Pedagogies of Wellbeing Research Fellowship
A paid, eight-month fellowship for educators and master practitioners to research and develop Jewish educational practices that can respond to issues of mental health and wellbeing.
Research Fellowships
NEW PEDAGOGIES. CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES.
M²’s Research Fellowships convene talented and seasoned Jewish educators to address current challenges and cultivate new approaches towards Jewish education.
The structure was excellent, and I very much appreciated the range of topics that were explored through shared scaffolding and frameworks. The institutional and individual support I received was incredible, with M² going above and beyond normal expectations.”
Shira Hecht-Koller
The Executive Director of Dorot Foundation
Jewish Pedagogies Research Fellowship, Cohort 2018-2019
"The Jewish Pedagogies Circle was a transformative experience. As experiential educators, we often focus on academic work or educational work, but we rarely have the opportunity to focus on both theory and practice in a Jewish context. M² made it possible for me to do just that.”
Marta Eichelberger-Jankowska
Jewish Pedagogies Circle
(2020-2021)
“Among the highlights of my M² experience were a dynamic cohort of colleagues, each of whom was doing really creative work in a variety of fields, and gifted faculty who brought unexpected and unusual skill sets to our program.”
Rachel Bovitz
Jewish Pedagogies Circle
(2020-2021)
"M² gave me the opportunity to be part of a lively Beit Midrash where I could think critically about pedagogy and the Jewish tradition behind it, and actualize my research. M² gave me the space to explore, experiment, connect with others, and find my own voice.”
Rabbi Ari Weiss
Jewish Pedagogies Circle
(2020-2021)
“Immersing in this fellowship gave me the pedagogical language to articulate the processes I've honed as an artist and activist, and a new lens from which to see the applicability of those processes.”
Jon Adam Ross
Jewish Pedagogies Circle
(2020-2021)
Meet our Fellows
Ruben
Shimonov
National Director of Sephardi House and Young Leadership & Founding Executive Director of the Sephardic Mizrahi Q Network
American Sephardi Federation
Jewish Pedagogies Research Fellowship
Cohort 2
Jake
Marmer
Education and Programming Director
Bronfman Fellowship
Jewish Pedagogies Research Fellowship
Cohort 1
Ari
Weiss
Executive Director
Cornell Hillel
Jewish Pedagogies Research Fellowship
Cohort 1
Faith
Leener
Founding Executive Director
Base, Moishe House
Pedagogies of Wellbeing Research Fellowship
Liron
Lipinsky
Vice President, Enrichment Strategy
BBYO
18x18 Executive Fellowship
Ruben
Arquilevich
Vice President for Camps, NFTY, and Immersives
URJ
18x18 Executive Fellowship
Avi
Orlow
Vice President of Innovation and Education
Foundation for Jewish Camp
18x18 Executive Fellowship
Andrea
Lieber
Professor or Religion
Dickinson College
Pedagogies of Wellbeing Research Fellowship
