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The Lookstein Center offers professional development opportunities for Jewish educators around the world. On-site workshops, seminars, and programs Online courses in Jewish studies and pedagogy Coaching for new and veteran teachers (packages available) Programs via...
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Board of Directors
Mr. Ofer Dahan, Executive Director, International School, Bar-Ilan University Prof. Eli Holzer, School of Education, Bar-Ilan University Professor Rivka Tuval-Mashiach, Vice President for International Affairs and the Third Mission, Bar-Ilan University (Chair) Mr....
Lentil Soup for Parashat Toldot (נזיד עדשים)
Looking for a quick and easy lentil soup to prepare, in honor of the weekly reading? Bereshit chapter 25, verse 34: "And Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentils; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way." וְיַעֲקֹב נָתַן לְעֵשָׂו לֶחֶם וּנְזִיד...
Creating a Rubric for the Tefillah Experience
Rabbi Eliot Feldman (efeldman18@gmail.com) is a former congregational rabbi, head of school and veteran Jewish educator who now creates and provides professional development experiences for education and nonprofit organizations. Eliot Feldman shares a rubric for...
Tefillah, Inquiry, and the Power of Text Study
Ziva R. Hassenfeld is a post doctoral fellow at the Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Center for Studies in Jewish Education at Brandeis University. Ziva doctoral research focuses on the tools and reading strategies young children employ when reading Biblical texts as...
Meeting the Middle School Students’ Tefillah Challenge: A “Hands-On” Approach
Chaim Feuerman holds the Golda Koschitzky Chair in Jewish Education at Yeshiva University’s Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration. Rabbi Dr. Feuerman has headed day schools and has served as professional developer/consultant to Jewish day...
Enriching the Prayer Experience through Writing Psalms
Russell Jay Hendel (RHendel@Towson.edu) is Adjunct Professor of Mathematics at Towson University and is pursuing a doctorate in Jewish studies at the Spertus Institute. He has written extensively on biblical exegesis as well as on education, and he also runs the...
Tefillah Education: A Pedagogy of Direction
Tamara Frankel teaches Jewish studies and coordinates the Tefillah program at Rochelle Zell Jewish High School in suburban Chicago. Over the last six years, Tamara has become particularly interested in the relationship between text study and social emotional learning...