Acclaimed writer, educator, rabbi, and scholar Ariel Burger speaks about the task of the educator on Yom HaShoah—Holocaust Remembrance Day—and every day. A devoted protégé and friend of Elie Wiesel, Burger is the author of Witness: Lessons from Elie Wiesel’s Classroom.
The Lookstein Center's collection of Yom HaShoah lesson plans, videos, articles, survivor testimonies, and more.
October 7th was the largest attempt at genocide against the Jewish people since the Holocaust. What does this moment reveal about modern antisemitism and the importance of Holocaust studies today? Joining Samantha Vinokor-Meinrath this week is Alyssa Weinstein-Sears, a longtime educator and
Mishnafari provides a Jewish SEL sample lesson on self-control and inner strength through Pirkei Avot, with songs, stories, discussion prompts, posters, and hands-on classroom activities.
This brochure will give parents and educators ideas about how and when to use books to help children cope with loss.
Mishnafari provides a Jewish SEL sample lesson on respect, self-worth, and recognizing the value of every person and every part of creation through Pirkei Avot, with stories, songs, discussion prompts, and hands-on classroom activities.
Provides information for parents and caregivers about infectious disease outbreaks in your community.
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