Youth Summit: Listen for Change
By Elana Rivel, Associate Director / This past September, Jewish Learning Venture and Gratz College began collaborating on a grant, from the Center for Jewish Life and Learning, Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia, to explore, create and implement meaningful changes in Supplementary Jewish Education in our community.
Jewish Disability Awareness Month
By Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer, Director, Whole Community Inclusion On Wednesday, the Jewish Special Needs Consortium of Greater Philadelphia met to finalize plans for Jewish Disability Awareness Month (JDAM), which takes place in February. While all of the Consortium members agree that creating a more inclusive Jewish community is a year-long effort, we also appreciate that February is a time when we can focus our attention on providing meaningful inclusion and full participation of people with disabilities and their families in Jewish community. To that end, the Consortium is sponsoring several important events next month that we invite you to participate in, [...]
Tools for Building a Mensch
By Linda Block-Love, Director, Learning Initiatives in Leadership Development / As part of Jewish Learning Venture's Leadership Development Seminar (LDS) series, 14 education directors met last month with Dr. Jeffrey Kress, a nationally recognized expert in Social-Emotional Learning (SEL), to discuss the role SEL has in our religious schools.