The Partnership for Excellence in Jewish Education (PEJE) is a national organization dedicated to supporting day schools as essential vehicles for fostering an engaged Jewish people for an enduring future. It focuses on three critical levers – professional leadership,...
Harry Bloom (hbloom1@yu.edu) is Director of Planning and Performance Improvement at Yeshiva University's Institute for University-School Partnership. Following a 25 year career in industry and consulting, he now helps Jewish day schools strengthen their governance and...
Harry Bloom (hbloom1@yu.edu) is Director of Planning and Performance Improvement at Yeshiva University's Institute for University-School Partnership. Following a 25 year career in industry and consulting, he now helps Jewish day schools strengthen their governance and...
Marion Gribetz and Billy Mencow are Managing Directors of GribetzMencow Consultants, a national consulting firm specializing in strengthening and supporting Jewish education. Their work is influenced by their tenure at the Bureau of Jewish Education of Greater Boston...
Growing up in BoroPark in the 1960s I was literally surrounded by people with numbers tattooed on their arms – my neighbors on both sides, people I saw in shul and the bakery – yet the Shoah was rarely ever discussed. One of the first times I ever heard it mentioned...
1. What are the benefits/disadvantages of emphasizing the Shoah as a key component of Jewish identity formation? 2. Is the Shoah a more important component for Jewish identity in Israel or in the Diaspora? 3. Should the Shoah be taught as from a “universalist”...
Dr. Paul Radensky is the Museum Educator for Jewish Schools at the Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, where he organizes professional training seminars for teachers and yemei iyyun for students. Dr. Radensky has taught at the Bernard Revel...
Daniel Feldman (daniel.feldman@yadvashem.org.il) is a member of the faculty at Yad Vashem's International School for Holocaust Studies, Israel's standard-bearer on Holocaust memory, research and education. In this article, he describes the institution's approach to...
Daniel Feldman (daniel.feldman@yadvashem.org.il) is a member of the faculty at Yad Vashem's International School for Holocaust Studies. Please view the accompanying article, "The Story of Jewish Life: Yad Vashem's Approach to Teaching the Shoah" here. “Children are...
David I. Bernstein, Ph.D., a historian, educator and guide to Eastern Europe, has been teaching general and Jewish history – including the Holocaust – for more than 30 years in the U.S., Israel, and on Jewish heritage trips in Poland and Prague. Formerly the Director...
