Saul Kaiserman—Ideas in Jewish Education and Engagement

What do we mean by “lifelong learning?”

It’s a common trope by now that “religious school” isn’t a universal failure. Instead, it needs and deserves significant change to reach its goals in the times in which we find ourselves. (Don’t believe us? See this article, this one, and this one.)  Here’s how Saul Kaiserman, Director of Lifelong Learning, changed their starting assumptions and program design at Congregation Emanu-El of the City of New York..

Continue reading the full article… “7 Ideas about Congregational Education” — published November 28, The Jewish Federations of North America.

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