Mayberg Center for Jewish Education and Leadership
The Challenge
The Jewish community in America has benefited from largely unfettered access to the bounties of pluralism that is at the core of American democracy, history, society, and culture. And like so many Americans in the 21st century, Jews are grappling with the universal challenges of change, and striving to enhance their particular historical instincts for creativity, innovation, and agility. Pressing questions revolve around the meanings of Jewish identity and Jewish “peoplehood,” the role of formal and informal communal organizations, ties to Israel’s people and politics, and the future of “Jewish literacy.”
The Impact
Under the leadership of Dr. Erica Brown, director, the Mayberg Center will advance Jewish education and Jewish communal life through catalyzing research and community-based scholarship in a variety of ways including:
Convening academics and practitioners to engage in critical conversations
Providing graduate level training for Jewish educators and certificate program opportunities for Jewish communal professionals
Enhancing and supporting the work of those currently in the field
Through these different avenues, the Mayberg Center will play a unique and special role in advancing the health and sustainability of American Jewish life for today and tomorrow.
The Center offers professional development both for Jewish educators and nonprofit professionals working in the Jewish community and graduate level training for students in the following two programs: Master’s In Curriculum & Instruction with a Concentration in Jewish Education and Online Certificate in Teaching Strategies & Classroom Management for Jewish Educators.
Learn more about GW’s Mayberg Center for Jewish Education and Leadership.
MAYBERG CENTER LAUNCH EVENT
The Mayberg Center for Jewish Education and Leadership at The George Washington University held their opening event on March 15, 2017.
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