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Jewish Pedagogies Research Fellowship

A paid, ten-month fellowship for Jewish educators seeking to explore, design, test, and produce new Jewish pedagogies that address today’s challenges.

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.

The FELLOWSHIP journey

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Research your pedagogy
Develop a pedagogic worldview, that is grounded in Jewish tradition
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Develop a practice
Bring your pedagogy to life by developing core practices and accessible resources
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Experiment and apply
Experiment with your findings among a community that will challenge and support you
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Share with the world
Share your work with the field through a dedicated symposium and M²’s network

Meet the fellows

Jon
Adam Ross
Co-Founding Artist and Managing Director
The In[HEIR]itance Project
Jewish Pedagogies Research Fellowship
Cohort 1
Shira
Hecht-Koller
Education Director
Center for Values in Action, M²
Jewish Pedagogies Research Fellowship
Cohort 1
Chana
Silberstein
Educational Director
Rotiman Chabad Center at Cornell University
Jewish Pedagogies Research Fellowship
Cohort 1
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
Gila
Silverman
Education Program Manager
Shomer Collective
Jewish Pedagogies Research Fellowship
Cohort 2
Rabbi Jesse
Paikin
Executive Director
Base
Jewish Pedagogies Research Fellowship
Cohort 2
Edward
Magiste
Educator
The Temple Tifereth Israel
Jewish Pedagogies Research Fellowship
Cohort 2
Charles
Herman
Former Executive Director & Founder
The Nesiya Institute
Jewish Pedagogies Research Fellowship
Cohort 2
Meet all fellows
The cohort was a brilliantly recruited and fostered group of educators from a wide set of backgrounds and educational settings"
Simon-Klarfeld
Simon Klarfeld
Consultant, Self-Employed, Teaneck, NJ
The structure of constant sharing was crucial; it allowed us to know we were all on the journey together. Having a chevruta also made a big difference. And I felt full support from a very accessible M² staff team."
Jon-Ross
Jonathan Adam Ross
Co-Founding Artist & Managing Director, The In[HEIR]itance Project, New York, NY
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."
Chana-Silberstein
Dr. Chana Silberstein
Educational Director, Roitman Chabad Center at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Facilitators

Our experienced and innovative facilitators will support, challenge, and guide you on your fellowship journey.

Mollie

Andron

Lead Faculty and Fellowship Director

Mollie has over 10 years experience teaching in a variety of Jewish educational settings – from formal classroom teaching to nature education, theatre education to collaborative philanthropy education. She enjoys being in the field, as well as building programs and trainings to support others. Mollie holds a double Masters in Midrash and Jewish Experiential Education from the Jewish Theological Seminary, a BA in Religion from Bard College, and is a graduate
of M²’s Senior Educators Cohort. She lives in Brooklyn, NY with her husband and children.

Mollie
Andron
Lead Faculty and Fellowship Director

Channa

Pinchasi

Deputy Director of Be’eri and Director of the Be’eri School for Teacher Education, Shalom Hartman Institute

Mentor, 2022- 2023

Channa
Pinchasi
Deputy Director of Be’eri and Director of the Be’eri School for Teacher Education, Shalom Hartman Institute

Shuki

Taylor

CEO, M²

As the CEO of M², Shuki helps provide educators and organizations in Israel, North America, and Europe with knowledge, tools, and skills to advance the theory and practice of experiential Jewish education. Previously, Shuki served as director of Service Learning and Experiential Education at Yeshiva University, where he founded the Certificate Program in Experiential Jewish Education and a range of programs mobilizing college students to serve underprivileged communities worldwide. A Schusterman Fellow, Shuki studied Jewish philosophy, education, and scriptwriting.

Shuki
Taylor
CEO, M²
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The M² Research Fellowships are generously funded by the Lippman Kanfer Foundation for Living Torah and the Covenant Foundation.
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