Sept. 18, 2025
1-1:30 ET via Zoom
Free and open to the public. Registration required at https://www.brandeis.edu/mandel/events/learning-about-learning.html#lal-lasz
Bringing the Big World into the Little Classroom | Learning About Learning with Dr. Lauren Applebaum and Professor Sivan Zakai
What issues in the contemporary world matter most to Jewish children, and how do children make sense of these issues? How do educators make sense of children’s ideas and their implications for the work of Jewish education? American Jewish 4th and 5th graders have concerns about many important world issues—climate change, homelessness, the Russia-Ukraine war, the Israel-Hamas war, political polarization, and so much more—and their teachers face the complexities of addressing political issues, shifting cultural norms, and more. In this session, scholars Lauren Applebaum and Sivan Zakai, both from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, discuss their findings from a collaborative study with Jewish children enrolled in both day and supplementary schools, and their educators.
Moderated by Jon Levisohn (Brandeis University).
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Learning About Learning: Join us virtually for a series of conversations hosted by Mandel Center for Studies in Jewish Education faculty, in which leading scholars of Jewish education discuss what they have learned from their investigations of various aspects of Jewish education, and why it matters.
These events are free and open to the public. Registration is required. Videos and podcasts of past events can be found at https://www.brandeis.edu/mandel/events/videos.html.
Contact Email:mandelcenter@brandeis.edu