2024-2025 Mandel Center Events

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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.

September 26, 2024

Professor Shaul Kelner

How American Activists Helped Free Soviet Jews

October 10, 2024

Dr. Keren Fraiman

How Educators Can Overcome Barriers to Engaging with the Conflict

November 7, 2024

Professor Miriam Heller Stern

Jewish Creativity: An Essential Aspiration for Jewish Education

January 23, 2025

Dr. Anastasia Badder

Fluid Meanings of the Yarmulke Across Educational Contexts

February 27, 2025

Dr. Tali Zelkowicz

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

March 20, 2025

Dr. Jenny Small

Fraternities and Sororities as Jewish Communal Spaces

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.

October 31, 2024

Spotlight on Jewish Education after October 7th

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

May 1, 2025

Spotlight on Contemporary Jewish Theology

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

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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.