Bringing New Young Families Into Our Day Schools

Bringing New Young Families Into Our Day Schools

by | Jan 4, 2016

By: Nili Simhai What does it take for someone to feel welcome in a new space?  What does it take for someone to think of themselves as part of a new social circle? These questions may not seem relevant to the issue of growing day school enrollment, but they are at the...

Five New Year’s Resolutions for the Jewish Day School Field

by | Dec 28, 2015

By: Dr. Harry Bloom It is that time of year. Secular New Year’s resolution time. Since I spend most of my waking hours managing the PEJE Atidenu Recruitment & Retention and Governance & Fundraising Academy programs (co-funded by The AVI CHAI Foundation), my...

What a Charleston Fundraiser Teaches Us

by | Jul 30, 2015

Cross-posted from eJewishPhilanthropy In this guest post, Jill Goldenberg, Executive Director of PEJE, shares thoughts about fundraising and school sustainability. She draws from her experiences with Generations, an endowment-building program, as well as a recent PEJE...

Uncommon Conversations at NAJDS 2015

by | Mar 10, 2015

Cross-posted here on eJewishPhilanthropy This week, more than 1,000 Jewish day school educators, lay leaders, and administrators are gathering in Philadelphia for the North American Jewish Day School Conference 2015: Uncommon Connections. With a tagline of “Schools,...

Day School Tuition: If You Lower It, Will They Come?

by | Feb 18, 2015

This post is cross-posted from HaYidion. By Daniel Perla In Field of Dreams, actor Kevin Costner plays an Iowa farmer who builds a baseball field on his land after hearing a mysterious voice which whispers “if you build it, HE will come.” “HE” is a former baseball...
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