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During March 2020, as the gravity of the pandemic became clear, everything began to shut down.The last 18 months have been a roller coaster of emotions.Fear, grief, glimmers of optimism and fatig...

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Jewish Day Schools Past, Present and Future: Issues and Trends The Samis Foundation has been supporting Jewish education for youth for more than 25 years, and integral to that mission is Jewish d...

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By Paul Bernstein, Rabbi Rachel Bovitz, David Bryfman, Jeremy Fingerman, Anna Hartman, Mimi Kravetz, Susan Wachsstock, Rabbi Laura Novak Winer Introduction by David Bryfman, CEO, The Jewish Educa...

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We see the role of educator very, very broadly. We would say everyone is a Jewish educator or can be a Jewish educator…I believe anyone in a position to impact someone’s perspectives in gener...

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As our Jewish day schools and yeshivot experience a return to a level of post-pandemic normalcy, they will be facing a host of significant organizational leadership challenges. This unprecedented...

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I loved reading Lindsey Bodner’s piece in eJP last week. Her words resonated with me as I’ve spent over a decade working as a funder in the Jewish day school field. Lindsey posits that a radi...

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Reading Bodner’s elaboration of Rapp’s proposal for how Jewish day schools should be restructured was inspiring. Bodner imagines a school where 60-70 students are grouped into six cohorts mat...

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Two articles were recently published in eJewishPhilanthropy about the cost of day school tuition. One touted the upsides of using smaller donations to subsidize the cost of tuition for students/f...

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As rising costs of Jewish day schools are outpacing inflation and tuition becomes financially prohibitive, exciting programs are being initiated to help make day schools more affordable.Grants ac...

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Day school is expensive. That is not news; however, it is logical. Based on the concept of “you get what you pay for,” day school education works, but it does cost money. Day schools have pro...

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David Bryfmans abridged remarks from The Jewish Education Projects Annual Benefit Like many other organizations last March, The Jewish Education Project closed its office doors for a period of ti...

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Funders are often seeking ways to help nonprofit organizations become more effective and more efficient in achieving their goals. Could it be a win-win to unite providers with shared constituenci...

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The following essay is based on a forthcoming paper of the same title in The Azrieli Papers: Post COVID Chinuch Vol. 2 In the spring of 2020, school administrators and boards were bracing for a r...

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Introduction by David Bryfman With all of its devastation and challenges, the past year shone a light on critical issues that many believe will, and should, deeply inform Jewish education beyond ...

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Introduction By David Bryfman, CEO, The Jewish Education Project Although no one is bold enough to predict the future, Jewish educators have found that in the adversity and challenges of the past...

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By Josh Ull and Rena Sichel Rosen When was the last time you did something for the first time? What does it take to make an old experience new? While it’s easy to hit copy and paste each school...

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By Jonathan Fass “The best way to predict the future is to create it,” shares Alan Kay, the noted computer scientist who helped to make the personal computer a reality.In March 2020, recogniz...

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By Nachama Skolnik Moskowitz When I ask Jewish educators to identify what learning from the pandemic they would like to take into the future (from the midst of crisis, let us find opportunity), m...

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By Aharoni Carmel and Yael Harari We’ve been closely following “What’s Going on in Jewish Education” and the CASJE interim report, not only because the research is integral to Jewish educ...

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By David Bryfman Approximately two months ago I got Plagues. It clearly wasn’t my choice. Participating in JFNA’sScenario Planningexercises, the four future possibilities offered were Manna, ...

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