Today is July 27, 2026 /
Today is July 27, 2026 /
Ayeka: The Center for Soulful Education announced that it has selected Milton Gottesman Jewish Day School of the Nation’s Capital along with Atlanta Jewish Academy, Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit, and Netivot HaTorah Day School in Toronto to participate in a cohort funded jointly by The AVI CHAI, Kohelet, and Mayberg Foundations. Ayeka was awarded a two-year Continue Reading »
Jerusalem, Israel: Ayeka: The Center for Soulful Education has announced that it has selected Atlanta Jewish Academy, Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit, Milton Gottesman Jewish Day School of the Nation’s Capital, and Netivot HaTorah Day School in Toronto to participate in a cohort funded jointly by The AVI CHAI, Kohelet, and Mayberg Foundations. Ayeka has Continue Reading »
Ayeka: The Center for Soulful Education is the recipient of a four-year grant from the Jim Joseph Foundation to expand Ayeka’s groundbreaking Soulful Professional Development program in up to eight Day Schools in North America. The grant is one of several recently awarded by the Jim Joseph Foundation as part of its Jewish Educator Professional Continue Reading »
Jerusalem, Israel, November 7, 2017 – Ayeka: The Center for Soulful Education today announced that it has received a four-year grant from the Jim Joseph Foundation to expand Ayeka’s groundbreaking Soulful Professional Development program in Jewish Day Schools in North America. The grant is one of several recently awarded by the Jim Joseph Foundation as Continue Reading »
The Jim Joseph Foundation has announced a $23.7 million cumulative investment in 21 organizations following a Request for Proposal (RFP) process to address two critical areas in Jewish education: Educator Professional Development and Leadership Development. The Foundation, which fosters compelling, effective Jewish learning experiences for young Jews in the United States, received 154 Letters of Inquiry (LOIs) following the Continue Reading »
Many years ago I received a very unusual gift – a gift I did nothing to deserve. I never met the giver of this gift. It came anonymously. The unusual thing about this gift was that it continually changed. It kept changing and growing, transforming and unfolding. With the passing of time, I now know Continue Reading »
It’s that time of year; the new school year is coming, the time when educators are supposed to be thinking about beginnings. Instead, I find myself thinking about endings, which of course, always precede (and succeed) beginnings. I have always been this way, prone to nostalgia and melancholy about things coming to a close. I Continue Reading »
Request for Proposals – Bringing Ayeka Soulful Education to Jewish Day Schools Purpose of the Request for Proposals (RFP) The AVI CHAI, Kohelet, and Mayberg Foundations are excited to announce their sponsorship of a 2-year partnership with Ayeka and four select Jewish day schools, beginning January 2018. The purpose of this RFP is to solicit Continue Reading »
First appears on the Jewish Federations of North America’s Blog Ideas in Jewish Education & Engagement At our last board meeting, we asked a particular strident member to say a few words about himself. It was just after Tisha B’Av and he spoke very personally about how difficult the day had been for him. How Continue Reading »
I’m not a very good listener. The problem is, I think I am. Because with total strangers, I am excellent. New people to me are like books. They have a whole story and a lifetime of experiences that I am interested in uncovering. But I can go into autopilot pretty easily when it comes to my children. Continue Reading »
