Monthly Archives: April 2019
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Read more »Singing along to remember words to a prayer. Doodling to process feelings about becoming bnai mitzvah. Analyzing a painting to encourage questions about Passover.
These are some of the learning strategies built into our recent materials that draw on arts education, figuratively speaking. Incorporating elements of the arts — and thinking of the word "art" expansively: painting, drawing, drama, music, storytelling, poetry — into curriculum, lessons, and student materials can be important ways to how children learn.
A crop of new neuroscience research back this up. Studies show that arts education helps increase retention and develop students' capacity for collaboration and creativity.
New research shows that dra
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Art aids memory and encourages curiosity. Here are some ways to make that happen in the Jewish classroom.Read more » -
Some students may require changes to standard materials, and others may not, yet everyone benefits from their implementation.Read more »
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The archaeologists hard at work excavating ancient Jerusalem are focused on the land, or more precisely, what’s underneath it.As the unearthing of pathways, walls, pottery, official clay seals and more continues under the watchful eyes of thousands of annual tourists, scholars are learning more about the spot where King David once reigned, now known as the City of David.
What these archaeologists are not consumed with, however, are the borders and politics of the modern land they’re digging beneath—East Jerusalem—mostly inhabited today by Palestinians. And yet their work makes life above ground more complicated, writes New York
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The new haggadah Welcome to the Seder brings in other cultures as a way of inviting people of all faiths and backgrounds to feel welcome at a seder.Read more » -
They're popping up in schools, libraries, and private facilities everywhere. Is it right for your school?Read more »
