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What Are We Teaching Towards? A Symposium on Jewish Peoplehood and Wellbeing

M²’s Research Fellowships convene talented and seasoned Jewish educators to address current challenges and cultivate new approaches towards Jewish education.

Delve into bold new teaching and learning practices developed by M²’s 2023 Wellbeing and Jewish Peoplehood Research Fellows

 

Location

VIRTUAL

Presenters

20 RESEARCH FELLOWS

Date

March 18, 2024

Time

12:00-2:30 pm ET

Symposium HIGHLIGHTS

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FELLOW-LED WORKSHOPS
Choose from an array of sessions that address urgent issues
long-term cohort programs
TEACHING JEWISHLY
Make the “how” of teaching Jewishly just as Jewish as the content
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PRACTICAL RESOURCES
Implement and adapt innovative, original educational practices in your own setting
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INSPIRATION AND MOTIVATION
Deepen your craft with guidance from 20 senior educators
12:00-12:10 pm et

Welcome & What are We Teaching Towards?

Mollie Andron
12:10-12:15 PM ET​

Beginning with Silence

with Mira Weill

12:15-12:45 PM ET​
Round 1 of Workshops

My Israeli Story: Between Hope and Reality

Dr. Yakir Englandar (Peoplehood)

Na’anua: A Pedagogy of Jewish Transformative Movement

Rabbanit Dalia Davis (Wellbeing)

A Pedagogy of Rootedness: Reclaiming a Sense of Belonging

Dr. Dominika Zakrzewska (Peoplehood)

Kissing the Sages: Cultivating Peoplehood Through Talmud Torah

Laynie Soloman (Peoplehood)

Speaking Jewish: A Phraseology of Peoplehood

Rabbi Josh Weinberg (Wellbeing)

Facing Difference and Fostering Belonging

Maia Ferdman (Wellbeing)

Life Meets Text: Sara Bareilles and Song of Songs

Rabbi Jen Gubitz (Wellbeing)

Kol Demama: A Pedagogy of Nuance

Devorah Levine Katz (Wellbeing)
12:45-1:00 PM ET​

A Letter to your Ancestor

Laynie Solomon

1:00-1:10 PM ET

BREAK

1:10-1:40 pm ET
Round 2 of Workshops

Let’s Farbreng: The Original Farbrengen Game

Hashaliach Peretz Chein (Wellbeing)

Embodying My Jewish Story

Dr. SAMANTHA VINOKOR (PEOPLEHOOD)

Kaveh: A Pedagogy of Hope

Rabbi Amitai Fraiman (Peoplehood) 

Amplifying Minority Voices Through Storytelling

Dr. Bezawit Abebe (Peoplehood)

Cultivating Curiosity

Rabbi Paul Cohen (Wellbeing)

Building Interpersonal Connection Through Wonder

Fraidy Aber (Wellbeing)

1:40-1:50 pm ET

Speaking Jewish

with Rabbi Josh Weinberg

1:50-2:20 pm ET
Round 3 of Workshops

Parsha Play as a Portal to Regenerative Torah

Aura Chaya (Wellbeing)

Hineni: A Call to Humble Action

Rabbi Aytan Kadden (Peoplehood)

What Do We Owe Each Other?

Rabbi Josh Mikutiks (Peoplehood)

A Pedagogy of Responsiveness

Dr. Sandra Anusiewicz-Baer (Peoplehood)

Cultivating Joy: Mitzvah Gedolah Lehiyot BeSimcha

Jessie Gindea (Wellbeing)

Shtika: Reclaiming Silence for Embodied Jewish Ethics

Mira Neshama Weil (Wellbeing)

2:20-2:25 pm ET

Practicing Joy

with Jessie Gindea

2:25-2:30 pm ET

Closing: From Jewish Education to an Education that is Jewish 

with Rabbi Lisa Goldstein

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Fellows' Resources

Each fellow’s brand new Jewish pedagogy – created alongside scholars, artists, and content experts – will be available for download to infuse your work and uplift your practice.

Anava/Humility as a Pedagogy Toward Jewish Peoplehood

Rabbi Aytan Kadden

Teacher and Leadership Team Member
Ort Pelech Boys High School

The pedagogy of humility as taught using chevruta.

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Pedagogy of Rootedness: Retrieving Rootedness and Building a Sense of Belonging

Dr. Dominika Zakrzewska Oledzka

Program Director
Living Bridge Institute for Intercultural & International Affairs

The pedagogy of rootedness stresses the importance of being aware of one’s heritage to create a sense of belonging and connection.

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Zakhor: A Pedagogy of Memory

Dr. Samantha Vinokor-Meinrath

Managing Director of Identity, Ideas and Adolescents
The Jewish Education Project

Zakhor is a pedagogy of memory through storytelling and embodied experiences.

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The Pedagogy of Storytelling

Bezawit Abebe

Research Fellow
Be'chol Lashon

The pedagogy of storytelling engages and connects both the storyteller and listener.

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Kaveh: A Pedagogy of Hope

Rabbi Amitai Fraiman

Director, The Z3 Project
Oshman Family JCC

The pedagogy of hope aims to embody the role of hope in Jewish peoplehood and create a shared consciousness.

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Peoplehood Orientation: Nurturing Klal Yisrael Through Torah Study

Laynie Soloman

Associate Rosh Yeshiva & Director of Transformative Leadership
SVARA: A Traditionally Radical Yeshiva

Nurturing Klal Yisrael Through Torah Study

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THE PRESENTERS

Osnat
Fox
Director, Institute for Global Jewish Voices
The Jewish Agency for Israel
Pedagogies of Peoplehood Research Fellowship
Fraidy
Aber
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The Contemporary Jewish Museum - CJM
Pedagogies of Wellbeing Research Fellowship
Dalia
Davis
Educator
Heilicher Minneapolis Jewish Day School
Pedagogies of Wellbeing Research Fellowship
Samantha
Vinokor-Meinrath
Senior Director of Knowledge, Ideas and Learning
The Jewish Education Project
Pedagogies of Peoplehood Research Fellowship
Yakir
Englander
National Senior Director of Leadership
Israeli American Council
Pedagogies of Peoplehood Research Fellowship
Mira
Weil
Jewish Spirituality Teacher
Mira Weil
Pedagogies of Wellbeing Research Fellowship
Aytan
Kadden
Judaics Coordinator
Pelech Boys High School
Pedagogies of Peoplehood Research Fellowship
Laynie
Soloman
Associate Rosh Yeshiva & Director of Transformative Leadership
SVARA: A Traditionally Radical Yeshiva
Pedagogies of Peoplehood Research Fellowship
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The responsibility to bring the hostages home is a collective one, and there are numerous ways for you to get involved as an act of Jewish peoplehood and to support our shared wellbeing. As you anticipate the upcoming Symposium, access more than 25 action-oriented resources here at Everyone Counts, on this urgent issue.

M²’s Research Fellowships are run with support from the Covenant Foundation, the Lippman Kanfer Foundation for Living Torah, the Rodan Family Foundation, and Taube Philanthropies. M² is proud to partner with the Z3 Project in launching the Pedagogies of Peoplehood Research Fellowship.