Prizmah Podcasts: Podcasts by Prizmah Center for Jewish Day Schools

Research Into Practice In Israel Education: Values-based Educational Approach to Israel Education - Learning from the Hartman Modern Orthodox Cohort

Presented in partnership with the Shalom Hartman Institute with Dr. Elana Stein Hain and Dr. Ethan Zadoff. For many Modern Orthodox schools in North America, Religious Z

Research Encounter: Engaging Parents and Students in Hebrew

What do parents want from their children's Hebrew education? How do they think about and value Hebrew, and does their thinking align with the way that Hebrew is taught in

Research Encounter: Inside the Jewish Studies Classroom - Teaching for Student Agency

Learn how middle school Tanakh teachers can help students develop not just their own interpretive skills but also their capacity to collaborate and generate fresh insight

Research Enounter: Weaving Together the Community of Teachers

What makes teachers feel that they belong at a school? Explore the different aspects of community that teachers participate in within a school. Based on Shira Hammerman's

The Shift: Exploring the Evolving Identity and Role of Hebrew Educators After October 7th

Featuring Dr. Vardit Ringvald and Sharon Schoenfeld The events of October 7 marked a turning point for Hebrew educators, shifting their role from language instructors to

Research Encounter: What Is Rabbinics, Really?

How do rabbinics teachers conceptualize, implicitly or explicitly, the nature of the material that they teach to their students? Starting with a paper titled "Three Conce

Research Into Practice in Israel Education: Beyond “Hugging and Wrestling" - Toward a Knowledge-based Israel Education

For decades, Israel education in North American day schools has centered on fostering positive feelings toward Israel. But is “feeling good” about Israel the right goal?

Podcast Live: Building a Relationship-Centered School

At the Rabbi Jacob Pressman Academy of Temple Beth Am, healthy, supportive relationships aren’t just a priority; they’re the foundation of everything they do. Learn how t

Research Into Practice In Israel Education: Jewish Educators' Response to "You Never Told Me"

Explore how 20 Israel educators from Jewish high schools across the denominational spectrum address the "you never told me" phenomenon—graduates’ sense of betrayal when e

Research Into Practice In Israel Education: Exploring Barriers for Engaging and Overcoming Conflict

This episode is part our Research Into Practice in Israel Education series and features a conversation with Dr. Keren Fraiman. There is a growing consensus that successfu

Research Into Practice in Israel Education: Models, Relationships and Rituals- Unpected Implications from Har Herzl For the Day School Classroom

Featuring Dr. Alex Pomson and Dr. Jessie Kalbfeld Rosov Consulting visited Har Herzl several times during the summer of 2024 to observe North American teen programs in Is

Podcast Live: When Teachers Are Learners-Making Professional Growth Visible in Jewish Education

After receiving a grant for professional development, Sulam teachers were able to deepen their learning and create Presentations of Learning (POL). Learn how the teachers

Research Intro Practice In Israel Education: What Should We Tell the Children? Early Childhood Educators Respond to October 7

Part of our Research into Practice series, this episode draws on a qualitative study conducted in six classrooms during the first two and a half months following the atta

Research Into Practice in Israel Education: The Gender Confidence Gap in Israel Education

Part of Prizmah's Research Into Practice in Israel Education Series, this episode focuses on new research on the gender confidence gap in Israel education.  While Jewish

Research Into Practice in Israel Education: How Students Understand Politics in and about Israel

Research into Practice in Israel Education Series Learners undergo a series of developmental stages as they move through childhood and early adolescence, in their attemp

Prizmah Podcast Live: An Overhaul of Teacher Compensation

Explore how Hillel Torah North Suburban Day School in Skokie, Illinois, reimagined teacher compensation—from identifying the challenges, to engaging faculty voices, to bu

Research Encounter: Leadership Dilemmas

School heads need to manage, decide upon and negotiate difficult challenges every day. This episode gives listeners a window upon the ways that three heads would think ab

Prizmah Podcast Live: Bimkomenu–Seizing Place-Based Learning Opportunities with the Seattle Sephardic Heritage Initiative

With a "Culture of Belonging" microgrant from Prizmah, the Seattle Jewish Community School launched a Seattle Sephardic Heritage Initiative in the fall of 2023, in partne

Research Encounter: Jewish Creativity and Education

Rabbi Dena Glasgow is the Director of Jewish Education at Gann Academy in Waltham, Massachusetts, where she is responsible for both the Jewish Studies Department and the

Research Encounter: What the Latest Research Reveals About Jewish Day Schools

Prizmah's Director of Knowledge, Research, and Data Odelia Epstein discusses three timely studies transforming how we understand Jewish day school education today: • An