by Charlotte Molot from Germantown Jewish Centre When I started working at Germantown Jewish Centre (GJC) as a Madrich in Fall 2024, I was nervous. I’ve never really connected to kids, and I had no idea what I was doing. At the start of this year (my second year), I went from working with fourth graders to working with an age group only two years younger than me. Despite having a year of experience under my belt, I felt no more prepared to work with the sixth and seventh graders. And now I had an additional fear... I [...]

by Jonah Spitzer from Temple Beth Hillel-Beth El As an educator in the Jewish community, I believe that the TAP program was very beneficial to me. It provided insight on a lot of things I was confused about, as well as gave me better ways to help my students and become a better educator. My experience in the TAP program consisted of many virtual zoom meetings, each focused on a different topic. The one that spoke most to me, and ended up helping me in a professional environment was the “All Behavior is Communication” lesson. This lesson taught [...]