Congregation Emanu-El of NYC. 8th graders explore different ways of doing social justice including fundraising and philanthropy, community organizing and advocacy as well as the Jewish context for these approaches. They volunteer throughout the year.
Temple Shaaray Tefila, New York, NY. MASA (the Hebrew word means journey) is an innovative year-long Jewish educational “journey” for groups of 25 families with children in grades K-7.
Temple Beth-El of Great Neck, NY. FACEtime learners meet once a week face-to-face as a class, meet individually with a Hebrew coach either on skype or face-to-face, and engage in eight family learning experiences during the school year.
Temple Beth Sholom, Roslyn, NY. Shabbat Family Study for 3rd-7th graders and their families is an innovative way to get families to learn, eat and pray together 10 times a year.
Ahavat Achim Synagogue, Atlanta, GA. Students and their families meet five times a year, outside of regular religious school hours, as a group based on geographic location, to celebrate and learn about mitzvot.
A tagged searchable collection of resources from work over the last 20 years with nearly 200 congregations done by the Experiment in Congregational Education’s (ECE).
Research and presentations by staff and consultants of the Jewish Education Project at the Network for Research in Jewish Education.
Aliza Kline, Executive Director of One Table, discusses personal happiness at the 2016 Jewish Futures Conference.
Professor Dan Ariely, James B. Duke Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Economics at Duke University, discusses happiness and the paradox of choice at the 2016 Jewish Futures Conference.
David Bryfman, CEO of The Jewish Education Project, discusses the mood meter and delivers a final reflection at the 2016 Jewish Futures Conference.