Community and Conversation: The New Jewish After-School

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October 18, 2021

Community and Conversation: The New Jewish After-School

“Together we will create Jewish experiences where preteens and their families can learn, explore, and feel more connected to each other, and to Jewish life” – Deborah S. Meyer, Founder and CEO, Moving Traditions

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Making Mensches, Building Friendships, On and Off Zoom

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Infusing Genuine Community into the Mayim Learning Program

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The Magic of Edah’s Intergenerational Programming

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Sprout Westchester: Jewish Pluralism and Warm and Fuzzy Camp Vibes, Year Round

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Embarking on a New Journey: Progressive, Humanitarian Jewish Learning at Hannaton

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From the Archives: An Interview with Deborah Meyer, Sight Line Vol. 5, June 2015

More to Consider

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Schools that Work: What We Can Learn from Good Jewish Supplementary Schools (AVI CHAI, March 2009)
Learning and Community: Jewish Supplementary Schools in the Twenty-First Century (Brandeis University Press, July 2009)
Built on the Roots of Tradition: New Models in Jewish Supplementary Education (Sight Line, Volume 11, Sept 2016)
The Start-Up Nature of Jewish Afterschool Programming (eJewish Philanthropy, Sept. 2016)
New Partners in Jewish Education: Independent Afterschool Jewish Education Programs and Their Relationships With Congregational Supplementary Schools (Journal of Jewish Education, Volume 83, 2017)
It’s Not School, It’s Jewish Afterschool, and It’s Awesome (eJewish Philanthropy, July, 2018)
Disrupting Hebrew School:This New Approach is Transforming Jewish Education (The Jewish Federations of North America, March 2019)
Why We Can’t Give Up on Hebrew School (and What to Do About It) (Jewish Federations.org, June 2020)
Let’s Stop Calling it “Hebrew School”: Rationales, Goals, and Practices of Hebrew Education in Part-time Jewish Schools (CASJE.org, July, 2020)
“So exciting, so rich and right”: Jewish Afterschool is Here to Stay – Funders Please Take Note (eJewish Philanthropy, Aug. 2020)
Online Hebrew School During–and After–the Pandemic (Tablet Magazine, April, 2021)
Lessons my toy rocket and an Israeli NGO taught me: How to get teens excited about Hebrew school (eJewish Philanthropy, May 2021)
‘Hebrew School’ 101: The history and future of supplementary Jewish education (eJewish Philanthropy, Sept. 2021)
New Digital Marketplace makes Jewish education accessible on global scale (JNS.org, October, 2021)