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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