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For most schools in Prizmah’s network, 2020-21 was a year of remarkable accomplishments in the face of unprecedented challenges. Following upon the Covid closures at the end of the previous school year, this was to be a year...
Jewish day schools provide a strong foundation for Jewish identity, engagement and leadership. The Jewish leaders of tomorrow are in the classrooms of our day schools and yeshivas today, and at this moment schools are...
It is indeed noble to recognize those who dedicate themselves to serve our communities—they are our royalty. At Prizmah, we start this school year with a deep sense of gratitude for all that teachers and school leaders do...
How do students internalize and act out gender narratives in their relationships to their school, to different subjects, to their teachers and other students? How do teachers sometimes reinforce gender roles in the classroom...
Now that Covid is waning and classrooms feel close to the old normal, what have we learned from two years of online and hybrid pedagogy? Despite the challenges and drawbacks, are there things that remote learning enabled that...
As an organization that was designed to serve the diversity of Jewish day schools and yeshivas, Prizmah sees the idea of inclusivity as foundational to who we are. One of our core values is Kavod/Respect. We respect and...
Sometimes what is so obvious to us needs to be restated: Jewish day schools are places of excellence, in ways that the word “education” only begins to cover. Their excellence has never been more apparent than now, during the...
PRIZMAH'S FIRST ANNUAL YEAR IN REVIEW, A SURVEY OF THE FIELD OF JEWISH DAY SCHOOLS AND YESHIVAS. This report examines how Jewish schools performed during the pandemic year, with sections on learning models, enrollment...
In January 2021, Prizmah concluded a JFNA Scenario Planning project for Jewish day schools and yeshivas. This project was developed by JFNA and funded through the generosity of the Mandel Foundation. Over the course of two...
Research Encounter series Jack Wertheimer Cheryl Maayan Steven Lorch Professor Jack Wertheimer of the Jewish Theological Seminary talks with Cheryl Maayan, head of the Saul Mirowitz Jewish Community School in St. Louis, and...