August 22, 2021

JEIC champions children’s spiritual development through provocative new films

August 22, 2021/ Rebecca Weisman, Mayberg Foundation Senior Communications Officer

We are excited to celebrate JEIC’s newly-released films illustrating how current Jewish educational practices may stunt children’s spiritual development.

The film ‘A Daughter's Story’ by Dreamworks producer Saul Blinkoff takes a hard look at how kids are turned on - or off - to enjoying Jewish learning and developing a personal relationship with God.

Accompanying the feature, Shmuel Hoffman's making-of film provides a behind-the-scenes look at the production, ideas, and reactions to ‘A Daughter's Story.’

JEIC’s Ignition Grants for God Expansion in Jewish Day Schools Featured in EJewish Philanthropy

November 02, 2020/ Rebecca Weisman, Mayberg Foundation Senior Communications Officer

EJewish Philanthropy featured a JEIC press release about its Ignition Grant Awards for God Expansion in Jewish Day Schools, on Monday, Nov 2, 2020.

The Jewish Education Innovation Challenge (JEIC), as the press release states, awarded a total of $80,000 to four Jewish day schools through Ignition Grants for God Expansion.

Prizmah-CJDS Highlights Manette Mayberg's Call to Day Schools: Follow This Kind of GPS for a Strong Jewish Future

October 10, 2019/ Rebecca Weisman, Mayberg Foundation Senior Communications Officer

Prizmah: Center for Jewish Day Schools highlighted a compelling thought leadership article written by Mayberg Foundation Trustee, Manette Mayberg, about her dream of God-Powered Schools (GPS).

Let’s Follow this Kind of GPS for a Strong Jewish Future illustrates a “directional system for Jewish day schools that guides them by mission and vision, mapping the way forward most effectively. A GPS would provide continuous evaluation of a school’s actions so when a miscalculation or misguidance occurs, the school would be redirected… A GPS is one that is guided by the sum of our holy texts, time-tested over thousands of years. A GPS is informed by the teachings of eternal Jewish wisdom and embodies Jewish values. A GPS steers students to develop a relationship with the Divine—whatever their concepts of God might be—and a strong Jewish identity. A GPS emphasizes Jewish values and relevance as much as text study and skills. It also demands that all systems throughout a school—from policies to content to pedagogy—support students’ journeys of Jewish discovery.”

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