The Jewish Education Experience Podcast
The Jewish Education Experience Podcast by Yasminah and Ari began with the goal to uncover gems of wisdom with Jewish educators from around the world. The podcast features interviews with Jewish educators outlining their stories, tips of the trade, advice, support, and insights. We hope this podcast will assist educators at every stage of their journey - those who are just beginning and those who have dedicated their lives to this vital profession that is Jewish Education. Resources: https://alefbetsensory.com/products/colorful-rocks
Episodes
107 episodes
107: Giving Educators The Resources They Need in a Post October 7th World with Assaf Gamzu
Assaf is the Director of Education at UnitEd. He works in the fields of Jewish Education, Museum Education and Comics and Graphic Novels. Prior to joining UnitEd, Assaf served as the first director of the Jewish renewal Division at the Ministry...
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Season 4
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Episode 107
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1:00:23
106: Making a Meaningful Impact on Your Students with Rabbi Dovi Nadel
Rabbi Dovi Nadel has been the coordinator of the Dr. Shimshon Isseroff USA Chidon Ha’Tanach since 2015. Dovi is on the faculty of SAR High School and currently serves as the grade dean for the senior class. Dovi is a proud alum of Farber Hebrew...
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Season 3
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Episode 106
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52:40
105: Helping Students Realize Their Potential with Jessie Rothstein
Jessie Rothstein is a new olah and a high school Tanach and Jewish History teacher in Ramat Beit Shemesh, Israel, where she lives with her family. She received her BA in Jewish Studies and Anthropology at Emory University, in Atlanta, GA, focus...
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Season 3
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Episode 105
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47:50
104: Building a Partnership Between Home and School with Rebecca Masinter
Rebecca Masinter is the founder of Toras Imecha and Mother's Guidance which provide Torah based inspiration and practical guidance to parents. She has been involved in Jewish education for twenty-five years as a teacher, administrator, ACT tuto...
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Season 3
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Episode 104
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53:19
103: Lighting the Fire Within Our Students with T'helah Ben-Dan
T’helah Ben-Dan is the founder of The Kefar, which provides virtual content, instruction, and coaching for Hebrew language learners and teachers. She also serves as Deputy Director of TALMA, overseeing re...
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Season 3
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Episode 103
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37:56
102: Bringing Excitement to Reading with Tamar Shuchat, Co-Founder of the Dot-by-Dot Curriculum
Tamar Shuchat is the content developer and graphic designer of the sought after curriculum DotbyDot. She has taught reading to children of all ages for over 10 years. Tamar wanted to create quality material that would excite every young reader ...
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Season 3
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Episode 102
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27:21
101: Building Literacy and Helping Students Sharpen their Thinking with Rabbi Daniel Bauer
Rabbi Daniel Bauer is a Judaic Studies teacher at Kohelet Yeshiva High School in Merion Station, PA as well as a licensed marriage and family therapist with a private practice. He holds a B.A. in Psychology from Lander College for Men as well a...
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Season 3
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Episode 101
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33:19
100: Special Edition Episode with Yasminah Respes Huberman
In this special edition episode, I answer the questions that I usually ask other educators. I am a long-time educator who began as an assistant in my mother's classroom when I was 13 years old. I have taught in many different school settings. M...
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Season 3
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Episode 100
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36:12
99: Finding an Opportunity to Increase Your Knowledge with Local Jewish Teens and Advisors Jason Cohen and Judith Hodara
JTLP Interview: Jason Cohen is currently one of Harrisburg BBYO's chapter advisors. He joined as the chapter advisor here in Harrisburg in March of 2020. Prior to joining Harrisburg BBYO Jason was one of the co-advisors for Wilkes-Barre BBYO si...
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Season 3
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Episode 99
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45:33
98: Bringing Judaism Alive with Esther Goldenberg
Esther Goldenberg is a native Chicagoan, author, educator, and mother of two fabulous children. Once a reluctant reader, but always someone who enjoyed a good story, she developed a passion for writing. She is the author of
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Season 3
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Episode 98
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47:36
97: Making a Difference in the Neshama of Our Students with Rabbi Scot A. Berman
Rabbi Scot A. Berman has over 30 years in the fields of Jewish education and Jewish communal life. He has served in many educational capacities including elementary, secondary, university, and adult education. Rabbi Berman has served as princip...
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Season 3
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Episode 97
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37:40
96: Bringing Holiness Into Our Everyday Lives with Rabbi Sandy Eissengerg Sasso
Rabbi Sandy Eissenberg Sasso served with her husband as Rabbi of Congregation Beth-El Zedeck, Indianapolis, IN from 1977- 2013. She currently is the director of the Religion, Spirituality and the Arts Initiative at Butler University and the Chr...
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Season 3
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Episode 96
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48:24
95: Exploring the "modern midrash", known as Bibliodrama with Yael Unterman
Yael Unterman is an international lecturer, author, and Bibliodrama facilitator living in Jerusalem. She holds MAs in Jewish History and Creative Writing. Her books are
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Season 3
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Episode 95
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58:52
94: Empowering Students with Methodology and Technique with Dr. Abraham Unger
Dr. Abraham Unger has been the Tikvah Fund’s Director of Regional Education since 2021. In that capacity, he has managed the launch and growth of the Millstone Scholars National Honors Program in Jewish Thought for middle school students across...
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Season 2
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Episode 94
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1:00:53
93: Teaching Jewish Values in Secular Subjects with Zahava Bauer
Zahava Bauer grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey and attended RYNJ and Maayanot there. She then ventured to Israel and attended Midreshet Harova, and then made her way to Stern College in NY where she double majored in English Literature and Jewish ...
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Season 2
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Episode 93
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38:26
92: Meaning-Mining with Your Students with Aviva Lauer
Aviva Lauer is the Director of the Pardes Center for Jewish Educators. She majored in Jewish Studies at Yeshiva University’s Stern College for Women, and earned a Master’s degree in Midrash at the Schech...
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Season 2
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Episode 92
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33:00
91: Imparting Knowledge to Students with Rabbi Rick Schindelheim
Rabbi Rick Schindelheim has taught Jewish History, Tanakh and Talmud at the Fuchs Mizrachi School in Cleveland, OH since 2013. He currently serves as the chair of the Talmud Department and is the Upper School Judaic Studies Coordinator. His inf...
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Season 2
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Episode 91
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35:52
90: Special 90th Episode: Surveys of the Jewish Community with Rabbi Mark Trencher
Rabbi Mark Trencher is the president of Nishma Research, which has been studying the Orthodox Jewish Community since 2015. He lives in West Hartford, Connecticut, but considers himself a “Brooklyn Boy,”...
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Season 2
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Episode 90
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47:19
89: Preparing Our Students for the Future with Michelle Farbman
Michelle Farbman is the Dean of Students at Shulamith school for girls in Long Island, NY. She began teaching in 2008 at YCQ in NY. She was a morah there for 6 years and continued on to the Hebrew Academy of Long Beach, NY where she was a morah...
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Season 2
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Episode 89
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37:22
88: Raising and Instructing Children Through Culture with Rabbi Mitchell Rocklin
Rabbi Mitchell Rocklin is the academic director and dean of the Lobel Center for Jewish Classical Education. His prior work on Jewish Classical Education as a research fellow with Tikvah was featured in the Wall Street Journal. He rece...
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Season 2
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Episode 88
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47:38
87: Becoming The Educator Others Will Want to Emulate with Naomi Hollander
Naomi Hollander grew up in Brookline, MA. She attended Maimonides school through 12th grade. She then attended michlalah in Yerushalayim and then got her BA from Stern College in NY. She worked at Manhattan Day School and Yeshiva of Central Que...
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Season 2
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Episode 87
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34:31
86: Teaching Your Child to Know Themselves and Think for Themselves with Esty Freund
Esty Freund is an educator with over a decade of experience in Kiruv and she is closing in on her eighth year in Jewish education. She has dedicated herself to teaching the next generation of Jewish women and mothers. Her career has taken her f...
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Season 2
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Episode 86
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47:31
85: Aiming to Be the Best Educator You Can Be with Rabbi Chaim Jachter
Rabbi Chaim Jachter is a prominent rabbi who serves as the rabbi at Congregation Shaarei Orah, the Sephardic Congregation of Teaneck, NJ and is a popular Torah teacher at the Torah Academy of Bergen County, NJ. He also serves as a Dayan o...
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Season 2
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Episode 85
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25:13
84: Inspiring Students to Learn with Rabba Daniella Pressner
Rabba Daniella Pressner is Head of School at the Akiva School in Nashville, TN. Born in Jerusalem, and raised in Chicago, Daniella received her BA from Barnard College in Religion and Dance and her MA from Vanderbilt University in Jewish Studie...
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Season 2
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Episode 84
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41:36
83: Planting the Seeds in the Next Generation with Rabbi Avery Joel
Rabbi Avery Joel has been at the Fuchs Mizrachi School in Cleveland, OH since 2008 as a teacher, the Principal of the Stark High School, and now as the Head of School. Prior to moving to Cleveland, Rabbi Joel served as a teacher and grade coord...
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Season 2
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Episode 83
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31:55