Got Shabbat - Insights into the Torah portion to help you lead a discussion of each parashah in your home or classroom.
Holiday Happenings - Guides to help enrich your celebration of all the Jewish and many national holidays, including lessons, crafts and recipes.
What's New: URJ Chairman, Peter Weidhorn introduced the impact of
Pre-K government funding on our congregational early childhood/Pre-K
programs. Read through the dynamic memo and share it with your colleagues.
Adolescents
V'shinantam 5769 - Each focused on adolescents and applications for Jewish educational and youth settings. Sacred Choices - a curriculum on adolescent relationships and sexual ethics.
iTorah - created for youth, sends an e-mail each Sunday focused on Israel, Jewish Living, Social Action and God and Prayer.
Eight Techniques for Helping Students Succeed - Part of the CHAI curriculum, includes tips for modifying your class to meet the special needs of your students and enabling all to succeed.
The Lehiyot Program - Strategies for special needs inclusion in the congregational setting.
Publications
CHAI Curriculum - The CHAI: Learning for Jewish Life curriculum includes overviews, sample lessons, information about retreats, workshops, online courses and more.
Torah at the Center - Journal for Jewish educators with articles by scholars and practitioners.
A training module to familiarize teachers in Reform congregational schools with the historical background and the contemporary importance of Reform Judaism in American Jewish life.
Professional Organizations
NATE - NATE is the professional organization of Jewish educators of the Reform Movement. Through members working in partnership across the United States as well as in Canada, Great Britain, Israel, Australia and South Africa, NATE serves a wide variety of Jewish organizations by working to strengthen Reform Jewish religious education.
Recent studies suggest that engagement through teen philanthropy is extraordinarily compelling for high school students. The URJ's Campaign for Youth Engagement is about to begin the second year of its Teen Philanthropy pilot, in collaboration with the Jewish Teen Funders Network. During the past year, eight congregations have participated in the design and implementation of a 20 hour educational program that takes teens from understanding the real meaning of tzedakah, to making their own grants – with a series of exciting opportunities in between. Join us for this webinar to hear from the congregations who have piloted the material this year, and to learn about how your congregation can become part of the pilot as we launch year two.
How does an educator handle the Outreach moments that happen in our religious school classrooms and youth groups? As the Passover season approaches, the four children of the seder help us understand the needs of our students with non-Jewish relatives, and we'll also explore how to effectively reach and teach these children. The webinar is primarily intended for educators and classroom teachers, but will also be useful for Program Directors, Youth Professionals, Education Chairs and Outreach Committee Chairs.
Educational leaders will share their experiences planning and implementing new portfolio projects through the framework of congregational school programs for the post-b'nei mitzvah population of learners. Issues include mentoring, curriculum, administration, virtual meeting and how to share knowledge with a growing community of practice working in this domain.
Congregation of Learners Award Program Recognition for synagogues that provide an exceptional
atmosphere of varied and comprehensive learning opportunities.
Keva Program
Recognition for adults in Reform congregations who accumulate
100 hours of Jewish study.
Scholar-in-Residence Database
Over 100 Reform rabbis, cantors and educators are available to teach your congregants in their chosen
fields.
For professionals and volunteer leaders who want to talk to others about challenges and successes of adult learning in their congregations. Participants in this network will be the first to hear about and give input on new Union initiatives in adult learning.
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