By Jodi Gladstone, Early Childhood Education Director at Beth El Nursery School (BENS) at Congregation Beth El, Berkeley, CA There is a moment, familiar to every early childhood educator, when you look around your classroom and feel as though you
By Rebecca Goodman, Director of Jewish Community Engagement at JCRC “Whoever listens to a witness becomes a witness” -Elie Wiesel Elie Wiesel believed that one who listens to a witness, becomes a witness. I am lucky. My Opa (grandfather) fled
By Adam Lowy, Lifelong Learning Moreh Derech at Congregation Beth Sholom of San Francisco, and 2024 Ruby Award recipient Last fall I was thrilled to receive the announcement of Jewish LearningWorks’ new microgrant opportunity for staff development, and was ecstatic
By Liora Brosbe, former Jewish LearningWorks Senior Educator. One of the things I love about engaging in Jewish rituals is that I often have to revisit the “why” and “how” in order to refresh my brain. Especially for rituals that
By Dana Sheanin, Jewish LearningWorks’ CEO This spring and summer, I was captivated by a short series of podcasts on hope, hosted by On Being with Krista Tippett. Each of the fifteen minute episodes ended with a provocation, inviting listeners
By Rabbi Amanda Schwartz, Family Life Director at Judaism Your Way, and Jewish LearningWorks’ Voices for Good Fellow. Originally published on eJewishPhilanthropy, June 9, 2025 “Invest in ideas,” Andres Spokoiny, CEO of the Jewish Funders Network, argues in his 2024
We are excited to share with you the latest Adapting podcast episode! Listen to Dana Sheanin, Jewish LearningWorks CEO in conversation with David Bryfman, Jewish Education Project CEO. They talked about the particular challenges of Jewish education in the Bay
By Jenni Mangel, Jewish LearningWorks’ Senior Director of Impact and Evaluation Next week we will celebrate Purim. The rabbinic teachings and traditions about being joyful on Purim are clear, and draw from a line in the Book of Esther that