URJ Books And Music :: Ethics :: Growing Jewish Minds, Growing Jewish Souls: Promoting Spiritual, Social, and Emotional Growth in Jewish Education
What is the goal of Jewish education? Is it to fill students' brains with Jewish knowledge? Or is it to fill their hearts and souls with Jewish values?
Jewish educators across the denominational spectrum envision not just a student possessing a particular body of knowledge, but a type of person with particular traits and proclivities, a person grounded in, and engaged with, his or her community and society, whose actions are guided not by transient mores but rather by a lasting value system based on a vision of meaning and purpose.
Educators are increasingly being called upon to help students develop the skills needed for social, emotional, and spiritual development as well as to provide opportunities for students to practice the use of these skills and to integrate them into a sense of self. Innovative efforts have been undertaken by Jewish educators to promote outcomes in the intra- and inter-personal realms. The goal of this volume is to bring these efforts together to provide an overview of what is happening, what is possible, and what might be learned from the experiences of these educators.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Growing Jewish Minds, Growing Jewish Souls: Promoting Spiritual, Social, and Emotional Growth in Jewish Education
Foreword by Jonathan Woocher
Introduction by Jeffrey S. Kress
Chapter 1: Nurturing the Spiritual in Jewish Education by Michael Shire
Chapter 2: Teaching for Transcendence by Carol K. Ingall
Chapter 3: Seeing Is Caring, Seeing Is Believing: Teaching Sensitivity in the Classroom by Laurence Scheindlin
Chapter 4: Spirituality and Moral Education by Judd Kruger Levingston
Chapter 5: Where Ethics Meets History: A Synthesis of Values, Sacred Texts, and the Humanities by Jan Darsa and Martin E. Sleeper
Chapter 6: Fine-Tuning the Listening Heart: Weaving Together the Teaching of Jewish Ethics and Socio-emotional Learning through the Open Circle Program by Shoshana Simons and Ruth Gafni
Chapter 7: Nourishing the Souls of Students in Jewish Education byLaura Weaver, Randi Hirschberg, and Batya Greenwald
Chapter 8: Evidence-Based Bully Prevention in Jewish Schools: The BRAVE Experience Addressing Problematic Social Behaviors and Building Social Leadership by Rona Milch Novick
Chapter 9: Educational Jewish Moments: A Methodology for Educators to Self-Audit by Shira D. Epstein
Chapter 10: Facilitating Change in the Culture of Prayer in Day School: An Intervention Based on a Theory of Practice by Saul Wachs and Michael Schatz
Chapter 11: Kesher v’K’hilah: Community, Friendship, and Jewish Engagement among Reform Youth by Laura Novak Winer and Dana Sheanin
Chapter 12: Ask Jethro: Two Chicago Campus Initiatives to Reach and Assess Jewish Emerging Adults by Scott Aaron, Josh Feigelson, and Daniel Libenson
Chapter 13: Carrying the Burden of the Other: Musar and Adult Development by Arielle Levites and Ira Stone
Chapter 14: Social-Emotional and Character Development and Jewish Parenting: Exploring the Spiritual, Research, and Practice Synergy
by Maurice J. Elias and Marilyn Gootman
SONGS OF THE SPIRIT: THE DEBBIE FRIEDMAN ANTHOLOGY
This amazing anthology collection brings together 45 songs on 2 CDs, spanning over 30 years of Debbie Friedman's trailblazing career. This compilation of re-mastered original songs in Hebrew and English contains favorites from her first fourteen albums, released between 1972 and 2003. Strong, clear vocals, wise and poignant lyrics, and matchless melodies - this collection presents Debbie Friedman at her best, over an astonishing 30 years of music making.
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The Haftarah Commentary is a comprehensive new translation of the weekly selections from the Prophets and Writings, complete with meticulously cantillated Hebrew text, commentary and translations, essays, gleanings from sources modern and ancient, notes, glossary, bibliography, and additional selections for use as alternatives to the traditional haftarot. To insure the accuracy and accessibility of the new volume, consulting editor S. David Sperling, a professor of Hebrew at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, reviewed the entire text and commentary.
Look what they're saying about The Haftarah Commentary:
"Eminently useful."--Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis, Valley Beth Shalom, Encino, CA
My Jewish World: An Early Childhood Music Curriculum (Book/CD set)
Music can be a wonderfully effective teaching tool for preschool aged children. My Jewish World guides teachers through the process of introducing and utilizing song in the classroom to teach Jewish values.
In her comprehensive and easy to follow book, Judy Caplan Ginsburgh includes twenty-six songs, religious and secular, that will help to facilitate an environment of fun and learning. Each song addresses important Jewish concepts and many use Hebrew words and prayers. Judy provides comments, activities, and creative ideas, specific for each song, which can be used in the classroom to learn about being Jewish every day. The importance of saying the Sh'ma each morning, learning the Hebrew words for colors, understanding body parts, and the value of cooperation are only some of the Jewish concepts touched on in the book.
In addition, Judy Ginsburgh includes a list of suggested books for many of the topics. These books help to reinforce and expand the lessons laid out in the curriculum.
With a helpful glossary of Hebrew and Yiddish terms and the companion music CD, My Jewish World is a wonderful guide to making music significant in the Jewish classroom.
