THE NETWORK FOR RESEARCH IN JEWISH EDUCATION AND THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE SOCIAL SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF JEWRY
Joint Conference on Research in Jewish Education JUNE 14 – JUNE 16, 2016 Sylvia Barack Fishman, Program Chair Hana Bor, Conference Chair
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Welcome to the
Joint Conference on Research in Jewish Education We look forward to a stimulating conference as we convene academics, practitioners and researchers from many disciplines and institutions to share the latest studies in the field of Jewish educational research.
PROGRAM TUESDAY, JUNE 14 12:00 -2:00 PM
JJE BOARD MEETING
Room 4331
2:30-5:30 PM
REGISTRATION
2ND Fl Lobby
4:30-6:00 PM
SESSION 1
S1.1 PAPER SESSION LEADERSHIP IN JEWISH EDUCATION Chair: Barry Holtz (JTS)
Mentoring and Leading the ELAI Way: What Can We Learn from This?
This year, sessions follow four formats
Alissa Burstein (The Lookstein Center, Bar-Ilan University)
PAPER SESSION: Presentations of completed or nearly completed work
“To See the World through a Jewish Lens”: How Education Directors Mediate Goals and Attitudes in Jewish Supplementary Schools
SPOTLIGHT SESSION: Open, interactive session about key issues in Jewish education
Patricia Munro (University of California, Berkeley)
Jewish Sensibilities: Toward a New Language for Jewish Educational Goal-Setting
ROUNDTABLE SESSION: Multiple perspectives on an important topic in Jewish education CONSULTATION: Collegial discussion of work in progress The conference promises to be an exciting venue for exchanging ideas and for networking with fellow Jewish education professionals.
PROGRAM COMMITTEE: Sylvia Barack Fishman, Program Chair Ari Y. Kelman, Jonathan Krasner, and Jon A. Levisohn NRJE COORDINATOR Melissa Zalkin Stollman NRJE CHAIR Jonathan Krasner 3
Room 4302
Jonathan Woocher (Lippman Kanfer Family Philanthropies) S1.2 ROUNDTABLE SESSION
Room 4303
CONGREGATIONAL EDUCATION: LOOKING BACK, LOOKING FORWARD Panelists: Ilana Horowitz (Stanford University), Lesley Litman (HUC-JIR) and Nancy Parkes (Temple Israel Center) 6:00-7:00 PM
WELCOME RECEPTION
CLA Café Area
Hosts: Dr. Hana Bor, College of Liberal Arts; Timothy J. L. Chandler, PhD, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs; and Dean Terry Cooney, College of Liberal Arts (Towson University) Sylvia Barack Fishman (Brandeis University), Program Chair Steven M. Cohen (HUC-JIR), ASSJ President
Announcement: Sylvia and Moshe Ettenberg Research Award, Jonathan Krasner (Brandeis University) , NRJE Chair
Musicians: Eyal Bor and Bruce Casteel 4
7:00-9:00 PM DINNER CLA Café Area Keynote Address by Steven M. Cohen (Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion) Chair: Jonathan Krasner (Brandeis University) Respondents: Mijal Bitton (New York University) and David Bryfman (The Jewish Education Project)
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15 (Continued) Rethinking Religion: Tradition, Orthodoxy and Jewish SelfIdentification in the New York Syrian Jewish Community
Mijal Bitton (New York University)
Losing Our Religion: 21st Century Jewish Teens Speak Out
David Bryfman (The Jewish Education Project)
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15
Learning to be a Jew Of No Religion
7:30-8:30 AM
BREAKFAST ALOHA BREAKFAST MEETING
CLA Café Area Room 4331
7:30-8:30 AM
BREAKFAST CONSULT
Room 4302
7:30-8:30 AM
HOW TO WRITE A SCHOLARLY ARTICLE Helena Miller (United Jewish Israel Appeal) 8:00-10:00 AM
REGISTRATION
8:45-10:15 AM
SESSION 2
2ND Fl Lobby
S2.1 ROUNDTABLE SESSION
Room 4302
THE WHOLE AND ITS PARTS: “SUBJECT-SPECIFIC” AND “JEWISHDEVELOPMENTAL” OUTCOMES IN JEWISH EDUCATION RESEARCH Conveners: Jeff Kress (JTS) and Jon A. Levisohn (Brandeis University) Respondents: Frayda Gonshor Cohen (Rosov Consulting), Meredith Katz (JTS), and Rebecca Shargel (Towson University) Discussant: Susan Kardos (The AVI CHAI Foundation) S2.2. SPOTLIGHT SESSION
Room 4303
RESEARCH IN JEWISH EDUCATION IN THE SERVICE OF INSTITUTIONAL LEARNING, ACCOUNTABILITY AND IMPACT: THE CASE OF HILLEL INTERNATIONAL Convener: Wendy Rosov (Rosov Consulting) Panelists: Jennifer Zwilling (Hillel International) and Liat Sayfan (Rosov Consulting) S2.3 PAPER SESSION
Room 4315
RETHINKING CATEGORIES FOR JEWISH IDENTITY: RELIGION, TRADITION, AND JEWISH EDUCATION Chair: Steven Cohen (HUC-JIR) 5
Ari Y. Kelman (Stanford University) 10:30-11:15 AM
CONSULTATION SESSION 1
C1.1 Teaching American Jewish History: Making Meaning of a New Object-Based Curriculum Room 4302 Rebecca Shargel (Towson University) and Ronit Lusky (National Museum of American Jewish History) C1.2 Developmental Issues of Jewish Adolescent Girls Cheryl Weiner (Lesley University) 10:30-12:15 PM
NRJE BOARD MEETING
Room 4303
Room 4331
11:30 AM-12:15 PM CONSULTATION SESSION 2
C2.1 Storytelling as an Educational Tool for Teaching Midrash in a Supplemental Jewish High School Room 4315 Rudy Stoler (Towson University) C2.2 What is the Relationship between Jewish and General Education through the Eyes of Graduate Students? Rebecca Shargel (Towson University) and Hana Bor (Towson University)
Room 4302
C2.3 Educating for Justice: Critique and Privilege in a Jewish Day School Room 4303 Sarah Ossey (New York University) 12:15-1:00 PM
LUNCH
CLA Café Area
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1:00-2:30 PM
SESSION 3
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15 (Continued)
S3.1 ROUNDTABLE SESSION
Room 4302
IMPLEMENTING EDUCATION IN THE SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, AND SPIRITUAL DOMAINS IN CONGREGATIONAL SCHOOLS: SUPPORTS AND CHALLENGES Conveners: Jeff Kress (JTS) and Evie Rotstein (HUC-JIR) Panelists: Moshe Ben-Lev (Northern Virginia Hebrew Congregation) and Nancy Parkes (Temple Israel Center) S3.2. PAPER SESSION
Room 4303
INCLUSION OF LEARNERS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS IN JEWISH EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS Chair: Abigail Uhrman (The Jewish Theological Seminary) Discussant: Lisa Tobin (Foundation for Jewish Camp)
It's Off to Work We Go: Vocational Training at Summer Camp Setting Daniel Olson (New York University)
Inclusion Coordinators at Jewish Summer Camps: Roles and Challenges Laura Shefter (JTS) and Abigail Uhrman (JTS) S3.3 ROUNDTABLE SESSION
Room 4315
TELLING STORIES ABOUT RESEARCH: NARRATIVE AS METHODOLOGY AND MORE Convener: Bethamie Horowitz (New York University) Panelists: Debra Kaufman (Northeastern University) and Arielle Levites (New York University) 2:45-4:15 PM
2:45-4:15 PM
SESSION 4 (Continued)
S4.3 SPOTLIGHT SESSION
Room 4315
INCLUSIVE PRACTICE IN JEWISH EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS: UNDERSTANDING NEEDS, PRACTICE AND PREPARATION (AN INTERACTIVE CONVERSATION TOWARDS A RESEARCH AGENDA) Panelists: Rona Novick (Yeshiva University), Daniel Olson (New York University), and Yisrael Rothwachs (Sinai Schools) 4:30-6:00 PM
SESSION 5
S5.1 PAPER SESSION TRAINING AND EVALUATING EDUCATORS: PEDAGOGICAL STRATEGIES Room 4302 Chair: Laura Novak Winer (JTS) The Motivations and Professional Identity Formation of Novice Jewish Educators
Daniel Held (UJA Federation of Greater Toronto) Learning to do Shabbat at Summer Camp
Joseph Reimer (Brandeis University)
Teaching through the Arts: An Integral Element of Teaching and Learning
Matt Reingold (TanenbaumCHAT) S5.2 PAPER SESSION ONLINE JEWISH CASE STUDY Chair: Sara Shapiro-Plevan (JTS)
SESSION 4
S4.1 SPOTLIGHT SESSION
Room 4302
WHO OWNS ISRAEL EDUCATION? Panelists: Daniel Held (UJA Federation of Greater Toronto), Lesley Litman (HUC-JIR), Amy Sales (Brandeis University), and Nicole Samuel (Brandeis University) S4.2 SPOTLIGHT SESSION
Room 4303
Room 4303
Planning the Unplannable: Role-Playing in JCAT When Reality Strikes
Deborah Skolnick Einhorn (Hebrew College)
Role Playing in Virtual and Real Worlds: A Case of Jewish Court of All Time
Meredith Katz (JTS)
RESEARCHING JEWISH TEEN PROGRAMMING IN A NEW IDIOM Panelists: David Bryfman (The Jewish Education Project), Wendy Rosov (Rosov Consulting) and Liat Sayfan (Rosov Consulting) 7
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“I Had to Live, Breathe, and Write my Character”: Character Choice and Student Engagement in an Online Role -Play Simulation
Miriam Raider-Roth (University of Cincinnati), Amy RectorAranda (University of Cincinnati), and Noah Glaser (University of Cincinnati) S5.3 PAPER SESSION HISTORICALLY CHANGING CONCEPTIONS OF JEWISH EDUCATION Room 4315 Chair: Fern Chertok (Brandeis University) Jewish Schools in Odessa at the End of the 19th-Beginning of the 20th Century: A Methodology of Educational Research in Historical Context
Yigal Kotler (JTS)
Emergent Issues in the Education of Urban Jews
Stuart Schoenfeld (York University)
Shul with a School: The History of Jewish Day Schools in Los Angeles
Sara Smith (New York University)
RECEPTION CLA Café Area Hosted by Baltimore Hebrew Institute, Towson University EMERGING SCHOLARS AND RESEARCH AWARD PRESENTATIONS
6:15-7:00 PM
7:00-8:00 PM
EMERGING SCHOLARS MENTORING SEMINAR DINNER AND WELCOME Room 4331 Organizers: Benjamin Jacobs (George Washington University) and Jeff Kress (JTS)
8:00-9:30 PM
EMERGING SCHOLARS MENTORING SEMINAR PANEL DISCUSSION Room 4331
VISIONS OF COMMUNALLY-ENGAGED RESEARCH PANELISTS: Facilitator: Helena Miller (United Jewish Israel Appeal) Fern Chertok (Brandeis University) Annette Koren (Brandeis University) Rona Novick (Yeshiva University) Miriam Raider-Roth (University of Cincinnati)
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THURSDAY, JUNE 16
8:00-9:00 AM
BREAKFAST CLA Café Area EMERGING SCHOLARS MENTORING SEMINAR Mentor/Mentee Pairs Breakfast Room 4331 REGISTRATION 2ND Fl Lobby
9:00-10:30 AM
SESSION 6
8:00-9:00 AM 8:00-9:00 AM
S6.1 PAPER SESSION
Room 4302
INCLUSION OF LEARNERS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND BLENDED LEARNING IN EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS Chair: Hana Bor (Towson University) Jewish Educators Encounter Neurodiversity: An Exploration of New Pathways to Understanding
Deborah Skolnick Einhorn (Hebrew College) and Nina Price (Hebrew College)
Potential for Blended Learning in Jewish Supplementary Education: ShalomLearning Case Study
Annette Koren (Brandeis University) and Josh Troderman (Brandeis University)
Attitudes Towards Inclusion in Master's Degree Students in Jewish Education
Rona Novick (Yeshiva University) S6.2 PAPER SESSION
Room 4303
TRAINING AND EVALUATING EDUCATORS AND THE USE OF TEXT Chair: David Starr (Brandeis University) The Relevance of Text Structure Strategy Instruction for Talmud Study
Yael Jaffe (Teachers College, Columbia University)
Implications from Learning to Teach “Teaching and Learning”
Saul Kaiserman (Congregation Emanu-El of the City of NY) Grounding Students in Tradition and Listening to Their Voices
Eliana Lipsky (Loyola University Chicago)
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9:00-10:30 AM
EMERGING SCHOLARS MENTORING SEMINAR PANEL DISCUSSION Room 4315
PRODUCTIVE HABITS OF HIGHLY RESPECTED RESEARCHERS Facilitator: Helena Miller (UJIA) Panelists: Stuart Charmé (Rutgers University), Jeff Kress (JTS) and Amy Sales (Brandeis University) 10:30 AM-NOON
EMERGING SCHOLARS MENTORING SEMINAR MENTOR/MENTEE MEETINGS 4th Floor
10:30 AM-NOON
SESSION 7
S7.1 PAPER SESSION
Room 4302
GALVANIZING TOPICS IN JEWISH EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS Chair: Ari Y. Kelman (Stanford University) Let’s Talk About it Now: Day School Teachers Confronting Dilemmas of Universalism and Particularism
Frayda Gonshor Cohen (Rosov Consulting)
Learning from Our Leaders: Instructional Leadership in Jewish Day Schools
Shira Hammerman (New York University)
Critical Learning and the Common Good: What Should We Know About Israel?
David Starr (Brandeis University) S7.2 ROUNDTABLE SESSION
Room 4303
JEWISH EARLY CHILDHOOD DECISIONS AND PROGRAM CHOICES Panelists: Lyndall Miller (Jewish Early Childhood Education Leadership Institute) and Mark Rosen (Brandeis University) NOON –12:30 PM
EMERGING SCHOLARS MENTORING SEMINAR LUNCH/PEER-TO-PEER CONVERSATIONS Room 4331
12:30-2:00 PM
BOXED LUNCH
12:30-2:00 PM
EMERGING SCHOLARS MENTORING SEMINAR WORKSHOP SMALL GROUP WORK Room 4331
2:00-2:30 PM
EMERGING SCHOLARS MENTORING SEMINAR FINAL REFLECTIONS Room 4331
CLA Café Area
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INDEX OF PRESENTERS Moshe Ben-Lev (Northern Virginia Hebrew Congregation), S3.1 Mijal Bitton (New York University), Tues Eve Keynote, S2.3 Hana Bor (Towson University), C2.2, S6.1 Alissa Burstein (The Lookstein Center, Bar-Ilan University), S1.1 David Bryfman (The Jewish Education Project), Tues Eve Keynote, S2.3, S4.2 Fern Chertok (Brandeis University), S5.3 Frayda Gonshor Cohen (Rosov Consulting), S2.1, S7.1 Steven M. Cohen (HUC-JIR), Tues Eve Keynote, S2.3 Deborah Skolnick Einhorn (Hebrew College), S5.2, S6.1 Noah Glaser, (University of Cincinnati), S5.2 Shira Hammerman (New York University), S7.1 Daniel Held (UJA Federation of Greater Toronto), S4.1, S5.1 Barry W. Holtz (JTS), S1.1 Bethamie Horowitz (NYU), S3.3 Ilana Horwitz (Stanford University), S1.2 Yael Jaffe (Columbia University), S6.2 Saul Kaiserman (Congregation Emanu-El of the City of NY), S6.2 Meredith Katz (JTS), S2.1, S5.2 Susan Kardos (The AVI CHAI Foundation), S2.1 Debra Kaufman (Northeastern University), S3.3 Ari Y. Kelman (Stanford University), S2.3, S7.1 Annette Koren (Brandeis University), S6.1 Yigal Kotler (JTS), S5.3 Jonathan Krasner (Brandeis University), Tues Eve Keynote Jeff Kress (JTS), S2.1, S3.1 Jon A. Levisohn (Brandeis University), S2.1 Arielle Levites (NYU), S3.3 Eliana Lipsky (Loyala University Chicago), S6.2 Lesley Litman (HUC-JIR), S1.2, S4.1 Ronit Lusky (National Museum of American Jewish History), C1.1 Helena Miller (UJIA), Wed Morning Consult Lyndall Miller (Jewish Early Childhood Education Leadership Institute), S7.2 Patricia Munro (University of California, Berkeley), S1.1 Rona Novick (Yeshiva University), S4.3, S6.1
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EMERGING SCHOLARS MENTORING SEMINAR Daniel Olson (New York University), S3.2, S4.3 Sarah Ossey (New York University), C2.3 Nancy Parkes (Temple Israel Center), S1.2, S3.1 Nina Price (Hebrew College), S6.1 Miriam Raider-Roth (University of Cincinnati), S5.2 Amy Rector-Aranda (University of Cincinnati), S5.2 Joseph Reimer (Brandeis University), S5.1 Matt Reingold (York University), S5.1 Mark Rosen (Brandeis University), S7.2 Wendy Rosov (Rosov Consulting), S2.2, S4.2 Yisrael Rothwachs (Sinai Schools), S4.3 Evie Rotstein (HUC-JIR), S3.1 Amy L. Sales (Brandeis University), S4.1 Nicole Samuel (Brandeis University), S4.1 Liat Sayfan (Rosov Consulting), S2.2, S4.2 Stuart Schoenfeld (York University), S5.3 Sara Shapiro-Plevan (JTS), S5.2 Rebecca Shargel (Towson University), S2.1, C1.1, C2.2 Laura Shefter (JTS), S3.2 Sara Smith (NYU), C1, S5.3 David Starr (Brandeis University), S6.2, S7.1 Rudy Stoler (Towson University), C2.1 Lisa Tobin (Foundation for Jewish Camp), S3.2 Josh Troderman (Brandeis University), S6.1 Abigail Uhrman (JTS), S3.2 Cheryl Weiner (Lesley University), C1.2 Laura Novak Winer (JTS), S5.1 Jonathan Woocher (Lippman Kanfer Family Philanthropies), S1.1 Jennifer Zwilling (Hillel International), S2.2
Organizers: Benjamin Jacobs (George Washington University) and Jeff Kress (The Jewish Theological Seminary) Lead-Facilitator: Helena Miller (United Jewish Israel Appeal) Mentors: Stuart Charmé (Rutgers University, Camden) Fern Chertok (Brandeis University) Annette Koren (Brandeis University) Rona Novick (Yeshiva University) Miriam Raider-Roth (University of Cincinnati) Amy Sales (Brandeis University) Fellows: Miriam Leah Gamliel (Yeshiva University) Yigal Kotler (The Jewish Theological Seminary) Lesley Litman (HUC-JIR) Barbara Merson (Lesley University/Hebrew College) Daniel Olson (New York University) Sarah Ossey (New York University) Sara Smith (New York University) Laura Novak Winer (The Jewish Theological Seminary) Laura Yares (Hillel International)
THE NETWORK IS GRATEFUL TO THE FOLLOWING FOR THEIR GENEROUS SUPPORT AND EFFORTS IN MAKING THIS CONFERENCE A SUCCESS: CONFERENCE HOST
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CONFERENCE PATRONS The Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore AVI CHAI Foundation Covenant Foundation Jim Joseph Foundation Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation
EMERGING SCHOLARS MENTORING SEMINAR SPONSORS
CONFERENCE SPONSORS American Jewish University Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Studies in Jewish Education, Brandeis University Hebrew College Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Schools of Education The Jewish Theological Seminary Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership Stanford University Leadership in Jewish Education and Communal Service Program, Towson University Azrieli School of Jewish Education, Yeshiva University York University
With Special Thanks to the Towson University Staff: Michelle Taylor, Coordinator and Jill Max, Director Baltimore Hebrew Institute Paula Clark, Jeannie Deckelbaum, Theresa L. Jenkins, Pamela Mathias, and Yvonne Stevenson Event and Conference Services
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NRJE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Jonathan Krasner, Chair Benjamin M. Jacobs, Vice Chair Eli Schaap, Treasurer Sara Shapiro-Plevan, Communications Co-Director Matthew Williams, Communications Co-Director Helena Miller, Journal of Jewish Education, Senior Editor Jeff Kress, Past Chair Sylvia Barack Fishman, 2016 Program Chair Ari Y. Kelman, 2015 Program Chair Harold Wechsler, Emerging Scholars Award Committee Chair Carol Ingall, Ettenberg Research Award Chair Jonah Hassenfeld and Benjamin Lewis, Graduate Student Representatives 16