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Mapping Jewish Education: The National
Picture
The Jim Joseph Foundation has commissioned Brandeis University's Fisher-Bernstein Institute to research and map the field of education of Jewish youth in the United States. This is the second of several studies we will share with the field. The first section of the report, “A Field in Motion,” describes new momentum in the field. The second section, “Funding Lessons,” presents specific lessons from the foundations as regards their mission, role, and relationships with other entities. The next section, “Issues,” lays out the programming, structural, and funding challenges that confront the field. The final section, “Innovation Trends,” describes aspects of the field that have recently gained currency and are sources of energy and activity in the Jewish education world. Read the report Read the interim report from the study we commissioned from Brandeis University’s Fisher-Bernstein Institute for Jewish Philanthropy and Leadership, at the Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies. Amy L. Sales, Ph.D. – Presentation to Jim Joseph Foundation Board (PDF) Read the Brandeis Report on Mapping Professional Development for Jewish Educators, another piece of our ongoing efforts with Brandeis to map and understand the opportunity areas in the field of Jewish education today. Read the final report, Lessons from Mapping Jewish Education.
At our August 2006 Retreat, the Foundation welcomed significant leaders in the Jewish world to work alongside the Foundation's Board and professional staff. These madrichim (guides) helped us to become better informed about opportunities for strategic grant making in support of education of Jewish youth in the United States. The conversation was candid and thought provoking. Below, we proudly share the papers each of the madrichim shared with us in advance of the Retreat. Rabbi David Ellenson,
Ph.D. Arthur Fried Rabbi Irving (Yitz) Greenberg Rachel Levin Ruth Messinger Jehuda Reinharz Jeffrey Solomon Richard M. Joel Alan Hoffmann Arnold M. Eisen
The New Jewish Educators? Adene Sacks, November 2007 Jim Joseph Foundation invests big in BBYO, May 2, 2007
Recent Research From the Field
Birthright Israel NEXT Jewish Community for the Next Generation:
Theory of Change, a draft theory of change,
crafted by Rabbi Daniel Brenner details Birthright Israel's bold
plans to more fully engage young Jews in a pilot in fifteen cities
during the next five years. The Continuity of Discontinuity details how widespread social
and cultural change finds growing numbers of young Jews self
organizing and selecting new entry points for their Jewish
experiences. The research is based on a study of four very diverse
Jewish venues.
Re-Designing Jewish Education for the
21st
Century
is a bold attempt to envision a "life-centered" Jewish education
that attracts and engages Jewish learners in continuous learning in
a multitude of settings. Making Jewish Education Work: Community Hebrew High Schools,
Lessons Learned from Research and Evaluation in the Field is an
analysis of a number of community Hebrew high school programs and a
profile of 17 of these schools. The report includes recommendations
on learners, teachers, subject matter and educational milieu. What Difference Does Day School Make is the first-ever
research report that examines the impact of day school on Jewish
college students’ perceptions of their college preparedness as
compared to public and private school counterparts. Recent Trends in Supplementary Jewish Education describes
various approaches to congregational and “complementary” Jewish
education. A major theme of the report is the dearth of both data on
student learning and information on how supplementary education
influences young persons’ Jewish identity. Jewish Youth
Philanthropy is a brief interpretive history on a
decade of growth of youth programs that teach Jewish values coupled
with grant making responsibility. The paper offers suggestions
about how the spread of programs might result in the creation of a
field within Jewish philanthropy.
Keynote Address: Jewish Education Center, Cleveland, OH. January 2008 Presentation to the UJC Prioritization Committee in a Conference Call. September 2007 Chip Edelsberg addressing the Los Angeles Bureau of Education Community Leaders/Funders January 2007
Jim Joseph Foundation Names Chip Edelsberg Executive Director (PDF)
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