Podcasts

Podcasts

Check out our archive of the 2010 podcast series "Classroom Teaching with Mark Smilowitz." Rabbi Mark Smilowitz is a seasoned educator who has taught Judaic studies for middle school, high school, and post-high school ages in the classroom setting in New Jersey,...

Learning From COVID

Learning From COVID

Throughout the COVID crisis, the discomfort of the daily uncertainty was often echoed in the familiar refrain of, “I just can’t wait to go back.” Zoom fatigue, social distancing, and the need to always be on watch, fed on each other in a spiraling yearning for going...

Learning From COVID

Summer-2021

Journal CreditsView or Print Full Journal in PDFOrder YourHard Copy Now!editors introductionEducational ChangeAdministrationSocial EmotionalTeaching and LearningProfessional Development

Meaning-Making in Jewish Education

Meaning-Making in Jewish Education

A number of years ago, at a community Shabbaton in Cape Town, I was presented with a dilemma. Until then, the government oversaw all learning even in private schools. That meant that there were governmental standards in Jewish studies and that Jewish studies grades...

Resources and Collections

Check out our resource collections for lesson plans, videos, activities, digital content and more! Our Resources are created by The Lookstein Center staff or contributed by partner Jewish educators and organizations.

What is Hanukkah מַאי חֲנוּכָּה Digital Lesson

What is Hanukkah מַאי חֲנוּכָּה A digital lesson by The Lookstein CenterShabbat 21b:10 What is Hanukkah? The Sages taught "On the twenty-fifth of Kislev, the days of Hanukkah are eight. One may not eulogize on them and one may not fast on them.When the Greeks entered...

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