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Relationships are the engine of the Jewish day school world. They drive our students’ work, our parents’ support, our administrative efforts, and the philanthropy of our donors. And never before have the relationships that...
In North America, there are approximately 900 Jewish day schools with nearly 300,000 students. With few exceptions, these schools face significant, and in some cases, existential, challenges. Among the most prevalent of these...
As someone with decades of experience in the philanthropic world, I first began to understand the acute need for mental health advocacy when I saw how those in Jewish education lacked access to proper support. I found that...
We are living at a time of great challenge and change. This is evident every time we open a newspaper. We see the effect that these many intersecting crises have on the mental health of our students, and the way these...
It’s been a while since Prizmah was able to gather the field together for the Conference. After four years, the 2023 Conference is happening in Denver—right in my backyard—and I’m excited by what’s in store for the 1,200...
In Hebrew, the root of the word imagination is ד.מ.ה, and the root of the word “human” is א.ד.מ. The similarity between the roots of the words imagination and of humanity is not surprising. One of the things that makes us...
Today’s 21st century Jewish communities in America and Israel are among the most socially diverse communities in Jewish history. Of the 7.5 million American Jews, 1 in 5 American Jews are Jews of color (JOC) or non-European...
Walk in to just about any Jewish day school or yeshiva, and you are bound to smile. Whether it is the colorful artwork on the wall, the enthusiastic voices singing in Hebrew, the sparkle in the eyes of teachers greeting their...
When I first encountered this quotation, by the author and social activist bell hooks, I was stopped in my tracks: “The function of art is to do more than tell it like it is—it’s to imagine what is possible.”
Educators shape the mindsets, behaviors, and skills their students will carry with them into the future. And while this has always been true, the global pandemic, nationwide attention to injustice, and profound impact of...