Resources & Research
The Jewish Education Project is actively tracking trends and opportunities related to educational innovation. We have also learned a great deal from our previous projects and gleaned significant insights and resources that we are sharing here. Through curated resources and original research, we help educators and Jewish communal leaders better understand – and more effectively address – how to adapt models, respond to new research, and hold onto the best of what we have already re-imagined. You can browse or sort through our resources below and you will find them spread throughout our site, labeled Related Resources.
Model Adaptation
Village Temple, New York, NY. All-day mini-camp on days when secular school is not in session and an afterschool Hebrew School. Post-b’nai mitzvah students serve as madrichim/counselors.
Model Adaptation
Temple Israel New Rochelle (TINR), NY. Chavaya uses camp language, feel and a hands-on approach. Students form eidot (communities) to experience chuggim (electives) such as art, drama and music.
Model Adaptation
University Synagogue, Irvine, CA. Adventures in Jewish Education is held in a camp setting and weaves Jewish learning and Hebrew into an all day, once a month, active outdoor experience.
Educational Technology
This year, we were inspired by Jewish texts about the natural world. For each text, we’ve taken out a particular topic you can focus on in your classroom and provided educational technology resources that can help your students reach their learning goals.
Model Adaptation
Congregation Kol Ami White Plains, NY. Mesorah (tradition) is a choice-based model for 7th-12th graders that includes CORE learning and hands-on, experiential, project-based learning electives.
Model Adaptation
Temple Beth Sholom, Roslyn, NY. Learners in grades 1-6 are paired. A child in an older grade serves as a mentor for a child in a younger grade. The pairs, Yedidim (friends/buddies) live Jewish life together and share everyday experiences.
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Congregations establish a set of broad learning requirements and opportunities for fulfilling them. Choices include time, content and approach to learning. A list of Choice-Based Learning Models has been assembled here.
Model
Technology supports online and blended learning, enabling learners to have more control over content, time and the pace of their learning from any location. See a list of Online/Blended Learning Models.
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The obligation to engage in tikkun olam, repairing the world, serves as the focal point for learning, combining study and action. See a list of service learning models.