascade of press reports, rabbis feel themselves muzzled...
Leadership: Taking Time Out for the Bigger Picture
by Deborah Fishman | Apr 28, 2014 |
Who are some of the educational leaders advancing the day school field? I had the opportunity to meet with some of them during the recent Moving the Needle and iJED day school conferences, where hundreds of day school administrators, lay leaders, and other educational...
Trends in Judaism Impact iTALAM Thinking
by Deborah Fishman | Apr 7, 2014 |
By: Deborah Fishman The iTaL AM Think Tank was designed to explore important issues necessary to consider in developing a digital Hebrew and Heritage curriculum. One such topic was: “Trends in Judaism in the 21st Century and Their Implications for Jewish Education.”...
The “Jewish” at Camp: It’s Leader-Powered
by Deborah Fishman | Mar 27, 2014 |
This post is cross-posted here on eJewishPhilanthropy. By: Deborah Fishman Over 650 Jewish camp professionals and devotees gathered for the Foundation for Jewish Camp’s Leaders Assembly this week. With the tagline of “One field. Moving Forward,” the conference...