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Join NewCAJE 5 at Sinai Temple and lodging at UCLA dorms on August 10-13, 2014. Register now for conference early registration and for the optional pre-conference Shabbat, Aug. 8-9 at UCLA Hillel. NewCAJE conferences bring together all those involved in the transmission of Jewish education and culture. Participants come from most states and many countries. They represent every stream of Judaism and they teach every age group. They are principals, teachers, professors, clergy, musicians, artists and storytellers from across the denominational spectrum. They are lay leaders and parents, entrepreneurs and social media gurus. They work in camps, Day Schools, Hebrew Schools, Jewish Centers and synagogues to name but a few.
Published: 2014
Updated: Mar. 26, 2014
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The 2014 GISHA conference to be held at Hebrew College, Newton Centre, MA on May 4 – 5, 2014, will offer attendees the newest strategies and tools to help build the capacity to create inclusive classrooms and programs. Participants will hear from a variety of experts on topics such as: designing a multisensory classroom for teaching Hebrew reading; managing difficult behaviors in and out of the classroom; adapting behavior plans for supplementary school settings; Supporting and supervising educators in introducing differentiated learning into the classrooms and much more.
Published: 2014
Updated: Mar. 12, 2014
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The Museum invites middle and high school educators, as well as community college faculty to apply to attend the 2014 Belfer National Conference. The conference is funded by a grant from the Belfer Foundation. At the conference, Museum educators and scholars share rationales, strategies, and approaches for teaching about the Holocaust.
Published: 2014
Updated: Mar. 03, 2014
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Jewish communities from across the globe are invited to take part in a three-day online brainstorming marathon next week. The event will be open to all to help formulate strategies for strengthening both Jewish identity and Israel-Diaspora relations while ensuring the Jewish world continues to flourish well into the future. The event is being organized by the Government of Israel and World Jewry Joint Initiative and is designed to expand the debate on the future of the Jewish people to every individual, community or organization interested in taking part.
Published: 2014
Updated: Feb. 12, 2014
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Drisha Institute offers Torah study programs this summer with world-class educators in an open and inclusive environment. Join Drisha Institute’s June Kollel (Coed; May 28- June 28, 2014) and July College Kollel (Women Only; July 6- August 8, 2014). Both programs are designed to engage college-aged students through immersive text study in an environment in which Torah is studied with passion, rigor and commitment.
Published: 2015
Updated: Feb. 05, 2014
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High school students from around the world spend five weeks (June 29 - August 1, 2014) together, building their knowledge and friendships at Drisha Institute. Known as the Dr. Beth Samuels High School Program, it provides young women with an opportunity to immerse in the study of classical Jewish texts, including Tanakh, Talmud, Halakha and Philosophy. Students live together and engage in both academic and social activities throughout the month.
Published: 2014
Updated: Feb. 05, 2014
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Over five hundred day school educators, lay leaders, and administrators gathered in Los Angeles for “Moving the Needle: Galvanizing Change in Our Day Schools.” Hosted by RAVSAK and Pardes and geared toward Community and Reform schools, this day school leadership conference featured keynotes, workshops, networking opportunities, and “deep dives” into areas of field-wide interest. Several pressing areas affecting day schools attracted significant attention.
Published: 2014
Updated: Feb. 05, 2014
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Yesterday was the end of the three-day Ravsak/Pardes Jewish Day School Leadership conference in Los Angeles which I attended. In fact, I actually stayed on a bit longer speaking with Ken Gordon of PEJE and JEDLAB fame engaging in a very thoughtful conversation about Jewish education, its present state, its future and ways to move the needle (the theme of the conference) in our schools and the field. I could not think of a better way to end the conference as it was the personification of my conference experience.
Published: 2014
Updated: Jan. 29, 2014
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Limmud FSU announced this week that the upcoming Limmud FSU conference in Belarus, planned for this June, will feature a special event in memory of the late Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon whose parents were born in Belarus. The conference is planned to take place in his father’s hometown of Brest and official representation from both the Belarus and Israeli governments is expected. According to Limmud FSU co-founders Chaim Chesler and Sandra Cahn, 700 Russian-speaking young adults from across Belarus, Ukraine, Russia and the Baltic states will attend.
Published: 2014
Updated: Jan. 22, 2014
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The National Yiddish Book Center Great Jewish Books Summer Program brings together a select group of rising high school juniors and seniors on the campus of Hampshire College to read, discuss, argue about, and fall in love with powerful and enduring works of modern Jewish literature. Participants study with respected literary scholars, meet prominent contemporary authors, and connect with other teens from across the country. The 2014 program runs from Sunday, August 3 through Sunday, August 10. Every accepted participant receives a scholarship for the full cost of tuition, room, board, books, and special events.
Published: 2014
Updated: Jan. 15, 2014