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Explore our extensive library of resources, templates, and videos curated and created for Jewish day school professional and lay leaders. Content is updated regularly.For questions or feedback contact Odelia Epstein at OdeliaE@Prizmah.org. User guide is available here.

How to Speak with School Communities About Events at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021

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The Prizmah Team

Ethics/Middot, General Studies, Elementary School, High School, Middle School, Social Emotional, Judaics/ Kodesh

COVID-19 Resources

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Odelia

Epstein

Coronavirus

Fall 2020 Enrollment Survey Results

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Odelia Epstein and Amy Adler

Coronavirus, Thought Leadership, JDS Research, Recruitment and Retention, Admissions

Must See Resources for Board Chairs and Board Members

By: Ilisa Cappell

Purposeful Leadership, Board-Head of School Partnership, Governance, Board Roles & Responsibilities

Abraham Joshua Heschel and Martin Luther King Jr

Talking to Students about George Floyd and Racism

By: Odelia Epstein

Ethics/Middot

Portrait of Jewish Day Schools & Yeshivas: 2020 Benchmarking Report

By: Odelia Epstein

Thought Leadership, JDS Research, Affordability Other, Schedules, Annual Campaign, Finance & budget, Other

Affordability

Middle income affordability, creative tuition models and other affordability resources.

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Coronavirus

Resources to help schools deal with the implications of coronavirus

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Finance & budget

Sustainability and other finance and budget resources.

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Fundraising & Development

Annual campaign, endowment campaign, marketing, federation and more resources.

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Governance

Purposeful leadership, board roles, committees, board-head partnership, search, strategic planning and more resources.

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Human Resources

Hiring, job descriptions, recruitment of teachers and more resources.

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Prizmah Thought Leadership

Prizmah created content including research, blogs, podcasts, data and benchmarking reports.

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Professional Leadership

Instructional leadership, community building, vision, personnel development and more resources.

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Recruitment and Retention

Admissions, recruitment, retention, impact of day school and more resources.

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Research

Research on Jewish day schools

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School Policies and Procedures

Additional resources will be forthcoming.

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Teaching and Learning

Pedagogy, PD, Hebrew, Israel, judaics/ kodesh, general studies, inclusion and more resources.

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Latest Resources

Bearing down, Bearing Up: The Emotional Challenges of Leading in a Pandemic

January 14, 2021

Work Life Balance, Professional Leadership, Personnel Development & Empowerment

Network

If the challenge of the last school year was to get through while managing a huge, unprecedented challenge, and if the challenge...

How to Speak with School Communities About Events at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021

January 7, 2021

Ethics/Middot, General Studies, Elementary School, High School, Middle School, Social Emotional, Judaics/ Kodesh

Events happening in the United States this week are relevant both in the country, and for democracies everywhere. Jewish day...

Prizmah Podcasts: "Driving the Car"--Project-Based Learning in Jewish Education

January 5, 2021

Pedagogical Approaches

Start-up day school series Tikvah Wiener, founding head of The Idea School in Tenafly, New Jersey, joins Josh Gold to discuss the...

COVID-19 Resources

December 16, 2020

Coronavirus

Shared School Materials Peer-to-Peer Meet-Ups Back To School Teaching and Learning Social and Emotional Learning Pulse Survey...

Ask Me Anything with Trine Lustig: Optimizing Zoom for Grandparents Day and Donor Engagement

December 8, 2020

Marketing & Communications

slide deck Trine Lustig has 20 years of non-profit fundraising and management experience. Prior to joining Gann, she was Vice...

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