The Mayberg Foundation is joining Israel's Ministry for Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism, UnitEd, The Jerusalem Post, and Herzog College in launching the Global Jewish Teachers Award, a new initiative honoring up to seven outstanding Jewish educators worldwide. Manette will serve on the international judging panel alongside leaders from Hebrew University and Yeshiva University, chaired by Minister Amichai Chikli.

At Israel on Campus Coalition’s (ICC) National Leadership Summit (August 2-4) in Washington, DC, Mayberg Foundation Senior Program Officer Naftali Ejdelman joined 1,300+ students, faculty, and field professionals for sessions on Middle East security, campus antisemitism, and digital advocacy—lessons he will use to help hone the Foundation's advocacy portfolio strategy.

Mayberg Foundation support helped Lomdei, a DEEP Consortium member providing High-Quality Professional Development (HQPD) coaching for Judaic studies teachers, more than double its reach this year — growing from 12 to 26 partner schools and 42 to 94 coached teachers. By subsidizing the cost that too often keeps schools from investing in sustained coaching, the Foundation helped open the door for teachers and administrators to build a lasting, growth-minded culture of professional development.

Teaching Jewish history and identity in either public or non-Jewish private K-12 schools faces steep obstacles, from crowded curricula and unenforced Holocaust education mandates to a rise in antisemitic incidents fueled by foreign funding and social media. Last week, the Network for Jewish Identity and History in K-12 Education gathered at George Washington University for a convening hosted by The Collaboratory, to which the Mayberg Center belongs, to tackle these challenges together, uniting organizations that often compete for funding and clients to build shared tools — including a new framework for teaching Jewish history and an AI tool to help curriculum developers use it.