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Learning About Learning: Conversations with Scholars of Jewish EducationEpisode 7: Inside Jewish Day Schools Book Discussion | Dr. Alex Pomson and Professor Jack WertheimerWhat can we learn from carefully crafted portraits of nine well-regarded Jewish day schools that vary in size, location, sponsorship, ideological orientation? How do these schools go about their work and how do school leaders respond to the pressing challenges that day schools face in the 21st century?Authors Alex Pomson and Jack Wertheimer share highlights from their 2022 book, Inside Jewish Day Schools: Leadership, Learning and Community and respond to comments and questions from Amanda Pogany (Luria Academy), Daniel Held (UJA Federation of Greater Toronto) and Susie Tanchel (Hebrew College). Sharon Feiman-Nemser (Mandel Center for Studies in...2022-11-101h 03
Prizmah Podcasts: Podcasts by Prizmah Center for Jewish Day SchoolsResearch Encounter: Putting Creativity at the Heart of Jewish SchoolingDr. Miriam Heller Stern, National Director of the HUC-JIR School of Education in Los Angeles, and Susie Tanchel, head of school at JCDS Boston, talk about creativity as a vital component of a school’s mission and vision. They explore how the school's conception of creativity can be guided by Jewish values, and ways that it can inform school culture, curriculum and pedagogy.
2020-04-0234 min