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Value Sparks

Days of Gratitude

Discovering Jewish Pedagogies

Ready-to-use resources and facilitator guides

Bring your teaching and learning to life with beautifully designed resources, prompts, guides, worksheets, and more.

The 18×18 resource kit

What should a Jewish person know, do, and care about – and how can educators guide them? Develop dynamic, goal-oriented plans for your organization with this tactile kit, which includes:...

Personal Learning Cycle

This journal’s new format facilitates the meaning-making process for you as an educator. Use this journal to take notes, to capture the richness of your experience, and to make meaning...

18×18 Posters

Get a set of 18 posters that represent the 18 things every Jew needs to do by the time they are eighteen. Great for your office wall!

Inspiration Bookmarks

“Think Outside! No box required,” “Professionalize your passion,” and “Introducing a method to the madness” – carry our bookmarks with you to inspire your educational work.

Imagineering Box

Stick this printable resource on a box and answer this question with a list: what helps you spark your imagination?

18×18 magnet set

Get eighteen magnet units that represent the 18 things every Jew needs to do by the time they are eighteen. Great for your fridge and office! *Magnet board not included

JEWISH PEDAGOGIES 2021

A core component of the Jewish Pedagogies Research Fellowship is the fellows’ development of a research paper and educational resource. These are the fruits of their labor. We offer them to you to use and explore with your learners and colleagues.

Fraidy Aber

A Jewish Pedagogy of Creative Wellbeing: Connection through Wonder

Embracing the pedagogy of wonder can foster greater understanding and interconnectedness.

Rabbah Dr. Mira Neshama Weil

Rega Shel Shtika: How Quieting Fosters Ethical Behavior

Devorah Levine Katz

Pedagogy of Nuance: Finding Comfort Through Storytelling

Aura Chaya Bitton-Gispan

PEDAGOGY OF PLAYFUL ENCOUNTER PROPAGATING THE DIVINE

Rabbi Paul Cohen

Cultivating Curiosity: A Jewish Pedagogy of Wellbeing

Upcoming events

Explore resources to engage your learners experientially. Register for a hands-on professional development event. Enrich your toolkit and gain new skills.

September 10, 2025

Workshop for
New M² Content

Join a special one-time virtual workshop where you’ll get a first look at Values & Verbs, a brand-new unit that deepens M²’s values-centered approach to Jewish education.

10.9.2025, יום רביעי, י״ז באלול התשפ״ה

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יום עיון לבוגרי ובוגרות תכניות המכון לחינוך חווייתי

July 8-10, 2025

The Collaboratory:
Revitalizing Israel Engagement through Education and Innovation

M² and UpStart are partnering to bring you Collaboratory: Revitalizing Israel Engagement through Education and Innovation. Join a vibrant gathering of Jewish educational leaders, entrepreneurs, creatives, and visionaries for an immersive experience designed to harness the transformative power of collaboration in service of Israel engagement.

Ready-to-use resources

Value Sparks

Days of Gratitude

Discovering Jewish Pedagogies