Published:
Spring, 2016
Source: HaYidion – Spring 2016
When formulating a vision of what they want their students to learn, day school educators need to start with a shared understanding of Jewish literacy. This issue explores the connections between a vision of Jewish literacy and a Jewish curriculum. Authors consider the purposes and goals of literacy; suggest ways that Jewish sources can serve as an educational framework; advocate for various subjects, curricular emphases and pedagogical or delivery methods; and share specific initiatives that they have developed.
Among the articles in this issue are:
- Between Universalism and Particularism: Rethinking the Teaching of Jewish History - Jonathan Krasner
- What Sticks? - Four Day School Alumni
- From Multiple Choice to Multiple Choices: Rethinking Israel Literacy in Our Schools
- Jewish Literature and Literacy - Josh Lambert
- Staying Alive: Embracing Curricular Change and Collaboration - Barbara Ellison Rosenblit
- Thinking Jewishly: The Role Of Student Programs in a Judaics Curriculum - Larry Kutler
- Jewish Literacy: Mi Yode’a? - Barbara Davis
- Working Together for a Bright Future - Rebekah Farber
- Column: Embracing the Practical - Miriam Heller Stern
- Redeeming Jewish Literacy - Jon A. Levisohn
- Tanakh Literacy, for the Jewish Present - Rafi Cashman
- Jewish Fluency: Creating a New Culture - Abi Dauber Sterne
- Room to Breathe: Creating Air in Pluralistic Jewish Education - Eliezer Sneiderman
- Jewish Literacy Versus Jewish Identity: Teachers’ Reflections - Sarah Levy
- Hebrew Literacy: Passport and Lynchpin - Elie Kaunfer
- The Day School Library: Vital Link Between Information and the Classroom - Aviva Adler
- Jewish Sources As a Guide to Curriculum and Pedagogy - Hagit Dotan
- Online Curricula: Literacy with Flexibility - Ilana Lipman
- Planning the Unplannable: When Life Interrupts the Curriculum - Deborah Skolnick Einhorn
- Literacy Day - Lea Keil Garson
- Literacy: The Gift of Many Things - Idana Goldberg
- To Learn to Teach - Brian King
- Mikvah: A J-Stem Project - Howard Finkelstein
- Jewish Mysticism - Catherine Lasser