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When Jewish Educational Innovation Reinforces the Status Quo

JL;DR SUMMARY Ana Robbins, former leader of a successful Atlanta Sunday school, closed her program to innovate with a different educational model: a five-day-a-week afterschool program blending childcare with Jewish learning. 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 EducationCommunity EngagementInnovationJewish LearningSynagogue AffiliationSunday SchoolJewish Kids GroupsAfterschool ProgramsAna RobbinsEducational Enrollment

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Atlanta, Georgia, United States
"In 2012, Ana Robbins was the leader of a thriving 300-student Atlanta-area Sunday school program when she made a decision that stunned her community."
Evanston, Illinois, United States
"And as JASA and similar independent programs in cities like Washington D.C., Evanston, Illinois, and Berkeley, California, demonstrate, Jewish afterschool programs can thrive in a variety of locales."
Berkeley, California, United States
"And as JASA and similar independent programs in cities like Washington D.C., Evanston, Illinois, and Berkeley, California, demonstrate, Jewish afterschool programs can thrive in a variety of locales."
Washington D.C., Washington DC, United States
"And as JASA and similar independent programs in cities like Washington D.C., Evanston, Illinois, and Berkeley, California, demonstrate, Jewish afterschool programs can thrive in a variety of locales."
New York, United States
"Re-Imagine was a major, multi-year initiative of the ECE between 2003 and 2015 in 32 New York-area congregations."

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