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TRL: Totally Reimagined Learning. How an MTV alum is remixing the Jewish day school experience

JL;DR SUMMARY Oren Kaunfer, a former MTV employee, has brought a unique approach to Jewish education at the Jewish Community Day School near Boston. 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 EducationJewish IdentityJewish Day SchoolsJudaic StudiesPrizmahJewish Education Innovation ChallengeTeacher ShortageCreativity In EducationOren KaunferJewish Community Day School

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Providence, Rhode Island, United States
"Kaunfer, the son of a prominent Conservative rabbi from Providence, Rhode Island, enjoyed the creativity of the entertainment business."
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
"Friends suggested Kaunfer consider working at the Jewish Community Day School in Bostons suburbs, where his daughter was about to enter kindergarten."
New York City, New York, United States
"Students from four prominent day schools are taking a pedagogy class at Touro University for college credit and then student-teaching at their own schools, including the Ramaz School in New York City, North Shore Hebrew Academy on New Yorks Long Island, Atlanta Jewish Academy, and Maimonides School in Brookline, Massachusetts."
New York, United States
"Students from four prominent day schools are taking a pedagogy class at Touro University for college credit and then student-teaching at their own schools, including the Ramaz School in New York City, North Shore Hebrew Academy on New Yorks Long Island, Atlanta Jewish Academy, and Maimonides School in Brookline, Massachusetts."
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
"Students from four prominent day schools are taking a pedagogy class at Touro University for college credit and then student-teaching at their own schools, including the Ramaz School in New York City, North Shore Hebrew Academy on New Yorks Long Island, Atlanta Jewish Academy, and Maimonides School in Brookline, Massachusetts."
Chicago, Illinois, United States
"Prizmah day school network, which includes about 315 Jewish day schools and yeshivas across North America, launched a pilot program in Boston using a recruiter to fill open Judaic studies positions at local Prizmah-affiliated schools. For this school year, the program will be expanded to Jewish schools in Chicago."

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