Professional Development Programs
Transformative Cohort Experiences
Equipping educators with academic, innovative, and applicable approaches to values exploration, experiential design and identity development.
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Programs
“M² is the destination for soulful, intellectual, and personal advancement… Through its rigor, ingenuity, and innovative training, M² has lifted the role of Jewish educators. If you’re looking for a community of practice and training in experiential education, M² will be catalytic to your personal and professional growth.”
Andy Kastner
Relational Engagement Circle 1 (2018-2019)
“To work closely with the M² team has allowed me to start to develop the foundations of my organization’s Jewish educational philosophy, which we can build upon for years to come. To be able to focus on this work in a cohort of people who are doing so as well is exactly what sets M² apart.”
Jessy Dressin
18x18 (2021-2022)
“M² created a program that was high-level, methodical, relevant, and that pushed us forward… I had to articulate my goals and my path as a Jewish educator– and it changed my entire trajectory.”
Liron Lipinsky
Senior Educators Cohort 2 (2017-2018) & 18x18 (2021-2022)
“M² provided my team with a beautiful balance of theory and practice… They do an excellent job of balancing different modalities of learning, including interactive learning, chevruta learning, and time for reflection. The learning is serious and sophisticated – and worthy of educators’ time.”
Jason Leivenberg
Power in 2020 (2020)
“I appreciated the rich opportunity to be with wise Jewish educators from all over North America, and to be taught by educators who used many media and modes to teach us. I feel like everyone from teachers, staff to participants, went the ‘extra mile’ to be engaged, to work hard, to be conscientious and diligent.”
Shelly Barnathan
Relational Engagement Circle 2
“From the teachers to the design of the workshops, from the cohort to the flow of the seminars, each flowed into each other with ease and intentionality. I've gained new understandings, values, and the skills to apply them in a playful way.”
Chanie Chein
Relational Engagement Circle 2
“Thank you to M² for allowing me to be present in an environment that is not my norm. The activities for exploring values were top-notch and I am excited to utilize some of the activities with my staff and to think about how to use them with our participants as well.”
Julie Brodsky
Senior Educators Cohort 4
“M² helped me unearth a process that demands an in-depth exploration and articulation of values. This process that I am still learning is now integrated into my professional and personal practice. It is beyond impactful. In addition, I now have a sense of my vision for the Jewish world. What a gift.”
Rabbi Tova Leibovic-Douglas
Senior Educators Cohort 4
“I feel that I identify more strongly than ever before as a Jewish educator, and certainly have a language and tools to apply therein.”
Noach Pawliger
Senior Educators Cohort 4
Meet our Fellows
Avihay
Hazout
Director, Youth Division
Yerucham Municipality
Senior Educators Cohort
Cohort 2
Brett
Musick
Regional Director
AEPi
Chicago Educators Cohort
Andrew
Feig
School Rabbi
Sinai Akiba Academy
Senior Educators Cohort
Cohort 4
Tal
Zmiri Willner
Director of North American programs in Israel
Beit Midrash for Israeli Rabbis- Shalom Hartman Institute
Mabat: Senior Educators Cohort Israel
Cohort 2
Melissa
Bernstein
Director of Professional and Institutional Engagement
Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas
Senior Educators Cohort
Cohort 1
Rachel
Smith-Savaya
Educational Consultant and Tour Guide
RSS Consulting
Senior Educators Cohort
Cohort 1
Yosef
Gillers
Executive Director
GrowTorah
Senior Educators Cohort
Cohort 1
BatEl
Trabelsi
Learning Experience Developer
Maoz
Mabat: Senior Educators Cohort Israel
Cohort 3
Educational Resources
Crossroads Cards: Israel Edition
Brought to you by M²: The Institute for Experiential Jewish Education, Crossroads: Israel Edition places you inside real moments connected to Israel and Jewish life, where identity, responsibility, belonging, and values pull in different directions. Each card ends at a true crossroads, inviting reflection and conversation when there is no obvious path forward. Designed to...
