RESEARCH PAPERS AND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
Explore new jewish pedagogies
During M² Research Fellowships, each fellow develops a new educational practice that addresses the contemporary challenges in Jewish education. Explore and use them with your learners and colleagues.
Contemporary Poetry As A Sacred Jewish Text
Jake Marmer
Education & Programming Director
Bronfman Fellowship Stanford, CA
Learning poetry as sacred text can infuse educational spaces with intimacy and communal connection.
Access ResourceA Pedagogy of the 48: Connecting Pirkei Avot, LIfe, and Learning
Dr. Gila Silverman
Director of Jewish Lifelong Learning
Siegel Lifelong Learning, Case Western Reserve University
This pedagogy invites participants to consider how the 48 different ways of “acquiring Torah” resonates with them
Access ResourceLet Your Body Learn: An Embodied Pedagogy
Rabbi Dr. Yechiel Hoffman
Independent Consultant and Educator
YH Consulting
The Let Your Body Learn pedagogy provides an opportunity to ritualize embodied learning on a regular basis.
Access ResourceHebrew Calligraphy: A Pedagogy for Developing Closeness with Text
Daniel Abramson
Curriculum Development Director of the Tikkun Project
The Leo Baeck Day School
Explore and experiment with Hebrew letters and text
Access ResourceJewish Place and Positionality: A Choreography of Pedagogical Practice
Yoshi Silverstein
Founder & Executive Director
Mitsui Collective Cleveland, OH
A Choreography of Pedagogical Practice - By engaging intentionally with spatial dynamics, Jewish educators can elevate learning through powerful embodied practices.
Access ResourceA Pedagogy of Cleansing: How Purifying and “Lifting” the Hands is Connected to Wellbeing
Rabbi Daniel Brenner
Vice President - Education
Moving Traditions
The ritual of handwashing - Netiylat Yadaim - through the lens of dance/movement education
Access ResourceThe Pedagogy of Names
Kimberly Dueñas
Community Manager and Founding Member
Jewtina y. Co.
Exploring names as an opportunity to welcome the learner as ‘whole’
Access ResourceThe Pedagogy of Mikveh: Removing Barriers in Pursuit of Deep Human Connection
Faith Brigham Leener
Founder, Base Movement and Chief Innovation Officer, Pardes Institute
The ritual of mikvah as a framework for cultivating inspired communication
Access ResourcePedagogy of Mutual Humanization
Jon Adam Ross
Co-Founding Artist & Managing Director
The In[HEIR]itance Project New York, NY
A pedagogy of mutual humanization places relationships at the center of the educational experience.
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