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Learning Network Catalog 2016-17
This is the PDF version of the 2016-2017 catalog for the Reconstructionist Learning Networks. More information can be found on the Networks page.
Reconstructing Judaism’s support of entrepreneurship gives rabbinical students and recent graduates the funding, supervision and mentorship to turn ideas into reality. “For me, the big story is that Jews remain seekers of meaning and community. What our Auerbach grants do is create new portals for Jewish community and meaning,” said Cyd Weissman, Reconstructing Judaism’s vice president for Innovation and Impact.
As more and more places of worship become vulnerable to hate crimes and gun violence and we increase security measures, young people are particularly traumatized. One congregation has created a mental health and resilience curriculum for its students.
Learn more about Reconstructionist Educators of North America, a vital resource for professional development, mentorship and connection for Jewish educators in Reconstructionist communities.
The 2018 Chesapeake Day of Learning addressed difficult conversations in progressive Jewish communities.
In this classic article, Rabbi Julie Greenberg explores successful mixed-age classrooms in Jewish schools.
This lesson helps children and adults delve into the meaning and feeling of the Hashkiveinu prayer.
A classroom activity framing the Counting of the Omer in the content of the Four Children of the Passover seder.
Rabbi Jeffrey Schein has created this suite of educational resources on Jewish peoplehood, under the auspices of the Kaplan Center for Jewish Peoplehood.
This is a hands-on, team activity for the week before Sukkot that allows students to build sukkot according to instructions given in the Mishnah.
Jewish values and practical strategies for improving classroom discipline in supplemental religious schools
This lesson about the Garden of Eden encourages students to generate their own midrash. It models an approach that can be applied to other Torah texts.
A play and activities on the life and values of Zionist pioneer Theodor Herzl
Text study and discussion questions on the reunion of Jacob and Esau after decades of separation
This manual provides practical suggestions and tools for lesson planning and classroom management. It includes excellent resources for bringing a “multiple intelligences” awareness into classrooms.
The upbeat, jazzy Israeli song Shabbat Ba’boker is a Shabbat song with no reference to ritual or practice. But in a way that only an Israeli song can express, it communicates a deep sense of how joyous the Sabbath can be.
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