This series is designed to help educators and learners have the critical conversations taking place in their classrooms and communities today.
Critical Conversations for Jewish Education is a new learning series designed to help educators explore the challenges most alive in America today, and how they affect children, teens, and families. We will examine how and why we, as Jewish educators, can help create space for essential conversations about democracy and antisemitism – topics that can feel too complex in an increasingly polarized climate, yet demand our full participation and humanity.
Program Details:
- Aimed at: Educational leaders, teachers and administrators. Open to professionals working with learners of all ages, across educational settings.
- Structure: A required foundational workshop that introduces nonviolent communication as a tool to address moral questions. Two workshops focused on democracy and antisemitism. You may select one or both upon registration. A closing lunch and learn workshop will complete the series.
- Format and timeline: In-person and online options. Sessions run from August 2026 to January 2027.
- Cost: $218 for the whole series or $144 per workshop for participants from Bay Area organizations. The cost rises to $260 for the whole series or $170 per workshop for non-Bay Area organizations.
- Facilitated by: Alisha Pedowitz, Senior Educator, Jewish Learning Works.
- Workshops led by: Kathy Simon, Ph.D, Aaron Dorfman, Rose Silverman, Dr. Tara Liberman and Dr. Sasha Soykin, and Natalie Boskin, M.A.
For more information or any questions you may have, please contact Alisha Pedowitz, Senior Educator, at alisha@jewishlearning.works.
Registration is open until the program is full.