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Putting God on the class list: How Jewish educators are getting their students to think about God

JL;DR SUMMARY Jewish educators, supported by the Jewish Education Innovation Challenge (JEIC), are exploring ways to integrate God-centered learning in Jewish day schools to enhance spiritual engagement and identity formation among students. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish EducationSpiritualityJewish Day SchoolsJewish PedagogyIdentity FormationJeicGod Centered LearningInnovation In EducationTefillah ReimaginedMeditation Practices

Places mentioned

Maryland, United States
"which was founded in 2012 by the Maryland-based Mayberg Foundation to improve Jewish day school education through innovation, experimentation and collaboration"
Seattle, Washington, United States
"held an Innovators Retreat in Seattle."
New York, United States
"In New York, JEIC worked with the Manhattan Day School to create a program that uses a digital prayerbook app to help students make Jewish prayer more personal."
Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
"At Bnai Shalom in Greensboro, North Carolina, Rabbi Rebecca Ben-Gideon and Eliana Light piloted and developed a program with the help of the Jewish Education Innovation Challenge in which middle schoolers focus on names both their own and the many names used for God."
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
"A 2026 retreat is scheduled for Atlanta."

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