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Julie Wiener writes in the Jewish Week about a new effort to have schools practice greater efficiency which has resulted in savings of tens of millions of dollars for nearly 40 Jewish day schools across the nation. These schools are participating in a “benchmarking” process spearheaded by Yeshiva University’s Institute for University-School Partnership.
Published: 2012
Updated: Mar. 05, 2012
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The Partnership for Excellence in Jewish Education (PEJE), released a new issue of their bi-monthly webzine - Sustained! Viable Jewish Day Schools for an Enduring Future. This issue contains interesting materials to help ensure the continued vitality of Jewish day schools.
Published: 2012
Updated: Feb. 29, 2012
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The Covenant Foundation recently announced nearly $900,000 in new grants as part of its mission to support and advance excellence and impact in Jewish education. The new round of grants underscores a commitment to initiatives across the landscape of Jewish educational experiences, settings and audiences, and propel innovative work in technology, new media, youth engagement and community building through education.
Published: 2012
Updated: Jan. 24, 2012
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Abigail Pickus writes in eJewish Philanthropy about three niche-driven yeshivot – a few of many that range from secular to religious and even environmental – that are popping up throughout Jerusalem, creating new opportunities for Jewish learning for young and old adults throughout the city. The Jerusalem Secular Yeshiva, Yeshivat Talpiyot and Threshold whose leaders have trained as Fellows on PresenTense’s Community Entrepreneur Partnership (CEP), aim to change the adult Jewish studies landscape of the Holy City.
Published: 2011
Updated: Dec. 25, 2011
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Rose Youth Foundation (RYF) marked its first 10 years of Jewish youth engagement in 2010. To understand the impact of RYF, Rose Community Foundation commissioned an external evaluation from Formative Evaluation Research Associates (FERA). The key findings of the resulting report, “Rose Youth Foundation Ten Years of Impact: Jewish Teens Engaged in Grantmaking and Leadership,” presented in summary here, show that RYF has had a significant positive effect on its teen participants both during and after their RYF experience.
Published: 2011
Updated: Dec. 20, 2011
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Babaganewz is working in collaboration with American Jewish World Service to bring you an exciting educational initiative called “Where Do You Give? Reimagining Tzedakah for the 21st Century.” Through online interactive media, educational resources, and a design competition, Where Do You Give? will engage students in critical questions about where we give tzedakah, to whom we give, and why.
Published: 2012
Updated: Dec. 07, 2011
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The third annual North American Jewish Day School Conference will be held January 15-17, 2012 in Atlanta, GA at the Sheraton Atlanta Hotel. Convened by the “quartet” of RAVSAK, PARDeS, the Schechter Day School Network, and the University-School Partnership at Yeshiva University - and new this year, in collaboration with PEJE- this extraordinary 3-day conference will convene more than 700 Jewish day school leaders across the spectrum of Jewish life for an intensive focus on the unique value proposition of day schools: ensuring a vibrant Jewish future through Jewish literacy, commitments, and values.
Published: 2012
Updated: Dec. 07, 2011
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Leah Meir, Program Officer at The AVI CHAI Foundation, writes about how Jewish institutions have begun to realize how social networks could serve as a tool for strengthening both the Jewish community and the broader world. Not only young entrepreneurs are taking advantage of social capital, prominent foundations in the Jewish community are also moving in that direction. She describes some of the initiatives of AVI CHAI to help Jewish day schools and camps think and function in a more networked way.
Published: 2011
Updated: Dec. 07, 2011
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Nearly 400 young parents attended an open house recently for a Modern Orthodox yeshiva, planning to open in Bergenfield, N.J., next fall, that will not only offer a bargain-rate tuition but promises to be a model for Jewish education in the 21st century.
Published: 2011
Updated: Dec. 07, 2011
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Five promising Jewish educators from across the country are the first-ever recipients of The Pomegranate Prize, established by The Covenant Foundation to honor and nurture exceptional, emerging professionals. The Foundation announced the establishment of the new prize - and the inaugural recipients – at its annual award ceremony during the General Assembly of the Jewish Federations of North America in Denver, CO.
Published: 2011
Updated: Dec. 07, 2011