Adapting: The Future of Jewish Education
131 episodes - English - Latest episode: 15 days ago - ★★★★★ - 24 ratings'Adapting: The Future of Jewish Education' is a podcast hosted by The Jewish Education Project. Hear CEO David Bryfman and a different guest each episode explore the big questions, challenges, and successes that define Jewish education. Available on Apple Podcasts or Spotify!
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Israel Education in a Post-October 7th World: Jewish Pride as a Radical Idea
April 04, 2024 14:00 - 42 minutes - 29 MBJewish pride isn't just an emotion, but is an idea that can be taught. According to this week's Adapting guest, if it's not taught, it's dangerous to suppress. Joining David Bryfman this week is educator, author, and founder of the modern Jewish pride movement, Ben M. Freeman. The pair discuss his experiences and overlap between the LGBTQ+ community and being Jewish, and how knowing our story leads to empowered Jews who know the innate value of being a Jew.
Israel Education in a Post-October 7th World: What Does it Mean to Bear Witness?
March 28, 2024 09:00 - 40 minutes - 27.8 MBWe’re continuing our limited series, Israel Education in a Post-October 7th World, with Rabbi Dr. Laura Novak Winer, a Reform Jewish Educator who just returned from an educator mission to Israel powered by The Jewish Education Project along with the Association for Reform Jewish Educators and Hebrew Union College community. It’s one thing to see posts on social media from Israel since October 7th, but it’s another to travel directly to the Jewish State to bear witness to the emotion and t...
Israel Education in a Post-October 7th World: Jewish Education Goes to Hollywood
March 21, 2024 09:00 - 37 minutes - 25.9 MBThis week on Adapting, we return to the series, Israel and Jewish Education in a Post-October 7th World, with a conversation on antisemitism, particularly in the film industry. Join David Bryfman as he sits down with Todd Shotz, an acclaimed film and television producer, Jewish educator, and a leading consultant on Jewish representation in Hollywood. Shotz recently won an Emmy Award as consulting producer on "Recipe for Change: Standing Up to Antisemitism," a groundbreaking special by YouT...
Uplifting Women in the Workforce
March 14, 2024 10:00 - 41 minutes - 28.5 MBRecorded on International Women’s Day, this week's episode of Adapting poses the question: if the workforce of Jewish education is largely dominated by women, why are there still disproportionately more men in the senior leadership positions? This introspective conversation with Dr. Sara Shapiro-Plevan and David Bryfman explores many of the inequities that exist in the Jewish communal workspace and offers both employees and employers advice and tactics on how to bridge these divides. It em...
Jews Don't Surf, or Do They?
February 29, 2024 11:00 - 34 minutes - 23.7 MBDanny Mishkin and Lynn Lancaster are making waves in experiential Jewish education. Sababa Beachaway, a co-ed residential summer camp in Virginia Beach, is where spirituality and tradition intersect to empower teens and tweens. Their conversation with David Bryfman takes you into a day in the life of a Sababa participant, and even leads listeners in a short breathing meditation! You might think this episode is all about surf camp, but at the heart of the message is something deeper: learnin...
Leading the Learning Revolution
February 22, 2024 15:00 - 38 minutes - 26.5 MBStarting from kindergarten, how do we as educators connect Jewish tradition to where children are developmentally? This week on Adapting, David Bryfman speaks with Rachel Happel, an experiential Jewish educator who is leading a Jewish learning revolution through unconventional programs. With the use of Jewish Learning Guides, "learning spaces" (a term used instead of classrooms), and the power of listening, Rachel helps children understand Judaism as a lived experience and answer: "What d...
Everyone Counts: Redeeming the Captives
February 12, 2024 20:00 - 38 minutes - 26.6 MBWe are facing a unique time as a Jewish people when the mitzvah of pidyon shvuyim, redeeming the captives, is top of mind as 134 hostages are still held by Hamas in Gaza. What can you as an educator be doing to help the captives? In this extremely timely episode, Clare Goldwater and Elyssa Moss Rabinowitz discuss their educational campagin, Everyone Counts, which they started during the war in partnership with The Jewish Education Project. Through resources and information on their website,...
Israel Education in a Post-October 7th World: Everyone Counts - Redeeming the Captives
February 12, 2024 20:00 - 38 minutes - 26.6 MBWe are facing a unique time as a Jewish people when the mitzvah of pidyon shvuyim, redeeming the captives, is top of mind as 134 hostages are still held by Hamas in Gaza. What can you as an educator be doing to help the captives? In this extremely timely episode, Clare Goldwater and Elyssa Moss Rabinowitz discuss their educational campagin, Everyone Counts, which they started during the war in partnership with The Jewish Education Project. Through resources and information on their website,...
Israel Education in a Post-October 7th World: No School is Immune to Antisemitism
February 08, 2024 11:00 - 48 minutes - 33 MBThis week's multi-faceted conversation between David Bryfman and Jonathan Cannon demonstrates that even deeply religious and Zionist schools are not immune to the ripple effects of October 7th. In times of heightened antisemitism, they too need to empower their students more than ever. As part of a limited series, Israel Education in a Post-October 7th World, this forward-looking episode of Adapting not only sheds light on the most critical needs in Israel education, but the critical act...
No School is Immune to Antisemitism
February 08, 2024 11:00 - 48 minutes - 33 MBThis week's multi-faceted conversation between David Bryfman and Jonathan Cannon demonstrates that even deeply religious and Zionist schools are not immune to the ripple effects of October 7th. In times of heightened antisemitism, they too need to empower their students more than ever. As part of a limited series, Israel Education in a Post-October 7th World, this forward-looking episode of Adapting not only sheds light on the most critical needs in Israel education, but the critical act...
The Heart-Head-Hand of Israel Education
February 01, 2024 10:00 - 39 minutes - 27.2 MBHow has October 7th impacted your connection to Israel? Since then, is there someone you have been holding in your heart? These are just some of the questions Dr. Jonathan Golden incorporates in his Israel education paradigm of using the heart (feelings), head (questions), and hand (thoughts) to have these important conversations. In the second episode of our series, Israel Education in a Post-October 7th World, Golden emphasizes the necessity of first processing your own emotions, then ...
Israel Education in a Post-October 7th World: The Heart-Head-Hand of Israel Education
February 01, 2024 10:00 - 39 minutes - 27.2 MBHow has October 7th impacted your connection to Israel? Since then, is there someone you have been holding in your heart? These are just some of the questions Dr. Jonathan Golden incorporates in his Israel education paradigm of using the heart (feelings), head (questions), and hand (thoughts) to have these important conversations. In the second episode of our series, Israel Education in a Post-October 7th World, Golden emphasizes the necessity of first processing your own emotions, then ...
Israel Education in a Post-October 7th World: All Changes Great and Small in Education
January 25, 2024 17:00 - 55 minutes - 38.4 MBThis episode kicks off a new series: Israel Education in a Post-October 7th World. Stay tuned for more episodes in this series. In the aftermath of October 7th, it's clearer than ever before that there is a need for both advocacy and education to bring about the changes necessary in independent and public-school education. David Bryfman and Laura Shaw Frank of AJC discuss teaching history and current events while ensuring moral clarity remains center stage, responsible speech versus fr...
All Changes Great and Small in Education
January 25, 2024 17:00 - 55 minutes - 38.4 MBThis episode kicks off a new series: Israel Education in a Post-October 7th World. Stay tuned for more episodes in this series. In the aftermath of October 7th, it's clearer than ever before that there is a need for both advocacy and education to bring about the changes necessary in independent and public-school education. David Bryfman and Laura Shaw Frank of AJC discuss teaching history and current events while ensuring moral clarity remains center stage, responsible speech versus fr...
Tu BiShvat: Where Nature Meets Tradition
January 18, 2024 11:00 - 35 minutes - 24.7 MB"Each and every tree has something important to say. If you listen closely, you might too hear their whispers." Rabbi Jackson Mercer creates intentional spaces as a song leader. He is also the author of Wise Friends, a children's book that's really a book for everyone, filled with millennium-old Hebrew teachings. He also just happens to be this week's guest on Adapting! Get ready for Tu BiShvat with Rabbi Mercer and David Bryfman by learning how to connect to "the new year for trees" th...
The Beating Heart of Jewish Education
January 11, 2024 10:00 - 37 minutes - 25.6 MBAccording to Rabbi Danny Burkeman, the congregation is the beating heart of Jewish education, a driver of change which brings community together and inspires Jewish learning. So how does a synagogue adapt to keep Jewish education stimulating? In an inspiring conversation recorded before October 7th, Rabbi Danny Burkeman and David Bryfman discuss innovative ways to engage people in their Judaism, whether Jewish learning is a spectator sport or a participatory sport, and the Torah of Ted La...
Embracing the Future of Artificial Intelligence
December 21, 2023 10:00 - 33 minutes - 23.2 MBIn the midst of war, the essential and timely work of Jewish educators must continue. That is why on this week's episode of Adapting, David Bryfman discusses the ongoing hot-button issue of Artificial Intelligence and its role in education. On the cusp of 2024, educators don't have a choice: they must embrace this technology, or else they're going to fall behind. At least that's what Dr. Sarah Rubinson Levy suggests. As an AI & Jewish Organizational Expert, Dr. Levy says that for all its c...
Hanukkah Special: Identity, Safety, & Pride
December 06, 2023 21:00 - 35 minutes - 24.6 MBDuring the eight nights of Hanukkah, Jews all over the world publicize the miracle of the holiday by lighting menorahs by the window for everyone to see. However, this year feels different, as we grapple with the horrors of October 7th and the current climate of antisemitism in the midst of war. In this special Hanukkah episode of Adapting, here to discuss this topic with David Bryfman are The Jewish Education Project's Dr. Samantha Vinokor-Meinrath – Senior Director of Knowledge, Ideas, a...
The Power of Secular Prayer
November 21, 2023 11:00 - 41 minutes - 28.7 MBDuring a time of war, it's so important to maintain and uphold our spiritual selves as well as community, two traits that are essential to Judaism. As the first yeshiva of its kind in Israel, the BINA Secular Yeshiva serves as a place where young adults can do just that while promoting Jewish pluralism and social justice. This week's episode of Adapting finds David Bryfman speaking with Ayala Deckel, head of the Secular Yeshiva. This episode will open your eyes to the Israeli secular pers...
Israel at War: The College Campus Conversation
November 16, 2023 10:00 - 36 minutes - 24.8 MBImagine that you work on a U.S. college campus today while Israel is at war. Meanwhile, your Israeli cousin texts you from her mamad (safe room in an Israeli home) asking if you're okay given the rise in antisemitism on college campuses. That's what happened to Merav Fine Braun, executive director at Hunter College Hillel in New York City, given the staggering rise in antisemitic incidents on college campuses across the country. In this week's episode of Adapting, Merav engages in a heartf...
Maintaining Hope and Humanity in the Face of Evil
November 02, 2023 09:00 - 41 minutes - 28.6 MBRebecca Bardach has devoted her life to progressive education and coexistence between Jews and Arabs living together in Israel. How does she maintain strength and hope during these dark times? Listen to a candid discussion with David Bryfman as she provides a firsthand, on-the-ground account of life in Israel, where she retells the heart-wrenching moment when she discovered her cousin's kidnapping by Hamas. She also recounts a poignant encounter with an Arab psychologist, highlighting mom...
Jewish Educators on the Frontlines in the War of Ideas
October 26, 2023 16:00 - 42 minutes - 29.2 MBRight now, alongside the war in Israel, there is a battle occurring in America, one that plays out in academic settings through ideas that use Israel as a weapon for antisemitism. Joining us in this provocative and timely episode is Dr. Rachel Fish, esteemed scholar and self-proclaimed warrior on the Middle East and Israel. David Bryfman and Dr. Fish discuss the wake-up call of how the war is affecting Jewish life in America, the impact of decades of festering antisemitism on university cam...
How to Talk to Children About Israel Today
October 20, 2023 13:00 - 59 minutes - 41.2 MBDuring this time of war, it's imperative that educators and parents remain a calm presence for children. In a webinar held by The Jewish Education Project, Dr. Samantha Vinokor-Meinrath holds a conversation with Israel educator and mother Dr. Sivan Zakai on the importance and best practices on talking to children about Israel and the current situation. Watch the webinar here and visit our Israel in Crisis Resource Hub. This episode was produced by Dina Nusnbaum and Miranda Lapides. The sh...
Educating and Parenting in a Time of War
October 16, 2023 19:00 - 46 minutes - 31.9 MBThe Jewish community is still reeling from the massacre that Hamas carried out in Israel over one week ago. In a somewhat cathartic conversation, David Bryfman and Rabbi Dr. Josh Ladon unpack their experiences as both educators and parents in helping educators and children grapple with a multitude of feelings. They emphasize that when dealing with war, one cannot deal with it in isolation, and to prioritize mental health by looking after one another in the field—from other teachers to kid...
Jewish Educators: Flicking the Proverbial Switch
October 11, 2023 14:00 - 12 minutes - 8.33 MBIn the wake of devastation and sorrow coming out of Israel, Jewish educators have been grappling with how to best communicate the events unfolding with their students. Through grief and heartbreak, they will flick some imaginary switch in their minds and hearts and do what they do best: be Jewish educators. This week on Adapting, CEO David Bryfman shares his own emotional experiences and challenges in addressing such traumatic events with students. He stresses the need for educators to pro...
Research and Practice in Jewish Education
September 28, 2023 09:00 - 37 minutes - 25.6 MBAs a reputable scholar of contemporary American Jewish education, Dr. Arielle Levites is curious about all things Jewish, from "Jews of no religion" to what Jewish education looks like both inside and outside the institutional setting. On this week's episode of Adapting, David Bryfman and Dr. Levites talk about using curiosity to fuel research on the vast topic of Jewish education — its ever-evolving trends, aspects of intersectional diversity, and ideal practices for conducting the resea...
Where Does the Pendulum Swing?
September 14, 2023 09:00 - 38 minutes - 26.7 MBTo kick off an inspiring new season of "Adapting: The Future of Jewish Education," David Bryfman dissects the origins of Sunday School in America with Laura Yares, as the pair discusses her new book, Jewish Sunday Schools: Teaching Religion in Nineteenth-Century America. This exploration, including a deep dive into the important role women played in pioneering accessible Jewish education, prompts a question that's still very much relevant to educators today: What holds greater significan...
Straight to the Source: Kids and Jewish Education
June 29, 2023 15:45 - 18 minutes - 12.5 MBAs educators, we all have a lot to say. But in this special season finale of Adapting, we flipped the script and got to hear from the learners! CEO David Bryfman sits down with his two kids, Jonah and Abby, for an exclusive interview about their Jewish education. Join us as the dynamic duo reveals favorite topics they've learned at Jewish Day School like the story of Joseph and learning Hebrew, what they think their dad does for a living, the teaching qualities that earned a "favorite teach...
A Tap on the Shoulder: From Students to Educators, Season 3, Episode 34
June 22, 2023 14:45 - 33 minutes - 23.1 MBAccording to the latest CASJE study, there are more than 14,000 Jewish Day School educators in the U.S. How would the future of the Jewish people change if every one of these educators made it a priority to tap students on the proverbial shoulder who they identify as becoming part of the next generation of Jewish educators? Joining David Bryfman on Adapting this week is Rabbi Marc Wolf of Prizmah, who addresses the pipeline challenge or decline in Jewish educators specifically through a len...
Brave Spaces for Jewish Teens, Season 3, Episode 33
June 15, 2023 15:00 - 35 minutes - 24.7 MBBuilding educational spaces for teens is no easy task -- especially for those with viewpoints considered by some to be outside the mainstream, or even radical. Enter Club Z, a community for teens to connect and socialize over a shared love of Israel and being Jewish. In this episode, David Bryfman speaks, and even spars, with Club Z founder and executive director Masha Merkulova over philosophical differences about how to best empower teens to navigate the complex subject of Israel, inclu...
The I and Thou of Jewish Education, Season 3, Episode 32
June 08, 2023 13:00 - 35 minutes - 24.5 MBEvery person has a story to be told, and today’s episode of Adapting tells one individual’s unlikely journey to become a Jewish educator. David Bryfman met Elyssa Hurwitz of Moishe House at a recent conference for Jewish educators when she volunteered from the audience to partake in David's interactive keynote presentation, to explore what it means, in philosopher Martin Buber's language, to strive to create I-Thou relationships. This experience had an unintended but profound impact on both...
Meaning Makers: Supporting Our Educators, Season 3, Episode 31
June 02, 2023 14:50 - 36 minutes - 25.2 MBIn a time of shortage of Jewish educators, today’s episode of Adapting focuses specifically on why one would even consider becoming a Jewish educator today, asking such challenging questions as: how has the role of educator become more difficult than it once was? And how can we, as a culture, better champion the profession? This week's guest is Aviva Lauer, Director of the Pardes Center for Jewish Educators in Jerusalem. Aviva speaks with David Bryfman about equipping educators with the Jew...
A Shavuot Special: Learning with Rabba Yaffa Epstein, Season 3, Episode 30
May 24, 2023 14:25 - 21 minutes - 14.7 MBYour Shavuot is about to be elevated by this special episode of Adapting, where you will experience the profound wisdom of Rabba Yaffa Epstein, The Jewish Education Project's Senior Scholar and Educator in Residence. Rabba Epstein and David Bryfman's discussion, brimming with intellectual insights and ideas around the holiday, practically becomes a midrash in the making as they touch on two key components of Shavuot: receiving the Torah and the delivering of the first fruits. Once you hear ...
Where Jewish Education Meets Feminism, Season 3, Episode 29
May 18, 2023 09:00 - 36 minutes - 24.8 MBGender, feminism, and power are all salient features of adolescent development today. Jewish youth is certainly no exception, and Jewish education must tackle some of these challenging issues today if it is to be relevant and meaningful for today’s learners. This week's Adapting guest, Shuli Karkowsky, is incorporating these themes into Jewish education through her own work as CEO of Moving Traditions, an organization that merges Jewish learning with social and emotional learning to serve t...
Play with Purpose - Summer Camp through a Historic Lens, Season 3, Episode 28
May 11, 2023 04:00 - 31 minutes - 21.6 MBMay is Jewish American Heritage Month, and what is more Jewish American than teens spending the summer at camp exploring their culture? Since the postwar era, summer camps have been driven by intentional and ideological education (think Zionism, Yiddish and Ashkenazi culture, etc.). No one understands this history better than this week's Adapting guest, Sandra Fox, author of the book, The Jews of Summer: Summer Camp and Jewish Culture in Postwar America. Her book serves as a wakeup call f...
Teen Enrichment - Tricks of the Trade, Season 3, Episode 27
May 04, 2023 06:00 - 34 minutes - 23.8 MBAccording to this week's Adapting guest, Liron Lipinsky, when it comes to youth programming, teens come for the social component and stay for the educational experiences. Is this tactic a bait and switch? No. In fact, it's the secret sauce to teen engagement. In this episode, BBYO's VP of Enrichment discusses with David Bryfman how to leverage informal social experiences to empower youth, instill Jewish pride, and build engagement and education around Israel. If you are a teen educator o...
Finding Possibilities from the Census Findings, Season 3, Episode 26
April 28, 2023 13:00 - 32 minutes - 22.4 MBThere is much at stake for the future of Jewish education in these rapidly changing times. Last week, The Jewish Education Project released a comprehensive report, From Census to Possibilities: Designing Pathways for Jewish Learners, on the current state of Jewish supplementary schools in North America, the first of its kind since 2008. On this week's episode of Adapting, David Bryfman delves into the report's findings, but more importantly potential pathways forward, with Jewish educator M...
How to Use Data to Make an Impact, Season 3, Episode 25
April 20, 2023 09:20 - 28 minutes - 19.7 MBData can be used as an effective and important tool for measuring success of Jewish engagement. But what are the data points we are looking for? And once we have that data, how can we use it to the best of our ability to better understand our audiences and the factors that motivate them to live a more Jewish life? On this week's episode of Adapting, Jennifer Zwilling draws from her experiences at Hillel International and the Edlavitch Jewish Community Center of Washington, DC, and how she s...
Artificial Intelligence or Artificial Education?, Season 3, Episode 24
March 31, 2023 10:00 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MBToday we can interact with machine learning in new, unprecedented ways. Educators can ask a chatbot to write lesson plans at the click of a button. Students can incorporate their selfies into the Exodus story. Artificial Intelligence has the potential to revolutionize Jewish education, and this emerging technology is also raising ethical concerns amongst educators. This week's Adapting includes a frank conversation with David Bryfman and Dr. Samantha Vinokor-Meinrath, Senior Director of K...
A More Inclusive Jewish Education, Season 3, Episode 23
March 23, 2023 09:00 - 34 minutes - 23.9 MBThe way educators talk about identity has direct impact on how learners see themselves reflected in Jewish tradition. That is why LGBTQ+ advocacy and embracing gender identity work is imperative for Jewish education. Talking to David Bryfman this week on Adapting is Dubbs Weinblatt (they/them), Founder and CEO of Thank You for Coming Out, who advocates for creating a more just and inclusive world. Bravely sharing their story as a genderqueer trans Jew, Dubbs teaches us this work is inherent...
Uncovering the Israeli-American Jewish Experience, Season 3, Episode 22
March 16, 2023 16:15 - 37 minutes - 25.8 MBThere are almost one million Israelis living in the United States today. This includes immigrants who came to America as Israelis and discovered their Jewishness in different and exciting ways, and their children who have grown up pretty much like other Jewish Americans... just with Israeli parents. Now these families as Israeli American Jews and their children face a unique set of challenges as they balance maintaining their Israeli with their American Jewish experience. Joining David Bry...
Why Yiddish Education is Anything but Meshugah, Season 3, Episode 21
March 09, 2023 11:00 - 33 minutes - 23.3 MBSchlep, klutz, shvigger... Yiddish is more than a few kitschy words. The language embodies and celebrates Jewish culture and daily life that is often lost to a younger generation, and can be used as a tool to get learners excited about connecting to Jewish life. This week on Adapting, David Bryfman speaks with Susan Bronson, Executive Director of the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, MA, who advocates for studying Yiddish as a way to create a generation of Jewishly literate youths. With theme...
Raising the Bar: Jewish Learning at the Tavern, Season 3, Episode 20
March 02, 2023 18:50 - 31 minutes - 21.5 MBA rabbi walks into a bar... and opens a Jewish house of learning. Imagine a tavern playing Israeli music, the walls lined with old books written in Hebrew or even Aramaic, and patrons coming together to discuss those texts and other Jewish ideas while sharing food and drink inspired by cuisine of the diaspora. You don't have to imagine a communal Jewish house of learning because it exists, and it is called Lehrhaus. This week on Adapting with David Bryfman, Rabbi Charlie Schwartz dis...
Jewish Leaders: You Need to Hear This, Season 3, Episode 19
February 23, 2023 10:00 - 35 minutes - 24.2 MBSince the pandemic, the Jewish nonprofit sector has faced the same changes and challenges as the rest of the working world: the Great Resignation, shifted expectations of work, and Gen Z entering the workforce, to name a few. Joining this week’s episode of Adapting is Amy Born, Chief Strategy & Impact Officer from Leading Edge, an organization that supports Jewish nonprofits on their quests to become even better places to work. Together, David Bryfman and Amy Born explore the themes that, a...
Not Your Parents' Youth Movement, Season 3, Episode 18
February 16, 2023 05:00 - 34 minutes - 23.5 MBEmpowerment. Ownership of your own destiny. Social engines of change. These were factors that spurred on the Zionist youth movement phenomenon and established their prominence in the 20th century. As historian Walter Laqueur once said, "[The youth movement] won't be merely a footnote in the story of the Jewish people, but a whole chapter." But can Zionist youth movements succeed in the 21st century? Are they equipped to fight the powerful forces at work today? David Bryfman waxes nostalgi...
Power to the Youth!, Season 3, Episode 17
February 09, 2023 14:30 - 32 minutes - 22.1 MBSince the early 20th century, Jewish and Zionist youth movements have inspired individuals to come together as a collective around a shared aspiration. Today, in the age of social media and an overwhelming number of causes to support, they are more relevant than ever, but in some ways more challenged, as they strive to activate young people to speak out and actualize a vision for the future. Joining David Bryfman this week on Adapting is Adina Frydman, CEO of the U.S.'s oldest Zionist you...
Beyond the Bubble: Making the Magic of Summer Camp Last, Season 3, Episode 16
February 02, 2023 19:25 - 33 minutes - 22.9 MBSummer camp creates a unique environment that resembles a Jewish utopia inside a bubble. It's a culture built on kindness and connection without outside academic or societal pressure, and in many cases, access to technology, that enhances cherished face time with friends as well as young staff members who serve as mentors. Plus, campers enjoy aspects of Jewish life they may not experience at home. This week’s episode of Adapting takes you inside the bubble of summer camp with Debby Shriber,...
The Ongoing Transformation of Jewish Day Schools, Season 3, Episode 15
January 27, 2023 14:50 - 31 minutes - 21.5 MBJewish day schools continue to be successful as they evolve with the changing needs of today’s families. Sharon Freundel, Managing Director of The Jewish Education Innovation Challenge (JEIC) suggests that by doubling down on their strengths, acknowledging their challenges, and embracing the opportunity to transform, sometimes radically their approach, that Jewish day schools will continue to evolve and excel into the future. With 40 years of experience in the field of Jewish day school educ...
Implicating and Activating Learners, Season 3, Episode 14
January 19, 2023 16:00 - 33 minutes - 23.1 MBFrom the classroom to camp, at the top and the bottom of an institution, anybody can be a great leader. As we look at what makes an adaptive leader, we see that what matters is learners feeling "implicated and activated" to create an expanded identity within a collective framework, the ultimate purpose of Jewish education. In this week's inspirational episode of Adapting, David Bryfman talks to Sarah Mali, former Vice President of Masa Israel Journey's Leadership & Impact Center and current...
The Ruach Behind the Rhythm, Season 3, Episode 13
January 12, 2023 05:00 - 34 minutes - 23.9 MBThink of a time from your childhood when song helped you learn, whether it was memorizing all 50 states in the U.S., Jewish prayers, or the ABC's. How effective was learning that topic through song? How did it feel to recall this? Music not only helps us learn, but also builds connection, boosts happiness, and holistically embodies learners, well into adulthood. We’re excited to kick off Adapting in the new year on an upbeat note - pun intended! - with the talented Naomi Less, an internatio...