Research, Ideas and Values

It’s Time for Truly Disruptive Jewish Education

Posted by Jack Wertheimer on April 29, 2019 at 1:44 pm No Responses » Tagged with: Peoplehood, Religious Purposefulness Categories: Research, Ideas and Values

Apr 292019

By: Dr. Jack Wertheimer Cross-posted from Gleanings, the ejournal of the William Davidson Graduate School of Jewish Education of The Jewish Theological Seminary. Observers of American Jewish life are divided about many issues, but there seems to be a solid consensus that Jewish religious life today differs radically from the past. On the one hand, rising numbers

Getting Beyond the Survey

Posted by Susan Kardos on January 31, 2019 at 8:45 am No Responses » Tagged with: prizmah Categories: Research, Ideas and Values

Jan 312019

By: Dr. Susan Kardos In November, I wrote a piece posted here about the wide chasm that often exists between research and practice. In that post I promised additional posts related to the broader topic of “evidence informed decision making.” During the first week of January in a WeWork conference space in New York City,

Giving Away Knowledge, Free of Charge

Posted by dfuchs on January 17, 2019 at 11:00 am No Responses » Tagged with: e-Jewish Philanthropy, Philanthropy Categories: Research, Ideas and Values

Jan 172019

This piece is cross-posted in eJewishPhilanthropy. By Deena K. Fuchs I woke up January 1st with an uneasy feeling. It was officially the first day of the last year of The AVI CHAI Foundation’s grantmaking. This is not the time, nor the place to go into how that feels and the myriad conflicting thoughts that go

The Research-Practice Divide in Jewish Education

Posted by Susan Kardos on November 2, 2018 at 10:08 am No Responses » Tagged with: casje Categories: Research, Ideas and Values

Nov 022018

By: Susan Kardos When I was first hired at AVI CHAI almost ten years ago, it was to facilitate a process to determine the foundation’s 10-year spend down strategy; our doors will close on December 31, 2019. We engaged our own professionals, board members, and field leaders outside of AVI CHAI in multiple, themed workgroups

An Open Book: How AVI CHAI’s Spend Down is Impacting its Work

Posted by dfuchs on August 23, 2018 at 8:27 am No Responses » Tagged with: Philanthropy Categories: Capacity Building Research, Ideas and Values

Aug 232018

This piece is cross-posted from eJewishPhilanthropy. By Deena Fuchs At a recent gathering, conversation turned to AVI CHAI’s impending spend-down at the close of 2019. A number of colleagues expressed interest in hearing more about the spend-down and its implications. I was actually surprised by the request for more information. Since announcing the spend-down more

The Jewish of the Prizmah Conference: Communicating Your Goals

Posted by Deborah Fishman on March 13, 2017 at 10:58 am No Responses » Tagged with: Center for Research and Policy Categories: Research, Ideas and Values

Mar 132017

In this previous blog post, I wrote about one trend in day school Jewish mission and vision that I observed at the Prizmah Conference: an emphasis on standards for different aspects of Judaic studies. In this second post, I will explore a second takeaway from the sessions I attended: It is crucial for school leaders

What is Effective Educational Leadership in Jewish Day Schools and How can it be Nurtured and Sustained?

Posted by Susan Kardos on November 21, 2016 at 9:15 am No Responses » Tagged with: casje Categories: Day School Leadership Research, Ideas and Values

Nov 212016

Cross-posted from eJewishPhilanthropy. By Susan Kardos and Ellen Goldring CASJE (the Consortium for Applied Studies in Jewish Education) recently released findings from the first phase of a study conducted by American Institute of Research (AIR). In Leadership in Context: The Conditions for Success of Jewish Day School Leaders, researchers offer valuable insight about specific leadership

Connecting Research to Practice

Posted by Guest on June 30, 2016 at 3:26 pm No Responses » Tagged with: casje Categories: Research, Ideas and Values

Jun 302016

By Michael Feuer A dedicated community of scholars, education leaders, and funders is working to build new bridges and roads to connect good research to the problems and challenges of Jewish education. This vision forms the basic rationale for CASJE – the Consortium for Applied Studies in Jewish Education. At the risk of overdoing the

Pushing Against the Tefillah Ceiling

Posted by Deborah Fishman on November 6, 2015 at 12:01 pm 1 Response » Tagged with: Case Studies, Center for Research and Policy Categories: Research, Ideas and Values

Nov 062015

Last spring, AVI CHAI released 20 case studies exploring how Jewish day schools enact their Jewish missions. We have been further delving into the issues which the studies bring to life through a series of webinars, hosted by Dr. Jack Wertheimer, Director of AVI CHAI’s Center for Research and Policy and Professor of American Jewish