Conservative Synagogue Adath Israel of Riverdale, Bronx, NY. Project Chaverim (friends) empowers teens in grades 10-12 to work with learners in grades 3 and 4, building community while strengthening Hebrew and prayer reading skills.
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.
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.
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.
Elizabeth Yarri is both an artist and a creative educator. Watch as she reflects and leads students through a creative process infused with Jewish content.
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.
Make giving to others the centerpiece of your Purim celebration with this activity.
Using the lens of Mordecai and Haman, this project has students consider the good and bad in their lives.