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Learning About Learning: Conversations with Scholars of Jewish EducationEpisode 39: Spotlight on Jewish Education Two Years After October 7Two years after October 7, that date seems to mark a watershed in Jewish life around the world, including in North America. In this session, we explore how American Jewish educators and Jewish educational institutions have responded, how the changed environment has affected their work, and how they might need to think differently about the work of Jewish education in the days and years to come.Panelists included Nina Bruder (Jewish New Teacher Project), Alex Pomson (Rosov Consulting), Matt Reingold (Rosov Consulting), Miriam Heller Stern (BJE: Builders of Jewish Education) w...
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Latina TodayLa Violencia Comunitaria y su Interconexción con la Salud MentalLa Dra. Ivette Noriega, Investigadora Asociada Sénior en el Centro Begun para la Investigación y Educación en Prevención de la Violencia, Escuela de Ciencias Sociales Aplicadas Jack, Joseph y Morton Mandel, conversó con Lorena Mora-Mowry sobre su experiencia como latina fronteriza. Creció en familias y comunidades con experiencias binacionales, lo que le inculcó un sentido de sacrificio diario para acceder a la educación.
La Dra. Noriega estudió la secundaria en El Paso, Texas, y comenzó sus estudios universitarios en premedicina en Texas Tech University. Sin embargo, el inicio de la guerra del narcotráfico en México la l...
2025-11-1735 minLearning About Learning: Conversations with Scholars of Jewish EducationEpisode 38: What Rabbinical Students Say They Need From Their TrainingSpiritual formation has long been considered an important part of theological education for seminary students in Christian contexts, but what about students in Jewish seminaries? In a recent study of Jewish seminarians' perspectives of their formation needs, scholars learned that rabbinical students at a progressive seminary seek training in areas such as mental health, diversity, and social justice; relational spaces for cultivating virtue capacities; and opportunities for meaningful reflection and processing of their growth. In this session, lead researcher Laura Stein discusses what can be learned about the future directions of Jewish clergy students' formation, and what can be...
2025-11-0429 minLearning About Learning: Conversations with Scholars of Jewish EducationEpisode 37: Bringing the Big World into the Little ClassroomWhat 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 discuss their findings from a coll...
2025-10-0630 minLearning About Learning: Conversations with Scholars of Jewish EducationEpisode 36: Antisemitism on Campus After October 7In this special event, authors from a themed issue of Journal of Jewish Education discuss their articles on antisemitism on college campuses since October 7. The issue spotlights cutting-edge research to broaden and deepen our understanding of antisemitism and anti-Zionism by analyzing their contemporary manifestations and implications for Jewish education and learning. This webinar features the following authors speaking about their papers:Vikki Katz (Chapman University): Unsettled Ground: How Jewish Undergraduates are Negotiating Identity Shifts and (Un)civil Campus Discourse after October 7Rebecca Kobrin (Columbia University): Anti-Israelism, Social Media and...
2025-06-161h 05Learning About Learning: Conversations with Scholars of Jewish EducationEpisode 35: Spotlight on Contemporary Jewish TheologyRecent years have witnessed an impressive outpouring of important new work in contemporary Jewish theology. In this Spotlight Session, we gather four leading scholars, each of whom has recently produced an important work of Jewish theology, to think together about the implications of their ideas for Jewish education. This webinar features the following panelists in discussion with Jon Levisohn (Brandeis University) about their books:Julia Watts Belser (Georgetown University): Loving Our Own Bones: Disability Wisdom and the Spiritual Subversiveness of Knowing Ourselves WholeMara Benjamin (Mount Holyoke College):
2025-05-221h 06Learning About Learning: Conversations with Scholars of Jewish EducationEpisode 34: Fraternities and Sororities as Jewish Communal Spaces | Dr. Jenny SmallTraditionally-Jewish fraternities and sororities are not often considered sites of Jewish community. In this session, Jenny L. Small discusses findings from interviews with fraternity and sorority life (FSL) educators, revealing their perspectives that students in these organizations bear distinctly gendered burdens around Jewish heritage and continuity. The educators in this study lacked a strong understanding of Jewish identity and how students express those identities through FSL; however, effectively supporting these organizations can help them function as sites of belonging for Jewish college students during turbulent times on campus.Originally recorded: 3/20/25At the Mandel...
2025-03-2828 minLearning About Learning: Conversations with Scholars of Jewish EducationEpisode 33: Using Both/And Thinking to Repair a Rift in Jewish Education | Dr. Tali ZelkowiczThe field of Jewish education has now been split into two sub-fields, referred to as “formal” or “informal” (or “experiential”) education. But this division is artificial and proving profoundly limiting, distorting, and even harmful. What might be the ultimate potential of the field were we able to employ a balanced and integrated use of the full range of educational competencies, across all settings? In this session, Tali Zelkowicz shares recent work, in which she applies both/and thinking to surface a more expansive and integrative vision of Jewish learning that can empower and endure.Originally recorded: 2/27/25At the Man...
2025-03-1327 minLearning About Learning: Conversations with Scholars of Jewish EducationEpisode 32: Fluid Meanings of the Yarmulke Across Educational Contexts | Dr. Anastasia BadderIn her article, "When a Yarmulke Stands for All Jews: Navigating Shifting Signs from Synagogue to School in Luxembourg," Anastasia Badder asks: How do congregational school students experience moments in which they were confronted with Jewishness outside of the classroom, in their secular schools and public spaces? And taking a material approach, how does the presence (and absence) of yarmulkes influence those experiences? In this session, she discusses findings from fieldwork she conducted as an ethnographer and teacher in a Jewish congregational school researching the ways children learn about and how to do Jewishness.Originally recorded: 1/23/25
2025-02-0329 minLearning About Learning: Conversations with Scholars of Jewish EducationEpisode 31: Jewish Creativity: An Essential Aspiration for Jewish Education | Professor Miriam Heller SternHabits of creative thinking have sustained the Jewish people through centuries of crisis and opportunity. How might the enterprise of Jewish education reclaim and teach creativity? Weaving together a wide range of theory and research, including affective neuroscience, Jewish philosophy and education, and studies of creativity and arts education, Miriam Heller Stern discusses a framework for fostering Jewish creativity that can be pursued across the Jewish educational ecosystem.Originally recorded: 11/7/24At the Mandel Center, we are committed to advancing the field of Jewish educational scholarship, especially scholarship on teaching and learning, in order to make...
2024-11-2630 minLearning About Learning: Conversations with Scholars of Jewish EducationEpisode 30: Spotlight on Jewish Education after October 7The attack on October 7th, the ensuing war, and the changed environment in the US have all led to questions about how American Jewish educational institutions have responded, and how they should. What do we know about the impact of the last year on schools, synagogues, camps, Israel trips, and other initiatives? How have educators been affected? How have children? What new trends are emerging? In this session, a group of scholars and educational leaders offer ideas for educators and educational institutions one year into this new environment.Panelists include Jonathan Krasner (Brandeis University), Matt Reingold (community...
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Bending the ArcEpisode 28: Grassroots Leadership Episode 7: Coaching Grassroots LeadersThis episode continues our series focused on impacting community change through grassroots community leadership. In this episode, we go behind the scenes to talk with the team of coaches who are a vital part of the secret sauce of the Neighborhood Leadership Development Program here in Cleveland. Every NLDP participant is assigned a personal coach. Participants meet regularly with their coach for mentoring and self-reflection and are encouraged to keep up the coaching relationship after they graduate from the program.
The current lead coach is Pam Turos and her fellow coaches are Joe Black, A...
2024-11-111h 16Learning About Learning: Conversations with Scholars of Jewish EducationEpisode 28: How American Activists Helped Free Soviet Jews | Professor Shaul KelnerIn his recent book, Shaul Kelner recounts the compelling stories of heroism that helped to free Soviet Jews. In this session, he discusses how this activism reached Jewish educational spaces — through bar and bat mitzvah twinning, school field trips to rallies, summer camp programming, and much more — and reshaped the Jewish American experience from the Johnson era through the Reagan-Bush years.Originally recorded: 9/26/24At the Mandel Center, we are committed to advancing the field of Jewish educational scholarship, especially scholarship on teaching and learning, in order to make a deep and lasting difference on the live...
2024-11-1128 minLearning About Learning: Conversations with Scholars of Jewish EducationEpisode 29: How Educators Can Overcome Barriers to Engaging with the Conflict | Dr. Keren FraimanThere is a growing consensus that successful and holistic Israel education demands a sophisticated and nuanced engagement with critical questions within Israel, and in particular, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This feels especially pressing in a post October 7th world. Despite this critical need, many educators continue to express reticence about conflict education. In this session, Keren Fraiman explores why educators are hesitant to engage in conflict education, highlighting the greatest sources of challenge and a typology of barriers to entry. Importantly, she shares what we can do to support our educators, educational systems, and the community more broadly....
2024-11-1129 minLearning About Learning: Conversations with Scholars of Jewish EducationEpisode 27: Teaching Israel: Studies of Pedagogy from the Field | Sivan Zakai and Matt ReingoldHow do educators from differing pedagogical orientations learn, undertake, and ultimately improve the work of teaching Israel? In this conversation, Teaching Israel: Studies of Pedagogy from the Field editors Sivan Zakai and Matt Reingold discuss the complex issues facing those who teach about Israel, along with respondents Lisa Grant (Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion) and Alex Pomson (Rosov Consulting), and moderator Sharon Feiman-Nemser (Brandeis University). Sivan Zakai is Sara S. Lee Associate Professor of Jewish Education at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Los Angeles. She directs the Children’s Learning About Israel Project and codirects Pr...
2024-06-171h 04Learning About Learning: Conversations with Scholars of Jewish EducationEpisode 26: Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration in Jewish EducationIn this special event, authors from a recent themed issue of Journal of Jewish Education discuss their articles on race, ethnicity, and immigration in Jewish education. The issue spotlights the experiences of underrepresented individuals and serves as compelling testimony to the diverse array of Jewish experiences and identities, challenging prevailing norms about how Jewish educational spaces are designed and who benefits from them. This webinar features the following authors speaking about their papers: Hannah Kober ‘16 (Stanford University): A Fraying Connection: Israeli-American Perspectives on Diasporic Hebrew Learning Through and Beyond Jewish Education Marva Shalev Marom (The Schechter Institutes): Eat, Pray...
2024-05-231h 10Learning About Learning: Conversations with Scholars of Jewish EducationEpisode 25: Visualizing Jewish Texts and Practices through the Graphic Novel | Dr. Talia HurwichWhat happens when students of classical Jewish texts encounter visual representations of those texts, not just words? In her recent study Reconsidering Religious Gender Normativity in Graphic Novel Adaptations, Talia Hurwich learned that students often respond in deeply personal ways to visual representations of topics that may otherwise be suppressed by social norms around Jewish texts and practices. In this session, she discusses the role graphic novels can play in mediating between traditional religious practices and modern social change.Originally recorded: 4/11/24At the Mandel Center, we are committed to advancing the field of Jewish educational...
2024-04-1928 minLearning About Learning: Conversations with Scholars of Jewish EducationEpisode 24: Spotlight on the Gap YearFor over a generation, many American Jewish young adults have spent a year between high school and college in Israel—the “gap year.” How does the gap year contribute to North American Jewish education? How does it complicate that work? What does it mean for young adults to go from “here" to “there" to participate in this important educational experience? What do we know about the spiritual, intellectual, and emotional growth of those who do a gap year? What are the elements that contribute to growth among participants in the gap year, and what are the impediments to growth?T...
2024-03-201h 08Learning About Learning: Conversations with Scholars of Jewish EducationEpisode 23: Why Young Jews Love Yiddish | Dr. Sandra FoxOver the last two decades, talk of Yiddish as an alternate path of engaging with Jewishness comes up in the Jewish press almost cyclically — a journalistic evergreen. In this session, historian and Yiddish podcaster Sandra Fox explains how Yiddish became culturally significant, why young people are flocking to learn Yiddish in larger numbers than ever before, and what the growth of Yiddish says about American Jewish youth culture. More information can be found in her article, 'The Passionate Few': Youth and Yiddishism in American Jewish Culture, 1964 to Present.Originally recorded: 2/8/24At the Mandel Ce...
2024-02-2228 minLearning About Learning: Conversations with Scholars of Jewish EducationEpisode 22: How Israeli-Americans Think About Their Kids’ Hebrew Learning | Hannah KoberLike other immigrants, many Israeli expatriates find themselves asking how they can maintain their culture on American soil. But what happens when their children learn their heritage language in American educational settings? In this session, Hannah Kober discusses the surprising finding from her recent research that the long-held narrative about Israeli-Americans as producers of Hebrew language education, and not as consumers, needs reconsideration.Originally recorded: 1/18/24At the Mandel Center, we are committed to advancing the field of Jewish educational scholarship, especially scholarship on teaching and learning, in order to make a deep and lasting difference o...
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More HumanEp. 47 - The Reality of Evil and (Dis)Belief in God – with Matt Jordan and Sam LiPumaDoes God exist? It’s a question no thoughtful person can ignore. For philosophers, it is a topic of perennial discussion and dispute. There are many arguments on both sides of the issue, and perhaps the most famous of them has to do with the reality of evil: Does all the suffering we see in the world make it irrational to believe in God, or can faith be reasonable even in the face of evil? On this episode of More Human, you will hear a debate between two Tri-C philosophers: Matthew Carey Jordan, the dean and chair for the hum...
2024-01-022h 29Learning About Learning: Conversations with Scholars of Jewish EducationEpisode 21: Navigating Ideological Differences in Pluralistic Jewish Schools | Dr. Esther FriedmanHow and why does the ability to navigate ideological differences within classrooms matter to Jewish education — and beyond? In this session, Esther Friedman discusses her recent study on the lived experiences of Orthodox teachers who teach Bible in pluralistic community schools and the institutional-level challenges they face.Originally recorded: 12/7/23At the Mandel Center, we are committed to advancing the field of Jewish educational scholarship, especially scholarship on teaching and learning, in order to make a deep and lasting difference on the lives of learners and the vibrancy of the Jewish community. That’s our mission.
2023-12-1332 minLearning About Learning: Conversations with Scholars of Jewish EducationEpisode 20: Spotlight on Jewish Learning: Past, Present and FutureWhat have we learned about Jewish learning in the past, where are we today, and what do we still need to learn for the future? Join MCSJE for this special Spotlight Session in honor of Brandeis University’s 75th anniversary, at which Brandeis scholars of Jewish education share some of the most important developments in the field of Jewish education and why they matter for the flourishing of individual students and the vibrancy of the Jewish community.Panelists: Sharon Feiman-Nemser, Ziva Hassenfeld, Jonathan Krasner, Jon Levisohn, and Joe ReimerOriginally recorded: 11/30/23At the Ma...
2023-12-121h 04Learning About Learning: Conversations with Scholars of Jewish EducationEpisode 19: Getting Serious About Play in Jewish Education | Rabbi Judd Levingston, PhDBeyond lifting the spirits of teachers and students, play in Jewish education spaces can also shape moral development and character. Drawing from his new research, Judd Kruger Levingston shares how teachers and administrators can cultivate "a moral ecology of play" in classrooms, hallways, gathering spaces, and playgrounds. In this session, Levingston speaks about ways in which a wide variety of approaches to play across the curriculum and throughout a school's culture can transform a young person's values and moral outlook.Originally recorded: 11/15/23At the Mandel Center, we are committed to advancing the field of Jewish...
2023-11-2829 minLearning About Learning: Conversations with Scholars of Jewish EducationEpisode 18: What 19th Century Jewish Education Can Teach Us about Jewish Education Today | Professor Laura YaresMost histories of American Jewish education deride 19th-century Jewish Sunday schools. But when Laura Yares looked more closely at the curricula, the operative philosophies and the experiences that students and teachers had in these schools, she found that they did important cultural work. In this session, she discusses her recent book, Jewish Sunday Schools: Teaching Religion in Nineteenth-Century America, and describes what educators can learn from this pioneering generation in American Jewish education..Originally recorded: 10/19/23At the Mandel Center, we are committed to advancing the field of Jewish educational scholarship, especially scholarship on...
2023-10-3030 minMore HumanEp. 40 - Tri-C’s Mandel Scholars Academy in England and France – with Lydia Lax and Derek YostIf you’re interested in hearing what it’s like to be a student in Tri-C’s Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Scholars Academy, this episode of More Human is for you! Recent graduates Lydia Lax and Derek Yost join Dean Jordan to talk about their experience at Tri-C and the Mandel Scholars Academy’s recent trips to Oxford, England, and Rouen and Paris, France.
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To The Point, A Council of Large Public Housing Authorities PodcastSeeing Red: The Impact of Redlining in Cleveland, OhioThe practice of redlining is where public and private officials and professionals designated certain neighborhoods as high-risk largely due to racial demographics. This led to denied loans or significantly higher interest rates in those neighborhoods. It institionalized racial bias, and denied generations of Black families the ability to build and transfer wealth. The repercussions still plague those neighborhoods today with ongoing disinvestment. This episode of To The Point is a panel discussion from CLPHA's 2023 Summer Meeting about the impact of redlining in Cleveland, Ohio. The panelists included: Mark L. Joseph, PhD, Leona Bevis/Marguerite Haynam Professor of Community D...
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The Official ISCA Podcast"'Love and Mercy' After the Holocaust: The Vatican's Postwar Clemency Campaign" - Suzanne Brown-FlemingWednesday, January 25, 2023. In this episode, Suzanne Brown-Fleming explores the subject of "'Love and Mercy' After the Holocaust: The Vatican's Postwar Clemency Campaign."
Dr. Suzanne Brown-Fleming is Director of the Division of International Academic Programs at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies and a former Mandel Center Fellow (2000). She received her Ph.D. in modern German history from the University of Maryland-College Park in 2002. Dr. Brown-Fleming’s most recent publication, ‘May Your Holiness Act in the Interest of Protecting Those who Remain Morally Thinking People...
2023-07-111h 04More HumanEp. 38 - “A Place Where Hearts and Spirits Meet Minds” – with Tim EatmanDr. Timothy K. Eatman is the inaugural dean of the Honors Living-Learning Community and Professor of Urban Education at Rutgers University—Newark. Among many other leadership and consultancy roles, he serves as a member of the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Humanities Center’s National Advisory Board, and he recently joined Dean Jordan for a discussion of his own life and work, the role of the humanities in confronting social challenges, news ways of approaching honors education and the role of higher education in addressing racial issues in America. The episode of PBS Newshour in which Dean Eatm...
2023-06-1450 minLearning About Learning: Conversations with Scholars of Jewish EducationEpisode 17: What We Can Learn from Seymour Fox and the Visions of Jewish Education Project | Professor Jon LevisohnIn the 1990s and the early 2000s, Jewish educators and educational institutions started talking about “vision” in a new way, prompted by the efforts of the Mandel Foundation and especially its influential leader Seymour Fox. For many, the publication of Visions of Jewish Education (2003) was a landmark event in the field. Jon A. Levisohn discusses a forthcoming article in which he analyzes how Fox’s ideas about vision in Jewish education developed over time, some of the challenges that he encountered, and what we can still learn from them. This session is led by Professor Jonathan Krasner (MCSJE).Or...
2023-05-0827 minLearning About Learning: Conversations with Scholars of Jewish EducationEpisode 16: What Girls Learn in Jewish Families | Professor Ilana HorwitzIn the past, Jewish families, like many others, offered girls fewer educational opportunities than boys. But that has not been the case for some time now. In her recent scholarship, Ilana Horwitz demonstrates the ways that girls raised by Jewish parents complete more years of college and attend more selective schools than girls from comparable socioeconomic backgrounds raised by non-Jewish parents. She argues that this is based on a distinctive “religious subculture” in the home.More information can be found in her article, From Bat Mitzvah to the Bar: Religious Habitus, Self-Concept, and Women’s Educational Outcomes (Americ...
2023-03-3028 minMore HumanEp. 33 - Healing a Divided Country Starts with TrustFollowing up on a March 2023 event at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Humanities Center featuring the Aspen Institute's Weave: The Social Fabric Project, Frederick J. Riley and Michael Skoler sat down with Dean Jordan for an inspiring conversation about the work they are doing to restore trust and support community-building efforts across the country. For more information, be sure to visit https://weareweavers.org/
2023-03-2725 minLearning About Learning: Conversations with Scholars of Jewish EducationEpisode 15: Spotlight on MahloketMahloket—that is, dispute or principled debate—has long been celebrated as a Jewish ideal, not only within Jewish texts (where sages debate laws, interpretations and principles) but within the practice of engagement with those texts (where, for example, students might engage in debate about laws, interpretations or about principles). What does Mahloket look like at its best? How does Mahloket function as a kind of signature pedagogy (or at least a signature practice) within Jewish education? What does it mean to “educate for Mahloket,” and what are the benefits and challenges of doing so? In what ways is Mahloket...
2023-03-101h 00More HumanEp. 32 - Race, Religion and the American South – with Alan CrossIn preparation for the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Scholars Academy’s annual Roots of Social Justice: Alabama Civil Rights Tour spring break trip, Dean Jordan conducted a remote interview with Reverend Alan Cross, a native Southerner, Baptist pastor, and expert on race and religion in the American South. For more about Cross’s work and the topics discussed in this episode, see this NPR story from July 2020: https://www.npr.org/2020/07/01/883115867/white-supremacist-ideas-have-historical-roots-in-u-s-christianity. Cross is a contributor to The Bulwark, and his writing there can be found at https://www.thebulwark.com/author/alan-cross/. In 2019, he published an essay in t...
2023-03-0759 minLearning About Learning: Conversations with Scholars of Jewish EducationEpisode 14: Children’s Theories About Judaism | Dr. Anna HartmanChildren’s ideas about the world are rich, nuanced, sometimes amusing and surprising, and for Anna Hartman, always fascinating. In this session, she shares her doctoral research in the field of early childhood Jewish education, in which she explores the theories about Judaism that are held by young children, and provides a window into their process of exploring and participating in Jewish life.Originally recorded: 2/8/23At the Mandel Center, we are committed to advancing the field of Jewish educational scholarship, especially scholarship on teaching and learning, in order to make a deep and lasting difference on...
2023-02-2727 minMore HumanEp. 31 - Philosophy, the Ethics of Paternity and the Future of Higher Education – with Don HubinThis episode of More Human, the third of three recorded on the campus of The Ohio State University, features a conversation with Dr. Donald C. Hubin, emeritus professor of philosophy and the founding director of OSU’s Center for Ethics and Human Values, as well as a member of the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Humanities Center’s National Advisory Board. Topics discussed include Dr. Hubin’s career and writing on ethical issues pertaining to fatherhood, the moral philosophy of David Hume, how to approach moral disputes, and challenges facing colleges and universities moving forward. For more information on Dr. Hu...
2023-02-2138 minLearning About Learning: Conversations with Scholars of Jewish EducationEpisode 13: Why Jewish Day Schools Should Teach Students to Read Torah | Professor Ziva HassenfeldJewish day schools expend significant time and energy in teaching Torah. But what are they trying to accomplish in this work? In this session, Ziva Hassenfeld discusses her soon-to-be published research on students’ learning to read Torah, in order to argue that Jewish day schools can induct students into a way of reading texts that will serve them in all endeavors, from their academic studies to text messaging with friends.Originally recorded: 12/7/22At the Mandel Center, we are committed to advancing the field of Jewish educational scholarship, especially scholarship on teaching and learning, in order to...
2023-01-1127 minMore HumanEp. 28 - Community Engagement and EDWINS Leadership and Restaurant Institute -- with Hannah Fuller, Matt Laferty and Emily PennerOne of the most unique aspects of Tri-C’s Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Scholars Academy is its capstone course, HUM 2020: Community Engagement. In this episode of the More Human podcast, Professor Matt Laferty and Mandel Scholars Hannah Fuller and Emily Penner join Dean Jordan to discuss the work they did in Fall 2022 with EDWINS Leadership and Restaurant Institute.
2023-01-0431 minMore HumanEp. 27 - The Cleveland Orchestra, Indigenous Persons and Community Engagement through the Humanities – with Dillon Forsythe and Theresa GromekOne of the most unique aspects of Tri-C’s Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Scholars Academy is its capstone course, HUM 2020: Community Engagement. In this episode of the More Human podcast, Professor Theresa Gromek and Mandel Scholar Dillon Forsythe join Dean Jordan to discuss the work they did in Fall 2022 with the Cleveland Orchestra.
2022-12-2035 minLearning About Learning: Conversations with Scholars of Jewish EducationEpisode 12: How Debbie Friedman (and CAJE) Gave Jewish Education a New Soundtrack | Professor Judah CohenIn this session, Judah Cohen discusses his recent article on the crucial role that Debbie Friedman played in making song leading a core part of the Coalition for Alternatives in Jewish Education (CAJE). He also addresses the changes in Jewish education that resulted from this alliance, and why it still matters.Originally recorded: 11/17/22At the Mandel Center, we are committed to advancing the field of Jewish educational scholarship, especially scholarship on teaching and learning, in order to make a deep and lasting difference on the lives of learners and the vibrancy of the Jewish community...
2022-12-0228 minLearning About Learning: Conversations with Scholars of Jewish EducationEpisode 11: How Do Jewish Day School Kids Think About the Holocaust? | Professor Meredith KatzHolocaust education is a staple of Jewish day school education. What messages do day school students take from this education? In this session, Meredith Katz discusses her recently published study, which explores how a group of day school kids navigated questions of particularism and universalism, and how Holocaust education helped them to see themselves as civic actors in the broader community.Originally recorded: 10/27/22At the Mandel Center, we are committed to advancing the field of Jewish educational scholarship, especially scholarship on teaching and learning, in order to make a deep and lasting difference on the...
2022-12-0228 minLearning About Learning: Conversations with Scholars of Jewish EducationEpisode 4: Spotlight on Adult Jewish LearningAdult Jewish learning is flourishing in synagogues, JCCs, board tables, leadership cohorts, service cohorts, and of course, online. This session is an occasion to talk with a group of experienced educators about what they learned from their studies of adult Jewish learning opportunities—who the learners are, why they participate, what happens, and how they grow or develop through the experience. It features insights gathered from the research they conducted for the Mandel Center's Portraits of Adult Jewish Learning project.Sarra Alpert (Avodah), Rabba Yaffa Epstein (Wexner Foundation), Dr. Jane Shapiro (Orot: Center for Jewish Learning), Dr. Di...
2022-11-291h 00Learning About Learning: Conversations with Scholars of Jewish EducationEpisode 5: Spotlight on Daf YomiRabbi Professor Jane Kanarek (Hebrew College), Rabbi Avi Killip (Hadar), Professor Barry Wimpfheimer (Northwestern), Sara Wolkenfeld (Sefaria), moderated by Professor Jon Levisohn (Brandeis University).For decades following its invention in 1923, Daf Yomi was practiced by experienced, mostly haredi Talmud scholars, and criticized by many as well. Over time, the practice grew in popularity in that community. But in the 21st century, the practice has expanded dramatically, both in terms of the background of the participants and in terms of the very concept of what it means to “do the daf.”In this session, four highly expe...
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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...
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Learning About Learning: Conversations with Scholars of Jewish EducationEpisode 10: My Second-Favorite Country Book Discussion | Professor Sivan ZakaiIsrael has long occupied a prominent place in the lives and imaginations of American Jews, serving as both a symbolic touchstone and a source of intercommunal conflict. Sivan Zakai's book, My Second-Favorite Country: How American Jewish Children Think About Israel, is based on the major findings from her research project with MCSJE on Children's Learning About Israel. This project is the first longitudinal study of how American Jewish children come to think and feel about Israel, tracking their evolving conceptions from kindergarten to fifth grade.In this event to mark the publication of the book, Zakai and...
2022-11-101h 06More HumanEp. 24 - "How do you say 'Herodotus'?" and other Very Important Questions -- with Brian JohnsonTri-C Humanities professor Dr. Brian Johnson joins Dean Jordan to discuss his journey from computer science to the humanities, his scholarly work on the evils of Nazism, connections between the humanities and pop culture, and the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Scholars Academy's foundational course, "The Individual in Society."
2022-11-0848 minLearning About Learning: Conversations with Scholars of Jewish EducationEpisode 3: How the Study of Jewish History Informs the Arts | Professor Miriam Heller SternHow does a Jewish theater company draw upon Jewish history to wrestle artistically with universal human questions? How do they weave new narratives through the work of interpretation? Miriam Heller Stern, in recent work published as a chapter of the edited volume Portraits of Adult Jewish Learning: Making Meaning at Many Tables, addresses these questions and analyzes how the model of a creative company can be a powerful way of conceiving of adult Jewish learning. Originally recorded: 12/10/21At the Mandel Center, we are committed to advancing the field of Jewish educational scholarship, especially...
2022-11-0124 minLearning About Learning: Conversations with Scholars of Jewish EducationEpisode 1: How Camp Ramah Met the Challenges of the 1990s | Professor Jonathan KrasnerThe Jewish overnight camping industry was on the verge of major changes in the late 1980s, when Shelly Dorph became the head of the Ramah National Commission. Jonathan Krasner discusses the case of Ramah and how it reflects on the challenges and opportunities that Jewish non-profit summer camps faced in the 1990s and early 2000s, and what it means for Jewish camps today. Originally recorded: 10/14/21At the Mandel Center, we are committed to advancing the field of Jewish educational scholarship, especially scholarship on teaching and learning, in order to make a deep and lasting difference...
2022-11-0124 minLearning About Learning: Conversations with Scholars of Jewish EducationEpisode 2: Learning at a Jewish Museum | Professor Laura YaresWhat happens when young adults visit a Jewish museum? What do they learn about Jews and Judaism, and how are they changed by what they see, touch, hear and feel? In this talk, Laura Yares discusses findings from a pre-pandemic study of 30 young adult visitors to the National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia, and describes the rich learning that can occur in episodic, leisure time Jewish educational settings. This study has been published as a chapter of the edited volume Portraits of Adult Jewish Learning: Making Meaning at Many Tables.Originally recorded: 11/11/21
2022-11-0124 minLearning About Learning: Conversations with Scholars of Jewish EducationEpisode 9: How Jewish Communities Educate | Dr. Mijal BittonMost analyses of Jewish education, like most analyses of general education in Western, liberal society, emphasize the individual student. But some communities approach education very differently. Mijal Bitton discusses her research into how the Syrian Jewish community educates its members, formally and informally, to maintain bonds of commitment.Originally recorded: 5/4/22At the Mandel Center, we are committed to advancing the field of Jewish educational scholarship, especially scholarship on teaching and learning, in order to make a deep and lasting difference on the lives of learners and the vibrancy of the Jewish community. That’s...
2022-11-0127 minLearning About Learning: Conversations with Scholars of Jewish EducationEpisode 8: What Can We Learn From Jewish Education? | Professor Ari Y. KelmanThe term "Jewish education" is used to refer to a broad array of practices, approaches, and institutions. Ari Kelman has written a new book, Jewish Education, forthcoming from Rutgers University Press in its Key Words in Jewish Studies series. The series includes books designed to "provide clear and judiciously illustrated accounts of terms currently in use and to chart histories of past usage." In this conversation, Kelman talks about a broad shift from what Jewish education has meant, in modernity, to what it might mean for Jewish life in the 21st century.Originally recorded: 4/11/22
2022-11-0122 minLearning About Learning: Conversations with Scholars of Jewish EducationEpisode 6: Accentuating the American Jewish Hebrew Speaker | Professor Sharon AvniWhat can we learn about society, people's relationship with Israel, Jewish people, and themselves, through Hebrew accents? Possibly quite a bit! This conversation focuses on Sharon Avni's recent work on how the everyday acts of speaking, learning, and engaging with Modern Hebrew inform our understanding of contemporary American Jewish life.Originally recorded: 3/10/22At the Mandel Center, we are committed to advancing the field of Jewish educational scholarship, especially scholarship on teaching and learning, in order to make a deep and lasting difference on the lives of learners and the vibrancy of the Jewish...
2022-11-0125 minMore HumanEp. 23 - "Truth, Justice and the Humanities Way" -- Anika Prather's Plenary Address at the 2022 Community College Humanities AssociationMore Human is pleased to share a recording of Dr. Anika Prather's plenary address from the 2022 CCHA conference, held at Cuyahoga Community College's Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Humanities Center, as a special podcast episode. The first speaker is Dr. Mike Jacobs of Monroe Community College; he is followed by Dr. Janine Utell of the Modern Language Association, who introduces Dr. Prather
2022-10-2540 minMore HumanEp. 21 - Intellectual Virtue, Humanities for High Schoolers and the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Youth Humanities Academy -- with Harry Anderson, David Busch, and Desire GoodwinDr. David Busch oversees Tri-C's Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Youth Humanities Academy, a summer initiative that gives high school students from northeast Ohio an opportunity to earn money while engaging with the humanities; Harry Anderson and Desire Goodwin are alumni of the first cohort of MYHA students. In this episode of More Human, they discuss the purpose and vision for MYHA and what it was like to experience it in the summer of 2022. The book mentioned several times in this episode is Nathan King's The Excellent Mind(https://global.oup.com/ushe/product/the-excellent-mind-9780190096267) and the inaugaral MYHA...
2022-10-1142 min
Prizmah Podcasts: Podcasts by Prizmah Center for Jewish Day SchoolsResearch Encounter: Embracing the Joys and the ”Muckiness” of Israel EducationDebby Artz-Mor, director of Jewish learning at the Brandeis School in San Francisco, and Rabbi David Stein, Judaics studies principal at Shalhevet High School in Los Angeles, join Sivan Zakai to discuss her new longitudinal study of Israel education , My Second Favorite Country. They consider understandings of "age-appropriate" learning that can impede educational engagement and exploration, discuss the relationship between school mission and student influences, and consider pedagogy that opens up student curiosity and discovery.
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Debby Arzt-Mor is the director of Jewish learning at The Brandeis School of San Francisco. Raised in Jerusalem, Debby has been li...
2022-08-291h 04
Learning to Lead: A Leadership Development PodcastCelebrating Women as Influencers in LeadershipIn this episode, we begin our series on being a female leader at Cleveland Clinic. Listen to Joanne Bruton, Executive Director of Nursing in Perioperative Services at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, and Lisa Minor, Senior Director of Mandel Global Leadership and Learning Institute, discuss the advantages of being a female leader in the healthcare industry. Joanne shares the specific leadership tactics she uses to navigate the many leadership complexities she often faces, outlines the importance of mentorship, and describes the mentors that have helped her along the way.
2022-08-2626 minMore HumanEp. 17 - Disinformation — with John KerezyMandel Faculty Fellow and Tri-C professor John Kerezy is an expert on journalism, public relations, and disinformation campaigns. In this episode, he joins Dean Jordan for a conversation on the importance and dangers of disinformation, as well as what kinds of things we can do to protect ourselves from it.
2022-08-1639 minMore HumanEp. 11 - Information Ecosystems – with Destiny Jackson, Kevin Wieder, and Matt LafertyMandel Scholars Destiny Jackson and Kevin Wieder, along with Tri-C professor Matt Laferty, join Dean Jordan to discuss their work with the Neighborhood Media Foundation in the Spring 2022 semester. Topics discussed include the importance of local journalism, lessons learned in the Mandel Scholars Academy and talking to strangers.
2022-06-1333 min
More HumanEp. 11 - Information Ecosystems – with Destiny Jackson, Kevin Wieder, and Matt LafertyMandel Scholars Destiny Jackson and Kevin Wieder, along with Tri-C professor Matt Laferty, join Dean Jordan to discuss their work with the Neighborhood Media Foundation in the Spring 2022 semester. Topics discussed include the importance of local journalism, lessons learned in the Mandel Scholars Academy and talking to strangers.
2022-06-1033 minMore HumanEp. 9 - Baseball, History and Culture -- with Chris Oley and Ricardo RodriguezRicardo Rodriguez is the Museum Director at Cleveland's Baseball Heritage Museum. He joined Mandel Scholar Chris Oley and Dean Jordan to discuss the work he does, the significance of baseball in Cleveland history, and a recent partnership between his museum and Tri-C's Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Scholars Academy.
2022-05-1634 minMore HumanEp. 7 - Food Deserts, Eating Local, Human Resources and Tri-C's Mandel ScholarsThe capstone course of Tri-C's Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Scholars Academy, HUM 2020, pairs teams of students with community partners. In this episode, Mandel Scholars Aaron Hayes and Liz Ward, along with Professor Kim Hill, sit down with Dean Jordan to explain the work they've been doing in partnership with City Fresh, an organization that exists to create and promote a more healthy, vibrant, and equitable foods system in northeast Ohio.
2022-05-0237 minMore HumanEp. 5 - Loving Your Enemies and Thinking Well about Religion -- with Jason LepojarviFinnish-Canadian theologian and erstwhile television personality Jason Lepojarvi ("Dr. Love") recorded this conversation with Dean Jordan while he was in town to speak to the Tri-C Philosophy Club on the subject of loving one's enemies. This problem is especially vexing in the context of war... is it even possible to attempt to love someone against whom you are fighting in a war? Along the way, he discusses the difference between theology and religious studies, argues for theology as an important area of study even in secular colleges and universities, and gives a philosophical account of what love really is.
2022-04-1835 minMore HumanEp. 4 - Cleveland Rocks! – with Greg DeeganGreg Deegan is the executive director of Teaching Cleveland. In this episode, he sits down with Dean Jordan to discuss the city's history and how it shapes our present moment. This wide-ranging conversation covers everything from Cleveland as a center for innovation in the early 20th century to the impact of the Great Depression, the ongoing legacy of redlining, hot dogs with Froot Loops, and a little-known fact about the history of rock & roll.
2022-04-0834 minMore HumanEp. 3 - What Is Art History, and Why Should You Care? - with Key Jo Lee and Chris WolkenIf you've ever wondered what students actually do in an art history course, or walked into an art museum and realized you don't really know how to look at art, this is the conversation for you! Key Jo Lee, of Yale University and the Cleveland Museum of Art, and Tri-C's own Christine Wolken join Dean Jordan for a wide-ranging discussion of these and other topics, including careers in the art world, how race impacts art, and Director Lee's "Currents and Constellations" exhibit at CMA.
2022-04-0446 min
Learning to Lead: A Leadership Development PodcastOwning Your Seat at the TableIn this episode on inclusive leadership we talk with Louie Hendon Department Administrator at Main Campus who shares his tips on how to be a successful leader across different industries. In this conversation Louie discusses the importance of relationship building, mentorship, and his experience as a minority male in the health care industry.
2022-03-2818 min
More HumanEp. 2 - Bugs Bunny, Bagpipe Jazz and the Cleveland Humanities Festival with Daniel GoldmarkProfessor Daniel Goldmark of Case Western Reserve University is a scholar of popular music and the interim director of the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities. In this conversation, he offers insight into the ways music is used in animated films, tips for growing our appreciation of music, and introduces listeners to the work of Rufus Harley, the bagpipe-playing jazz musician. Dr. Goldmark also gives an overview of the Cleveland Humanities Festival: what it is, where it came from, and some highlights of the 2022 festival.
2022-03-2839 minMore HumanEp. 1 - Transformative Texts and African American Literature with Gayle WilliamsonProfessor Gayle Williamson of Cuyahoga Community College is a scholar and teacher with particular interests in literature and storytelling. She’s been working with The Great Questions Foundation’s Transformative Texts project, designed to enrich humanities education at community colleges across the country. In this conversation, she discusses her love of books, how great literature helps us see the human experience from multiple points of view and reminds us that the point of learning is not merely to be able to ace a pop quiz.
2022-03-2140 min2022-03-1802 minPrizmah Podcasts: Podcasts by Prizmah Center for Jewish Day SchoolsResearch Corner: What We Learned from Online LearningNow that Covid is waning and classrooms feel close to the old normal, what have we learned from two years of online and hybrid pedagogy? Despite the challenges and drawbacks, are there things that remote learning enabled that we might preserve as we move forward? Hear a university researcher and two day school educators reflect on what was achieved during the pandemic.
Featuring: Michal Bessler has worked at Maimonides School in Boston for 27 years, where she now serves as the elementary school principal. Aviv Matzkin teaches Jewish Studies at Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School in P...
2022-03-0843 min
Learning to Lead: A Leadership Development PodcastVeteran Episode: Let Them FlyIn this episode Rob Stall, Executive Director of Internal Operations, and Andrew Gunther, Program Manager in Talent Acquisition, have a heart to heart conversation on what it means to transition from military leadership to leading caregivers here at the Cleveland Clinic.
2022-01-0623 min
Learning to Lead: A Leadership Development PodcastFlexing in Your StyleListen to this heart to heart conversation between two leaders from Cleveland Clinic Akron General: Dr. Brian Harte and Steve Abdenour as they discuss their leadership journeys, and the flexible leadership styles that has accompanied them along the way. Here's their conversation.
2021-10-2719 min
The Indigo PodcastMatt Jordan on Higher Education and the HumanitiesWhat value is there in thinking deeply about life’s persistent questions? It’s tremendous, according to Matt Jordan--and we agree. Matt is the Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Dean and Chair for the Humanities at Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland, Ohio, and he joined us to discuss the purpose of higher education, and more specifically, about the value of the humanities. We talked about living the good life, being a thoughtful person, how the humanities can foster civil discourse, and so much more. Links and Other Information Check out Matt and his co-hosts on the T...
2021-10-261h 07
Learning to Lead: A Leadership Development PodcastLeveraging Intellectual Resources using Structural TensionListen in as our very own Mandel Global Leadership and Learning colleague Laurie Miller and Renee Kolonick, the Executive Director for Hospital and Regional Operations discuss using Structural Tension as a leadership tool to leverage the intellectual resources of a diverse team.
2021-10-0522 min
New Books in LanguageSarah Bunin Benor et al., "Hebrew Infusion: Language and Community at American Jewish Summer Camps" (Rutgers UP, 2020)Each summer, tens of thousands of American Jews attend residential camps, where they may see Hebrew signs, sing and dance to Hebrew songs, and hear a camp-specific hybrid language register called Camp Hebraized English, as in: “Let’s hear some ruach (spirit) in this chadar ochel (dining hall)!” Using historical and sociolinguistic methods, Hebrew Infusion: Language and Community at American Jewish Summer Camps, by Sarah Bunin Benor, Jonathan Krasner, and Sharon Avni (Rutgers University Press, 2020), explains how camp directors and staff came to infuse Hebrew in creative ways and how their rationales and practices have evolved from the early 20th cent...
2021-09-021h 05
New Books in EducationSarah Bunin Benor et al., "Hebrew Infusion: Language and Community at American Jewish Summer Camps" (Rutgers UP, 2020)Each summer, tens of thousands of American Jews attend residential camps, where they may see Hebrew signs, sing and dance to Hebrew songs, and hear a camp-specific hybrid language register called Camp Hebraized English, as in: “Let’s hear some ruach (spirit) in this chadar ochel (dining hall)!” Using historical and sociolinguistic methods, Hebrew Infusion: Language and Community at American Jewish Summer Camps, by Sarah Bunin Benor, Jonathan Krasner, and Sharon Avni (Rutgers University Press, 2020), explains how camp directors and staff came to infuse Hebrew in creative ways and how their rationales and practices have evolved from the early 20th cent...
2021-09-021h 07
New Books in Jewish StudiesSarah Bunin Benor et al., "Hebrew Infusion: Language and Community at American Jewish Summer Camps" (Rutgers UP, 2020)Each summer, tens of thousands of American Jews attend residential camps, where they may see Hebrew signs, sing and dance to Hebrew songs, and hear a camp-specific hybrid language register called Camp Hebraized English, as in: “Let’s hear some ruach (spirit) in this chadar ochel (dining hall)!” Using historical and sociolinguistic methods, Hebrew Infusion: Language and Community at American Jewish Summer Camps, by Sarah Bunin Benor, Jonathan Krasner, and Sharon Avni (Rutgers University Press, 2020), explains how camp directors and staff came to infuse Hebrew in creative ways and how their rationales and practices have evolved from the early 20th cent...
2021-09-021h 07
Learning to Lead: A Leadership Development PodcastInclusive Leadership Part 3: Diverse Teams are the Strongest TeamsIn this third installment of our inclusive leadership series, we hear from Cleveland Clinic’s Dr. James Hekman, Medical Director for the West Region and strong advocate of community health equality, on how to strive to create more inclusive teams.
2021-08-3113 min
The College Commons PodcastHebrew Infusion: Language and Community at American Jewish Summer CampsWhat can Hebrew's usage in Jewish summer camps teach us about the American Jewish experience?
"Hebrew Infusion: Language and Community at American Jewish Summer Camps"
Winner of the 2020 National Jewish Book Award in Education and Jewish Identity
Each summer, tens of thousands of American Jews attend residential camps, where they may see Hebrew signs, sing and dance to Hebrew songs, and hear a camp-specific hybrid language register called Camp Hebraized English, as in: “Let’s hear some ruach (spirit) in this chadar ochel (dining hall)!” Using historical and sociolinguistic methods, this book explains how camp directors and staff came to infuse...
2021-06-2235 min
The Inquiring Mind Podcast14. The Ravine with Wendy LowerWendy Lower is an American historian and a widely published author on the Holocaust and World War II. Since 2012, she holds the John K. Roth Chair at Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, California, and in 2014 was named the director of the Mgrublian Center for Human Rights at Claremont. As of 2016, she serves as the interim director of the Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC.
She is the author of the National Book Award Winner, Hitler's Furies, and most recently of The Ravine.
2021-06-1457 min
Learning to Lead: A Leadership Development PodcastVeteran Leader: Taking Care of Those in Our ChargeIn this second Veteran Leader episode, Marine Veteran and Cleveland Clinic Talent Acquisition Program Manager Andrew Guenther speaks with Pat Rios, Navy Veteran and Executive Director of Buildings and Design. Listen to their conversation on the how relationships and human interactions shaped Pat's professional development in the military and as a leader at Cleveland Clinic.
2021-06-0322 min
Learning to Lead: A Leadership Development PodcastValue of Safety & QualityIn this episode of Learning to Lead, Dr. Leslie Jurecko, Chief Safety and Quality Officer at Cleveland Clinic, shares her thoughts on just culture, how to have the bravery to speak up in difficult situations, and how all Cleveland Clinic caregivers can live the value of Safety and Quality through their work.
2021-05-1425 min
Learning to Lead: A Leadership Development PodcastValue of IntegrityIntegrity is a foundational value at Cleveland Clinic. In this episode, Don Sinko, Chief Integrity officer at Cleveland Clinic, talks about the importance of maintaining integrity in our work, speaking up when things go wrong, and how integrity allows us to continue to deliver world-class care.
2021-04-3013 min
Learning to Lead: A Leadership Development PodcastSituational Leadership: How and Why Leaders Need to FlexIn this episode on Situational Leadership, Lori McCormick, a nursing director in the Cleveland Clinic Florida Region, examines the leader mindset shift required to move from reacting to Situational Leadership. Lori shares her experiences as a seasoned leader on how and when to identify opportunities to flex in your leadership style, and effectively move to building relationships with peers and team members.
2021-04-0915 min
Learning to Lead: A Leadership Development PodcastInclusive Leadership Part 2: Sincerely, NathanIn this second episode of a series on Inclusive Leadership, we hear Adam Myers, MD, Chief of Population Health, discuss how the roles of curiosity, intentionality, and how our continual pursuit of seeking to understand come into play on the stage of inclusive leadership.
2021-03-1721 min
Learning to Lead: A Leadership Development PodcastEmotional Intelligence: Why It MattersEmotional Intelligence is a key characteristic of great leaders. In this episode, Shannon Pengel, Chief Nursing Officer at Cleveland Clinic Main Campus, shares her story on why Emotional Intelligence is critical for success, sharing stories from her early career to her current leadership role, and in her personal life as the mother of two boys.
2021-03-0219 min
Learning to Lead: A Leadership Development PodcastExtraordinary Leaders Part 2: We’re All HumanExtraordinary leaders from across Cleveland Clinic share their stories. In this episode, we hear from Terri Murray, Nursing Director, and Jim Vidmar, Supervisor of Cleveland Clinic's Red Coats as they share their experiences as servant leaders, drawing on their relationships to lead extraordinary teams while never losing sight of their humanness.
2021-02-2419 min
Learning to Lead: A Leadership Development PodcastMeetings that Build Trust and Achieve ResultsTools and facilitation techniques can be a powerful part of running effective meetings. In this episode, we explore the power of thinking rounds with Dr. Brian Harte, President, Akron General, how they’ve transformed his executive team meetings and impacted the way he leads.
2021-01-2919 minLearning to Lead: A Leadership Development PodcastInclusive Leadership Part 1: Leading AuthenticallyIn this first episode of a series on Inclusive Leadership, we hear Rasheeda Larkin, Program Manager for Community Relations in Cleveland Clinic’s Community Care Division, share her story of rising into leadership as a minority, and how that experience impacts her leadership style.
2020-12-1424 minLearning to Lead: A Leadership Development PodcastVeteran Leader: One MissionIn honor of Veteran's Day, military veterans and Cleveland Clinic leaders, Colleen Carroll, Manager of Learning Design, and Dr. Ralph Turner, Chief Operating Officer of Cleveland Clinic Indian River, discuss how the military experience shapes their development as leaders in healthcare.
2020-11-2323 minLearning to Lead: A Leadership Development PodcastExtraordinary Leaders: Rising through ResilienceExtraordinary leaders from across Cleveland Clinic share their stories. In this episode, we hear from Dan Thompson, Lieutenant with the Cleveland Clinic Police department, and Albert Roque, Nurse and Care Coordinator at Cleveland Clinic Weston, Florida, share their experiences leading through change brought about by COVID-19.
2020-11-2313 minLearning to Lead: A Leadership Development PodcastPilotAt Cleveland Clinic, we are committed to the growth and development of all caregivers at every stage of their career. This introductory episode of Learning to Lead welcomes you to the podcast and introduces the questions we will be exploring with leaders from across Cleveland Clinic.
2020-11-1903 min
The Diabetic ToolboxWTYL Episode 19 Kinship vs Foster Care Which one is better for the children? A Conversation with Lisa Cutner MSSA According to the U.S. Census Bureau, in 2012, there were 2.7 million grandparents who had the primary responsibility for caring for their grandchildren who lived with them.
There is a crisis in this country and its not the children trying to get in through border. It is the children left behind when their natural parents are no longer able to care to them. This could be due to drug and alcohol use, poverty, or mental illness. What is the best solution for these children? Are you prepared to take care of children in your family if there parents are unable too? If you de...
2019-03-281h 00
12 Years That Shook the WorldWhat a Secret Archive Taught the WorldMost of what we know about the Holocaust comes from Nazi perpetrator documents. One striking exception is the Ringelblum Archive: a massive collection of artifacts and writings from Jews trapped in the Warsaw ghetto during the German occupation of Poland. Under the leadership of historian Emanuel Ringelblum, these oppressed people secretly wrote and preserved their own history.
Featuring Holocaust scholar Leah Wolfson, Senior Program Officer at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum. Please be advised: This podcast contains stories that listeners may find disturbing. Listen with c...
2018-12-1717 min
Unapologetically BlackEP25: The women of the democratic party and Black tell Black not to vote!!!cuyahoga county counsel women Shontel Brown and Lauren Welch, Assistant Director of Communications for the CWRU's Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences joins EKing and guest Co-host Karlton Laster to discuss the new elected women of the Democratic Party and why some Black individuals are tell other Black individuals not to vote.
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2018-11-141h 04
Holocaust (Audio)Archiving Atrocity: The International Tracing Service and Holocaust Research with Suzanne Brown-Fleming -- Holocaust Living History Workshop -- The Library ChannelThe International Tracing Service, one of the world’s largest Holocaust-related archival repositories, holds millions of documents detailing the many forms of persecution that transpired during the Nazi era and their continuing repercussions. Based on her recently published book, "Nazi Persecution and Postwar Repercussions: The International Tracing Service Archive and Holocaust Research," Suzanne Brown-Fleming provides new insights into human decision-making in genocidal settings, the factors that drive it, and its far-reaching consequences. Brown-Fleming is director of the Visiting Scholar Programs of the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. She is...
2017-05-0854 min
Library Channel (Audio)Archiving Atrocity: The International Tracing Service and Holocaust Research with Suzanne Brown-Fleming -- Holocaust Living History Workshop -- The Library ChannelThe International Tracing Service, one of the world’s largest Holocaust-related archival repositories, holds millions of documents detailing the many forms of persecution that transpired during the Nazi era and their continuing repercussions. Based on her recently published book, "Nazi Persecution and Postwar Repercussions: The International Tracing Service Archive and Holocaust Research," Suzanne Brown-Fleming provides new insights into human decision-making in genocidal settings, the factors that drive it, and its far-reaching consequences. Brown-Fleming is director of the Visiting Scholar Programs of the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. She is...
2017-05-0854 minLibrary Channel (Video)Archiving Atrocity: The International Tracing Service and Holocaust Research with Suzanne Brown-Fleming -- Holocaust Living History Workshop -- The Library ChannelThe International Tracing Service, one of the world’s largest Holocaust-related archival repositories, holds millions of documents detailing the many forms of persecution that transpired during the Nazi era and their continuing repercussions. Based on her recently published book, "Nazi Persecution and Postwar Repercussions: The International Tracing Service Archive and Holocaust Research," Suzanne Brown-Fleming provides new insights into human decision-making in genocidal settings, the factors that drive it, and its far-reaching consequences. Brown-Fleming is director of the Visiting Scholar Programs of the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. She is...
2017-05-0854 min
Writers (Audio)Archiving Atrocity: The International Tracing Service and Holocaust Research with Suzanne Brown-Fleming -- Holocaust Living History Workshop -- The Library ChannelThe International Tracing Service, one of the world’s largest Holocaust-related archival repositories, holds millions of documents detailing the many forms of persecution that transpired during the Nazi era and their continuing repercussions. Based on her recently published book, "Nazi Persecution and Postwar Repercussions: The International Tracing Service Archive and Holocaust Research," Suzanne Brown-Fleming provides new insights into human decision-making in genocidal settings, the factors that drive it, and its far-reaching consequences. Brown-Fleming is director of the Visiting Scholar Programs of the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. She is...
2017-05-0854 minHolocaust (Video)Archiving Atrocity: The International Tracing Service and Holocaust Research with Suzanne Brown-Fleming -- Holocaust Living History Workshop -- The Library ChannelThe International Tracing Service, one of the world’s largest Holocaust-related archival repositories, holds millions of documents detailing the many forms of persecution that transpired during the Nazi era and their continuing repercussions. Based on her recently published book, "Nazi Persecution and Postwar Repercussions: The International Tracing Service Archive and Holocaust Research," Suzanne Brown-Fleming provides new insights into human decision-making in genocidal settings, the factors that drive it, and its far-reaching consequences. Brown-Fleming is director of the Visiting Scholar Programs of the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. She is...
2017-05-0854 min
The Ellison Center at the University of WashingtonDaniel Newman | The Holocaust in the Soviet Union (10.13.16)Dr. Daniel Newman discusses the experience of Holocaust victims in the Soviet Union and addresses the ways the tragedy is remembered in countries of the former USSR. Remembrance of the millions of Jews who were murdered proved a contentious political issue during the decades of Soviet rule and remains so today. Dr. Newman is the Program Manager of the Initiative for the Study of the Holocaust in the Soviet Union at the United States Holocaust Museum's Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies in Washington, DC.
2016-11-081h 21