• Women in School Leadership
• Additional Resources
• In Memory of Arthur Fried z”l
• Upcoming Programming
• YOU Lead Nominations are Open!
• Jewish Day School Perspectives and News
• Mazel Tov Moments

forward to today and those topics are front and center in our communal landscape. Some days, from my 10,000 foot perch here at Prizmah, I have the privilege of imagining what could be true of our field fifteen years in the future. Read more.

society’s “great resignation” culture. Some teachers have left the profession; others remain but feel burned out. That, coupled with a dearth of people entering the field, has created the perfect storm. Administrators are exhausted. What follows are some of the many challenges facing new day school administrators and ways that a head of school can support them. Read more.

Like the entire Jewish nonprofit field, Jewish day schools have a gender equity problem. But they also have a vital piece of the solution. Read more.

learning and growth describe their philosophy, their personal backgrounds, and their vision for the field and community. Read more.

Within minutes the responses came, diverse and eloquent, but unified in one sense. Every woman who responded thanked me for reaching out, expressing deep gratitude that women in leadership would be discussed and a feeling of honor that their voice would be included. Read more.

administrators in order to benefit from the multiplicity of views and approaches unique to each gender. That way, they can experience the “same” and the “other” as models of behavior and can benefit from diverse connections with which they can resonate. Read more.

• Sponsoring and Mentoring Women Leaders for Success
• Making Gender Equality in the Workplace a Reality
• Allyship is Critical to Fostering an Inclusive Workplace Culture
• Women in the Workplace 2021 Report

It is with profound sadness that we mourn the loss of Arthur Fried, former board member, trustee, and chairman of the AVI CHAI Foundation, who played a key role in their support for Jewish day schools, as well as the development of Prizmah. As one of AVI CHAI’s founding Trustees, Arthur played a pivotal role in leading the foundation through a substantial growth in its funding, the development of a philanthropic portfolio in the former Soviet Union, and the construction and opening of Beit AVI CHAI in Jerusalem.

We are forever grateful for the support of Arthur Fried at Prizmah, and his work at the AVI CHAI Foundation. Their work helped to support hundreds of educational institutions who have benefited from their generosity and commitment to Jewish values and education.

HaMakom yenachem etkhem betoch she’ar aveilei Tziyyon veYerushalayim.
May the Omnipresent One grant you comfort, among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.

Connect with day school peers on a regular basis to share ideas and brainstorm solutions with colleagues from across the field.

• Admission Professionals Meetup
• Admission Professionals in Small Schools Meetup 
• Alumni Engagement Professionals Meetup
• Development Professionals Meetup
• EdTech Professionals Meetup
• Head of School Meetup
• Heads of Small Schools Meetup
  
• Judaic Administrators Meetup
• Learning Specialist Meetup
• Marketing and Communication Professionals Meetup
• Senior Development Professionals Meetup
• Tuition Models Meetup

YOU Lead, Prizmah’s signature leadership development program, provides a research-informed, cohort-based, highly personalized leadership development experience for school professionals who aspire to deepen their leadership capacity. Learn more here.

Sign up to be notified when the YOU Lead application goes live after Pesach or nominate a colleague. For more information about the program, contact Gavi Elkind, Director of Leadership Development, at [email protected].

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• Scheduled Acts of Random Goodness, Schecter Celebrates "Yom Kindness and Empathy”

• Jewish High School Students Help with Tornado Cleanup Effort in Mayfield

Share your day school news with us at [email protected] for a chance to be featured in our next newsletter!

• Mazel tov to Farber Hebrew Day School for earning accreditation by the ISACS for the first time.
• Mazel tov to Dr. Pesha Kletenik on her appointment as the new Head of School of Manhattan Day School.
• Mazel tov to Jewish day school alumna and renowned professor Dr. Deborah Lipstadt, on her US Senate confirmation as Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat anti-Semitism.

Share your “mazel tov moments” with us at [email protected] for a chance to be featured in our next newsletter!

Explore resources, templates, and videos curated and created for Jewish day school professional and lay leaders in Prizmah’s Knowledge Center.