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Deep Rich Jewish Content: Overview and Methodologies
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What is Deep Rich Jewish Content?

Deep Rich Jewish Content (DRJC) methodologies invite learners to actively engage with primary texts, sources, and materials from across the spectrum of Jewish history and communal life. Through rigorous exploration and open inquiry, learners grapple with the multi-vocality of Jewish sources, cultivating transformative understandings and a commitment to continuous learning. Learners co-create their own learning, fostering lifelong Jewish belonging.

The Six DRJC Tools: 

  1. Use of Primary Text
  2. Textual Layering
  3. Explore Text through Multiple Modalities
  4. Create a Relationship Centered Pedagogy
  5. Demonstrate Authenticity and Vulnerability in the Classroom
  6. Develop Self Efficacy in Learners

An Invitation to Deepen and Enrich:

The DRJC Videos: 

These seven videos offer a chance to learn more about DRJC and hear from leading practitioners in the field about how to implement the tools of DRJC in your learning setting.

Other Resources: 

This Fall, we will be launching the DRJC eCourse - an asynchronous online training resource where educators can dive deeper into each of these tools and learn how to incorporate them into their learning settings. 

Interested in learning more? Sign up here for updates on the forthcoming DRJC eCourse. 

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Deep Rich Jewish Content Toolkit: Overview

Learn more about the Deep Rich Jewish Content toolkit from Rabba Yaffa Epstein and Rabbi David Levy.

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Tool 1: Use of Primary Text

Ilana Gleicher-Bloom explores bringing primary texts into the classroom.

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Tool 2: Textual Layering

Mara Braunfeld explores how allowing multiple texts to be in conversation with one another deepens Jewish learning.

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Tool 3: Explore Text Through Multiple Modalities

Rabbi Rebecca Milder explores how multimodal learning can help learners engage with text.

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Tool 4: Create a Relationship-Centered Pedagogy

Deborah Niederman, RJE explores how relationships can anchor learners' explorations of Jewish text.

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Tool 5: Demonstrate Authenticity and Vulnerability in the Classroom

Rabbi Kerrith Solomon explores how authenticity and vulnerability can deepen learners' relationship to Jewish text.

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Tool 6: Develop Self-Efficacy in Learners

Beverly Socher-Lerner explores how self-efficacy can grow learners' engagement with the text and themselves.

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