Section archive - Learning Resources

In response to requests from administrators and principals, Jewish Interactive is sharing online resources for children affected by potential school closures and cancellation of other Jewish educational programs.

The IDF Widows and Orphans Organization has developed a Yom Hazikaron Educational Kit for Jewish educators around the world. This educational program was created for students in Jewish day schools in order to reach world Jewry on a more personal level and to teach them about the importance of Yom Hazikaron: Israeli Memorial Day.

February is known as Jewish Disability Awareness, Acceptance & Inclusion Month (JDAIM) — the Jewish community’s unified national initiative to raise disability awareness and support efforts to foster inclusion in Jewish communities worldwide. Throughout the year on The New Normal: Blogging Disability, we are proud to focus on the voices of people with disabilities as well as their family members, educators, advocates and community members speaking about disability and Jewish life. Still, we appreciate how JDAIM shines an extra light on the importance of disability inclusion throughout the month and hope that you’ll read these 10 short essays from New Normal contributors.

Nonprofit educational media company Jerusalem U announced today that it will rename the organization OpenDor Media. The new name focuses on OpenDor Media’s mission of informing and educating the current generation – dor in Hebrew – through media. This name replaces Jerusalem U, which often was confused with a university.