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.
Parents As Learners, Teachers and Partners In Their Children’s Jewish Education
Simon Klarfeld
Consultant
Self-Employed Teaneck, NJ
It may have taken a pandemic to remind us that the home provides a critically important place for education.
Access ResourceLoving Goodness: A Pedagogy through Individuality and Belonging
Charles Herman
Former Executive Director & Founder
The Nesiya Institute
The pedagogy of Loving Goodness explores the tension between self-love and the love of the other
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 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 ResourceCreating Sacred Space
Shira Hecht-Koller
Director of Education
Values in Action, M²: The Institute for Experiential Jewish Education
When we plan our educational spaces with deliberation and intention we can make room for the sacred.
Access ResourcePedagogy of the Bridge: Shema As Our Talisman in Facing Fear, Our Walking Stick Through Life’s Hard Stuff
Rabbi Michelle Dardashti
Rabbi
Kane Street Synagogue
Shema as a mantra for facing our fears and emerging more confident, courageous and whole
Access ResourceContemporary 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 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 ResourceA Pedagogy of Siyyum
Rabbi Rachel Bovitz
Executive Director
Florence Melton School of Adult Jewish Learning
A pedagogy of siyyum can help raise up a new generation of Jewish learners who feel connected to their heritage in a meaningful, creative way.
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