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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.

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Pedagogy of Nuance: Finding Comfort Through Storytelling

Devorah Levine Katz

Founder of Meshek48
Meshek48

The pedagogy of storytelling allows us to value nuance and new perspectives.

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PEDAGOGY OF PLAYFUL ENCOUNTER PROPAGATING THE DIVINE

Aura Chaya Bitton-Gispan

Founder and Director
The Harmonium Sanctuary and Retreat Center

To engage in Regenerative Torah is to enter the relational ring of a personal encounter with the Divine.

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Cultivating Curiosity: A Jewish Pedagogy of Wellbeing

Rabbi Paul Cohen

Senior Rabbi
Temple Jeremiah

The pedagogy of cultivating curiosity allows us to become better versions of ourselves through creativity.

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A Jewish Pedagogy of Creative Wellbeing: Connection through Wonder

Fraidy Aber

The Constance Wolf Director of Education and Civic Engagement
Contemporary Jewish Museum

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

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Rega Shel Shtika: How Quieting Fosters Ethical Behavior

Rabbah Dr. Mira Neshama Weil

Founding Teacher
Neshima.

Reintroducing practices of silence within Jewish learning communities can foster ethical behavior.

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נענוע (Na’anua): A Pedagogy of Jewish Transformative Movement

Rabbanit Dalia Davis

Director of Pastoral Education
SVIVAH

Using the transformative power of movement to feed the soul.

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Pedagogy of Farbrengen

Hashliach Peretz Chein

M54: Chief Strategy Office/Chabad of Brandeis: Executive Director

The Chasidic tradition of farbrengen and the practice of avoda pnimit offer meaning to the modern-day learner.

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A Pedagogy of ‘Life Meets Text’

Rabbi Jen Gubitz

Founder, Educator
Modern JewISH Couples and Temple Shalom of Newton

Jewish experience is the key to bridging the gap between ancient wisdom and modern content.

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A Pedagogy of Cultivating Joy

Jessie Gindea

Interim Head of School and Director of Judaics
Gordon School

The pedagogy of cultivating joy nurtures the souls of people who have the job of nurturing the souls of others.

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Pedagogy of the Word: Jewish Writing Practice for Increased Wellbeing

Naama Sadan

PhD Student in Environmental Studies
UC Berkeley & the Hebrew University

The pedagogy of the word as a tool to achieving inner balance

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Le’hitatef: A Pedagogy of Enveloping

Dr. Andrea Lieber

Professor of Religion & Judaic Studies
Dickinson College

Le’hitatef- an invitation to approach Jewish learning as an embodied experience.

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The 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

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Davar Acher: Pedagogy of Multi-Stories

Cantor Rabbi Robert Jury

Founder & Clinical Director
Tikvah Center for Jewish Recovery & Healing

Davar Acher as a Jewish pedagogy of multi-stories

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The Giving Well: A Pedagogy of Ritualized Tzedakah

Rabbi Neil Janes

Rabbi, Teacher, Lecturer
SBJC (South Bucks Jewish Community), Clore Shalom School,Leo Baeck College

Ritualised giving of tzedakah focuses on the act of giving, the spiritual connection to the Divine and to humanity, and the impact on wellbeing

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Let 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.

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Haburah as a Jewish Pedagogy of Wellbeing

Rabbi Dr. Meesh Hammer Kossoy

Director, Year Program
Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies

How the pedagogy of Haburot, a learning community, can increase individual and group wellbeing

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The Pedagogy of Names

Kimberly Dueñas

Community Manager and Founding Member
Jewtina y. Co.

Exploring names as an opportunity to welcome the learner as ‘whole’

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Pedagogy 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

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A 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

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