The pedagogy of She’elot em Kavod (Questions Imbued with Dignity) coaches learners on how to ask questions of influential Jewish texts, putting them in dialogue with those texts. This approach strengthens their Jewish peoplehood, and, perhaps most importantly, builds learners’ capacity to hold the diversity of Jewish thought with dignity (kavod). Jewish education strives not to teach one what to think, but to teach one how to think.
March 2026
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.
Stacey Aviva Clark s a public speaker, educator, Urban Planner, and philanthropist. Stacey Aviva serves as the Director of Education and Community Engagement for the Jewish Federations of North America.
Stacey Aviva has a BA in Political Science from the University of Cincinnati, a Master of Urban Planning and Public Policy for UIC (CHICAGO), certificates from Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership/Northwestern School of Professional Studies in Jewish Leadership and Adult Jewish Learning (Spertus Institute). Stacey Aviva designs engagement/education strategies for Federations, Jewish educational and civic institutions with a focus on Jewish belonging, combating antisemitism and Jewish/Black dialogue. She is a national public speaker, and her writings have been featured in The Forward, the Times of Israel, and her Eli Talk, Kahal Amim-Many Faces, One Community, has been viewed 2,000 times. Stacey Aviva serves on the boards of the Hadassah Foundation, JFS Colorado and Kamocha.
Stacey Aviva has a BA in Political Science from the University of Cincinnati, a Master of Urban Planning and Public Policy for UIC (CHICAGO), certificates from Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership/Northwestern School of Professional Studies in Jewish Leadership and Adult Jewish Learning (Spertus Institute). Stacey Aviva designs engagement/education strategies for Federations, Jewish educational and civic institutions with a focus on Jewish belonging, combating antisemitism and Jewish/Black dialogue. She is a national public speaker, and her writings have been featured in The Forward, the Times of Israel, and her Eli Talk, Kahal Amim-Many Faces, One Community, has been viewed 2,000 times. Stacey Aviva serves on the boards of the Hadassah Foundation, JFS Colorado and Kamocha.
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