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Recipients of the 2017-18 Qushiyot fellowship, who will spend the year learning and collaborating on projects to improve Israel education, have been announced.

Two past recipients of The Jewish Education Project Young Pioneers Award -- Yoni Stadlin and Jane Tuv -- honored with Covenant Foundation Pomegranate Prize.

Since taking the Oath of Allegiance, David Bryfman has been asked the same two questions by many people. “Why would you want to become an American citizen?” and “Of all times, why now?”

You never know who you might meet at our annual Jewish Futures Conference. Suri Jacknis, Director of Educator Networks for The Jewish Education Project, recounts how she learned about the ways funeral professionals explain death to children.

Some people put off explaining death to children until they are forced to address it. Stephanie Garry of Plaza Jewish Community Chapel tries to have these conversations sooner, giving children a sense of what this life cycle event means and how they can be prepared to deal with their feelings about it.

“I know you’re really good at X, so we’re going to talk about that and put it into Hebrew.” Yeshiva Har Torah educator and Young Pioneers Award recipient Sara Duani shares tips for teaching Hebrew language so that it sticks.

Children and parents have many questions about how and why life ends and how to explain it. Here are five of the most common from each.

It is an awesome power to be able to learn anything, anytime. But how we find, analyze, interpret, and evaluate this influx of information is of paramount importance to how each of our worldviews is shaped and our personal opinions defined.

"As adults, we must not let our knowledge of real-life violent adult events taint the innocence of childhood," writes a Jewish early childhood educator who survived a mass shooting.

By catering to their specific interests, a new wave of summer programs is convincing teens to experience Israel, explains Susan Wachsstock, Managing Director of Teen Engagement.