Knowledge Center
Welcome to the Prizmah Knowledge Center
An online knowledge center with resources for Jewish day school professional and lay leaders. Content is updated regularly. Questions? Comments? Feedback? Contact Odelia Epstein at OdeliaE@Prizmah.org.
November 11, 2019
Judaics/ Kodesh, Middle School, High School, Elementary School
Rav Yoel Bin Nun’s amazing shiur on Chanukah coupled with the source sheet . Source sheet on the real miracle of Chanukah...
October 01, 2019
Hebrew, JDS Research, Thought Leadership
This first paper in Prizmah's Thought Leadership series explores Hebrew education. It looks at the reasons why Hebrew education...
March 01, 2019
Community Building Inside & Out
As you prepare to speak with your faculty, students, and community about today’s reality, Prizmah: Center for Jewish Day Schools...
March 01, 2019
Security
Day schools from coast to coast, along with other Jewish institutions, have been targeted with bomb threats. Below you will find...
May 01, 2019
Other, Compliance with federal, state and local laws
In response to the recent measles outbreak, Prizmah: Center for Jewish Day Schools hosted a webinar on independent school...
Affordability
Middle income affordability, creative tuition models and other affordability resources.
Fundraising & Development
Annual campaign, endowment campaign, marketing, federation and more resources.
Governance
Purposeful leadership, board roles, committees, board-head partnership, search, strategic planning and more resources.
Professional Leadership
Instructional leadership, community building, vision, personnel development and more resources.
Recruitment and Retention
Admissions, recruitment, retention, impact of day school and more resources.
Teaching and Learning
Pedagogy, PD, Hebrew, Israel, judaics/ kodesh, general studies, inclusion and more resources.
Latest Resources
December 3, 2019
Middle School, STEAM, Middle School
by Melissa Werbow The STEM classroom at Community Day School was recently filled with the buzz of students talking excitedly,...
November 20, 2019
The old will be renewed, and the new will be sanctified. - Avraham Kook, Igrot HaRa’ayah 164 This...
November 20, 2019
Havruta,“two scholars sharpening one another” (Babylonian Talmud, Ta’anit 7a), is arguably the...
November 20, 2019
Dear Prizmah Coach, I can deny it no longer: My staff hates faculty meetings. What can I do?...
November 20, 2019
Something I have been focusing on quite a bit as of late is the idea of innovation in education...
