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.
Join a community of master educators to research, develop, and create resources for new Jewish pedagogies that are rooted in Jewish tradition and address the educational needs of today.
2025 RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS
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
Shira
Hecht-Koller
Education Director
Center for Values in Action, M²
Jewish Pedagogies Research Fellowship
Cohort 1
Avi
Orlow
Vice President of Innovation and Education
Foundation for Jewish Camp
18x18 Executive Fellowship
Cohort 1
Kimberly
Dueñas
Community Manager and Founding Member
Jewtina y Co.
Pedagogies of Wellbeing Research Fellowship
Wellbeing Cohort 1
Gila
Silverman
Education Program Manager
Shomer Collective
Jewish Pedagogies Research Fellowship
Cohort 2
Shelley
Kedar
Director, Connect Unit
JAFI
18x18 Executive Fellowship
Cohort 1
Charles
Herman
Former Executive Director & Founder
The Nesiya Institute
Jewish Pedagogies Research Fellowship
Cohort 2
Peretz
Chein
Co-Founder & Director
M54
Pedagogies of Wellbeing Research Fellowship
Wellbeing Cohort 2
Jessie
Gindea
Associate Director, National Young Leadership Cabinet
Jewish Federations of North America
Pedagogies of Wellbeing Research Fellowship
Wellbeing Cohort 2
