2024-2025 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

Leading scholars discuss what they have learned from their investigations of various aspects of Jewish education, and why it matters.

How American Activists Helped Free Soviet Jews

Professor Shaul Kelner

How Educators Can Overcome Barriers to Engaging with the Conflict

Dr. Keren Fraiman

Jewish Creativity: An Essential Aspiration for Jewish Education

Professor Miriam Heller Stern

Fluid Meanings of the Yarmulke Across Educational Contexts

Dr. Anastasia Badder

Using Both/And Thinking to Repair a Rift in Jewish Education

Dr. Tali Zelkowicz

Fraternities and Sororities as Jewish Communal Spaces

Dr. Jenny Small

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 Education after October 7th

Panelists Jonathan Krasner, Matt Reingold, Amanda Winer, Sivan Zakai with Jon Levisohn

Spotlight on Contemporary Jewish Theology

Panelists Julia Watts Belser, Mara Benjamin, Yonatan Brafman, Shai Held with Jon Levisohn

Special Event

Authors from a themed issue of Journal of Jewish Education discussed their articles on antisemitism on college campuses since October 7. 

Antisemitism on Campus After October 7

Panelists Vikki Katz, Rebecca Kobrin, Jonathan Krasner, Graham Wright, moderated by Nicole Samuel

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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.