How can we make the leap in Jewish education from Surviving to Thriving?
Consider what it might look like to plan for instruction based on what’s strong with students, not what is wrong with students. For instance, how can instruction be planned to build on strengths such as curiosity, kindness or judgment?
Daniel Rechtschaffen created a framework to think about mindfulness in terms of 5 literacies: physical, mental, emotional, social and global. This workbook explores each of the 5 literacies and provides a variety of practical activites with clear directions for each activity. In additiion, each
A New Publication: Where Jewish Education Helps Student Thrive For more than thirty years, Jonathan Woocher was the preeminent specialist in Jewish education policy in North America. Part educator, part sociologist, part theologian, part anthropologist, and part pundit, he was unique in his role: He
Rabbi Shira Stutman, Senior Rabbi at Sixth & I, discusses a Jewish response to happiness at the 2016 Jewish Futures Conference.
Rabbi Lee Moore, Director of Jewish and Organizational Learning at Lippman Kanfer Foundation for Living Torah, discusses laughter yoga at the 2016 Jewish Futures Conference.
David Bryfman, CEO of The Jewish Education Project, discusses gratitude at the 2016 Jewish Futures Conference.
Professor Dan Ariely, James B. Duke Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Economics at Duke University, discusses how can we be happier at the 2016 Jewish Futures Conference.
Aryeh Ben David, Founder and Director of Ayeka: Center for Soulful Education, discusses happiness in Jewish education at the 2016 Jewish Futures Conference.
Text Study based on the hit musical, Dear Evan Hansen. This text study explores adolescent mental health through examining the gemara coupled with the song "Waving Through a Window".