2025-2026 Mandel Center Events Recap

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.

Bringing the Big World

into the Little Classroom

Dr. Lauren Applebaum and

Professor Sivan Zakai

What Rabbinical Students Say

They Need From Their Training

Cantor Laura Stein

How the Conflict Shapes

the Israeli Classroom

Professor Ziva Hassenfeld and

Dr. Hadar Fisher

Jewish Educators' Responses to

"You Never Told Me"

Dr. Benji Davis

Why Teaching Jewish Texts is Not Enough

Professor Jon Levisohn

The Impact of Everyday Antisemitism

Yael Silverstein

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

Two Years After October 7

Panelists Nina Bruder, Alex Pomson, Matt Reingold, and Miriam Heller Stern with Jon Levisohn

Spotlight on Israel Education Research

Panelists Alex Pomson, Matt Reingold, and Sivan Zakai with Jonathan Krasner

Book Launch Event

We discuss new books published in the field of Jewish education, highlighting publications of the Mandel-Brandeis Series in Jewish Education, as well as books resulting from our research projects.

Teaching and Learning in Jewish Day Schools

Panelists Dan Held, Amanda Pogany, and Tali Zelkowicz with editor Jonathan Krasner and moderator Ziva Hassenfeld

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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.