Meaning-Making in the Teaching of Tanakh Storytelling as a Pedagogy for Connection to the Jewish People
To teach Tanakh through storytelling is to transmit shared memory and values, fostering a deeper connection and long-term engagement with tradition.
A Practice of Wonder: Cultivating Jewish Belonging Through Awe and Attention
To engage in a practice of wonder is to see personal experiences of awe as part of a broader Jewish narrative and a commitment to the collective.
Drawing Out a New Torah
To draw out a new Torah is to use artistic engagement as a way of thinking that raises voices previously not included in traditional learning.
The Things We Carry: A Pedagogy of Jewish Migration and Adaptation
To experience The Things We Carry is to engage all five senses to make the lived experiences of Jewish migration personal and embodied.
The Mosaic of the Jewish People: A Pedagogy of Relational Sense-Making
To engage in relational sense-making is to explore the patterns of overlap, difference, and tension within the complex mosaic of the Jewish people.
Primary Sources as a Portal to Jewish Peoplehood
To learn through primary sources is to enter a portal into a different context and move from a spectator to an active participant in the Jewish story.
Pedagogy of Hiddush
To practice Hiddush is to extract new meaning from ancient sources and mark one’s own place in the ongoing collective conversation.
36 Questions that Lead to Peoplehood: A Practice for Increasing Empathy and Connection in a Fractured Jewish World
To adopt a posture of curiosity is to engage those we perceive as “other” through questions that build empathy and connection in a divided world.
The Questions That Bind Us: Jewish Peoplehood through She’elot em Kavod (Questions Imbued with Dignity)
To ask She’elot em Kavod (Questions Imbued with Dignity) is to build the capacity to hold the diversity of Jewish thought with honor.
The Practice of Embodiment of Jewish Historical Crises
To embody Jews of the past is to use our history as a source of wisdom and identity to navigate the ideological split of the present.