The Lookstein Center's "Jewish education blogroll" is a central list of blogs written by Jewish educational professionals who work in day schools, supplementary schools, BJEs, camps, etc. While the blogs are written from different perspectives, they all express the common theme of the desire to improve Jewish education. Subscribing to the blogs will help keep to keep in touch with what is current in Jewish education.

Publication Year: 2010    |    Updated in JTEC: February 1, 2010

Daniel Sieradski, known blogger, Jewish culture tech innovator has begun to publish 31 ideas that he believes to be truly revolutionary and transformative — things that have the potential to alter the Jewish world as we know it. Most are ideas for web applications, some are web publications, and some are ideas for new organizations all together. One idea a day will be published online during January, 2010.

Publication Year: 2010    |    Updated in JTEC: January 11, 2010

The FJC Leaders Assembly 2010 will convene hundreds of professionals and lay leaders from the camping world, as well as funders and Jewish communal professionals to tackle core issues such as program excellence, lay and professional leadership, communication, recruitment, fundraising, and many other topics that will empower participants to further the success of the Jewish camp endeavor.

Publication Year: March 14-15, 2010    |    Updated in JTEC: February 8, 2010

CAMERA - The Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America has begun to send out periodic “Eyes on Israel Updates” to recipients of the "Eyes on Israel" curriculum. These Updates connect lesson plans in the existing curriculum to new articles and insights from CAMERA’s home Web site and its blog, Snapshots, as well as other sources. The updates relate to the ongoing problems of the world’s news media in reporting accurately from and about the Jewish state.

Publication Year: 2010    |    Updated in JTEC: February 4, 2010

In their December 11 issue, the Forward published an opinion article from Rabbi Irving Greenberg titled “There Is No Alternative to Day Schools.” Lamenting what he sees as an increasing tendency in the Jewish community to look beyond day schools in favor of less expensive educational alternatives, Greenberg wrote: “I, too, wish there were a cheap, effective alternative to day schools — but there is not.” The Forward invited a diverse group of scholars and Jewish education specialists to respond to Greenberg’s essay. They are published below — along with a response from Greenberg.

Publication Year: February 04, 2010    |    Updated in JTEC: February 8, 2010

Join Hidden Sparks for the Spring 2010 Semester of Hidden Sparks Without Walls, an online audio conference accessible from home or school. The Hidden Sparks Without Walls initiative is designed to strengthen an educator's knowledge and practice in working with diverse learners. The program offers free short-term distance classes for teachers, educators and administrators in Jewish day schools and yeshivot, to give them the tools to enhance the ways in which children learn and behave. It also enables teachers across similar or diverse disciplines to share ideas, curriculum, and talk about their practice.

Publication Year: Spring, 2010    |    Updated in JTEC: February 4, 2010

Hebrew Now represents Birthright Israel NEXT's effort to make Hebrew Language learning easier. They started with an SMS service for a new Hebrew word a day delivered to your phone. Then, earlier this month they released an iPhone app, Mila-4-Phone, which is available for free download on the itunes store. Featuring a growing word list, pronunciation guides, audio recordings, and more, the app is an easy way to work on Hebrew vocabulary, and has already been downloaded in 46 countries! Beyond these mobile options, Hebrew Now also features a network of local Ulpan Hebrew language courses in cities around the United States.

Publication Year: 2010    |    Updated in JTEC: February 3, 2010

Pairing the Jewish professional education expertise of Hebrew College with the research and real-world resources of Northeastern University, Hebrew College and Northeastern's College of Professional Studies offer a Doctor of Education degree with a specialization in Jewish Education Leadership. This unique doctoral program combines online courses with on-campus instruction at Northeastern’s Boston campus and intensive summer institutes at Hebrew College to prepare skilled and knowledgeable leaders for Jewish education.

Publication Year: 2009    |    Updated in JTEC: January 12, 2010

Some 2500 people came to the halls of residence at Warwick University, West Midlands, to participate in the week-long Limmud 2009 learnfest during the last days of December. The Limmud conference, the world's biggest Jewish educational get-together, offers the chance to sleep in university dorms and spend the day in lecture theaters listening to academics, rabbis and lay people presenting on just about every Jewish topic conceivable.

Publication Year: 25-31 December, 2009     |    Updated in JTEC: December 31, 2009

In an opinion piece in The Forward, Rabbi Jill Jacobs, the rabbi-in-residence of Jewish Funds for Justice, outlines five principles that can guide Jewish educators toward more effective social justice education programs.

Publication Year: January 29, 2010    |    Updated in JTEC: February 4, 2010

If you are interested in Hebrew Education in a congregational school setting, you are invited to join "The Hebrew Project," a national conversation to try and better define the goals and focus of Hebrew education in congregational settings. In order help better clarify goals of Hebrew language teaching, three Hebrew language educators have established a wikispace and are inviting anyone involved in congregational education to join in the conversation.

Publication Year: 2010    |    Updated in JTEC: February 8, 2010