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Day of Learning
Introduction & Orientation
Meet other fellows, understand the fellowship arc, and start exploring Jewish approaches to wellbeing
A paid, ten-month virtual fellowship for educators and master practitioners to research and develop educational practices that can respond to issues of mental health and wellbeing.
Join a group of master practitioners to develop pedagogies and educational resources rooted in Jewish tradition that address today’s burning challenges around health and wellbeing.
January 29, 2023 | 11:00am-3:00pm ET
February 8 & 22; March 1, 2023| 12:00-2:00pm ET
March 19, 2023 | 11:00am-3:00pm ET
March 29; April 19; May 3 & 17, 2023 | 12:00pm – 3:00pm ET
May 21, 2023 | 11:00am -3:00pm ET
June 7 & 21, 2023 | 11:30-2:00pm ET
Summer 2023
September 6, 2023 | 11:00am-2:00pm ET
September 27; October 11 & 25; November 8 | 12pm -2:00pm ET
November 29, 2023
February 2024
Emily Faber (they/she) is the Assistant Program Director at M²: The Institute for Experiential Jewish Education. They come to M² with a focus on elevating interpersonal connections within socially-focused organizations. She holds a BA in English Literature from Rhodes College in Memphis, TN, and currently resides in Brooklyn, NY, where they are a parent to many houseplants. Emily can be reached at emily@ieje.org.
Rabbi Lisa Goldstein is a teacher, consultant, and certified practitioner of NARM, a modality of healing complex trauma. She teaches a wide variety of online courses with an emphasis on spiritual wisdom, prayer and meditation, and the teachings of R. Nahman of Breslov. She also works one-on-one to support people in their journeys of healing and spiritual growth.
Educated at Brown University and Hebrew Union College, Rabbi Goldstein has almost 25 years of executive experience, having served as the director of Hillel of San Diego, and the executive director of the Institute for Jewish Spirituality. She is a mentor for M2’s Senior Educator Cohort and a Teaching Assistant for NARM’s Online Basic Training.
She lives in New York City with her husband, Igal Harmelin, and their foster son, Seydou.
Stephen has dedicated the last 25 years to working with nonprofit organizations and educators worldwide. He has held senior positions in leading Jewish organizations including The Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), the Melton Centre for Jewish Education at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Torah Mitzion, The Jewish Agency and M²: The Institute for Experiential Jewish Education. Stephen has created his own consultancy initiative based on a psychodynamic approach to personal and organizational wellbeing, under the guidance of The Institute for Leadership and Transformation (SA), affiliated with the Tavistock Institute of Human Relations (UK). A graduate of the Hebrew University (MA Education) and WITS University (South Africa), Stephen was born and raised in South Africa, lives with his wife and four children in Jerusalem and is devoted to empowering people to get the most out of their professional and personal lives.
To request more information for the upcoming program, please submit your email address below. We’ll be in touch shortly.
The application for the 2023 fellowship is November 6, 2022.
In order to maximize the gain from the program and from the combined wisdom in the room, we expect fellows to fully participate in all aspects of the program; however, you can miss up to two sessions for an unexpected circumstance.
We believe in creating ideologically pluralistic spaces. The cohort will include participants of all backgrounds.
By the end of the fellowship, fellows will produce one 6-8 page research paper (3000-4000 words) on their pedagogy. This thought piece is a written document that outlines the proposed pedagogy with background information, the specific worldview of the pedagogy, the developed practice/s that turns it into an expression, and notes that document the practice in action. These pieces will be compiled into a publication alongside the resource that will be shared with educators across the field of Jewish education.
After the completion of the Pedagogies of Wellbeing Research Fellowship, fellows will share their work with the larger Jewish educational field during an online symposium that they will help develop.
This program is open to Jewish Educators across the globe, who are able to meet midday ET.
Apply here. Please expect to invest at least two hours to complete the application. You are welcome to work on the essay questions in advance, which can be found here.
The fellowship is designed for you to take time to reflect on yourself as an educator. You will also be working with the faculty members, who are immersed in the world of pedagogy and can help you become even more articulate about educational practices and pedagogies.
Fellows will receive $3,000 over the course of the fellowship. Fellows will receive $500 after submitting a research plan; $1,000 after the first draft of their paper and $1,500 after the final draft of the paper.
M²’s Research Fellowships are run with support from the Covenant Foundation and the Lippman Kanfer Foundation for Living Torah.