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March 2024

Kaveh: A Pedagogy of Hope

Rabbi Amitai Fraiman
Director, The Z3 Project
Oshman Family JCC
The pedagogy of hope aims to embody the role of hope in Jewish peoplehood and create a shared consciousness.

Hope is a fundamental component of life. The truism “tomorrow is a new day” grants every human the ability to improve, grow, heal, and repair. In the context of education, hope plays a pivotal role in achieving success. Just as education encompasses more than the mere transmission of information, hope extends to the profound transformation it can bring about. The kaveh pedagogy aims to allow educators to reignite hope within the educational context, fostering a strong bond between students and educators. By cultivating a shared sense of hope, educators, together with their students, can establish a relationship characterized by mutuality and support, ultimately leading to personal and collective growth and healing.

Amitai was raised in Jerusalem, ordained in NY, and now living in Palo Alto. Rabbi Amitai Fraiman is the Director of the Z3 Project, an initiative of the Oshman Family JCC aimed at strengthening the relationship between Diaspora Jews and Israel based on a Peoplehood oriented Zionism. R' Fraiman is also the founder of /שזורInterwoven, an organization specializing in telling the story of American Jewry to Israelis. Amitai is an ELI speaker, a musmach of YCT, and a graduate of NYU’s dual MPA-MA program. Together with Michal, they are the proud parents of Maya, Yahli and Roee - which they love bigger than the sky.
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