2023-2024 Mandel Center Events Recap

If you missed any of the Mandel Center's programs in Jewish education this year, videos and podcasts of these events are available.

Learning About Learning:

Conversations with Scholars of Jewish Education

A virtual series of conversations hosted by Mandel Center Director Jon A. Levisohn, in which leading scholars discuss what they have learned from their investigations of various aspects of Jewish education, and why it matters.

What 19th Century Jewish Education Can Teach Us about Jewish Education Today

Professor Laura Yares

Getting Serious about Play in Jewish Education

Rabbi Judd Levingston, PhD



Navigating Ideological Differences in Pluralistic Jewish Schools

Dr. Esther Friedman

How Israeli-Americans Think About Their Kids’ Hebrew Learning

Hannah Kober

Why Young Jews Love Yiddish

Dr. Sandra Fox

Visualizing Jewish Texts and Practices through the Graphic Novel

Dr. Talia Hurwich

Spotlight Sessions

Virtual events that shine a spotlight on an important area of focus in Jewish education, bringing together several diverse scholarly perspectives for a shared conversation.

Spotlight on Jewish Learning: Past, Present, and Future | A panel of Brandeis faculty in honor of the University's 75th anniversary

Sharon Feiman-Nemser, Ziva Hassenfeld, Jonathan Krasner, Jon Levisohn, and Joe Reimer

Spotlight on the Gap Year

Shalom Berger, Sarah Mali, Jonathan Schwab, and Tilly Shemer, with host Jon Levisohn

Special event: Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration

Hannah Kober, Marva Shalev Marom, Elana Riback Rand, and Ariela Ronay-Jinich, with moderator Ilana Horwitz

Book Events

Discussions of new books published in the field of Jewish education, including these recent publications from the Mandel-Brandeis Series in Jewish Education.

The Second Conversation: Interpretive Authority in the Bible Classroom

Author Ziva Hassenfeld

Teaching Israel: Studies of Pedagogy from the Field

Editors Sivan Zakai and Matt Reingold

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The Mandel Center offers a robust schedule of events to convene scholars, practitioners, and policy makers to advance thinking, generate new questions and, in some cases, generate new work for future publication. Watch our videos on our YouTube channel or listen to our podcasts on Spotify, Amazon, or Apple.