Jewish Education Change Network

May 2011 Blog Posts (6)

Tomorrow! Tomorrow! I Love Ya Tomorrow!

I had a conversation with a Rabbi recently. He was upset because a cantorial colleague of his had decided to strike out on her own, performing “destination B’nai Mitzvah”, divorcing herself from synagogue life, and setting up private Hebrew schools in community club-houses. He fretted that this is antithetical to the idea of community and affiliation. He felt that to be a true part of the Jewish community, one needed to belong to a synagogue. He continued, pointing out that he knows that times… Continue

Added by Peter Eckstein on May 31, 2011 at 7:03pm — 1 Comment

REPOST: Day Schools vs. Informal/Supplementary Jewish Education

As originally posted on: 21st Century Jewish Ed

http://21stcenturyjewished.blogspot.com/2011/05/day-schools-vs-informalsupplementary.html

Having walked both sides of the proverbial fence, I find myself highly interested…

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Added by Anna Salomon on May 30, 2011 at 2:31pm — No Comments

DigitalJLearning Network: Online Learning and Jewish Day High Schools

Is your day school high school/ yeshiva integrating online learning in general studies as part of its formal course catalogue? Is your school gearing up to launch such a program during the 2011-2012 academic year? If so, check out the new DigitalJLearning Network, a…

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Added by Caren Levine on May 23, 2011 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Comprehensive Exam On Tefilas Shacharis

I am pleased to announce that the Beurei Hatefila Institute has published a comprehensive examination on Tefilas Shacharis that schools can use to test the level of knowledge their graduating students have accumulated concerning Tefilas Shacharis during their years at the schools. Schools should choose whether to administer the full 102 question test or just selected questions. The link to the test can be found on the home page of the Beurei Hatefila Institute website:…

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Added by Abe Katz on May 12, 2011 at 5:49pm — No Comments

AVI CHAI Scholarships for Day School Administrators at ISTE: Deadline Today!

The AVI CHAI Foundation is awarding 10 scholarships to administrators at Jewish day schools in North America. Preference will be given to Jewish studies oriented educators. As part of the scholarship, awardees are required to contribute their reflections on the AVI CHAI blog. Details and the AVI CHAI Scholarship application can be found…

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Added by Caren Levine on May 12, 2011 at 9:30am — No Comments

Invitation to add to spreadsheet on Google Docs

I invite you to add your Judaic classroom applications to the spreadsheet on web tools for Jewish educators and teacher trainers. If you do add some information, I also encourage you to share your contact information in the last column of the document. By the way I just added two tutorials to the spreadsheet so that the document is more user or teacher friendly: (1) a tutorial on how to add items to the spreadsheet,… Continue

Added by Richard D Solomon, PhD on May 1, 2011 at 4:36pm — No Comments