Bold Ideas

Dream big! Sample a mix of current programs and blueprints for new initiatives, all dreamed up to be “game-changers” that can reconfigure day school education and possibly exponentially increase the impact of day schools on students and the Jewish community.

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Summer 2013

Articles From This Issue

From the Editor

Barbara Davis
Life Insurance: Potent Tool for Day School Finance

Daniel Perla
From the desk of Arnee Winshall, RAVSAK Chair

Arnee Winshall
Everything Old is New Again: Using Genealogy in Jewish Day Schools

Jeffrey Schrager
Good & Welfare

RAVSAK
Lights, Camera, Action: Bringing Jewish Studies to Life on the Screen

Yossi Kastan
Innovation Mindsets for Successful Schools

Maya Bernstein
Going Out with a <del>Bang</del> Beat!

Lianna Reisman
Child-Centered Jewish Exploration

Rebecca Milder
Hebrew Poetry Contest 2013

RAVSAK
Hands-on, Inclusive Education: Building a New Future for Jewish Day Schools

Andrea Rose Cheatham Kasper
Dear Cooki

Cooki Levy
Beyond Denominations: Expanding Pluralism in Day Schools

Eliana Lipsky
Cosmopolitan Jewish Education for the Jews Next Dor

Benjamin M. Jacobs
Day School as Hub of Adult Jewish Education

Sara Heitler Bamberger
An Orthodox Track: Meeting the Needs of the Whole Community

Avi Weinstein
Day Schools, Disrupt! Why Day Schools Should Provide Supplemental Jewish Education

Daniel Libenson and Ana Fuchs
A Community Day School for the Whole Community

Nicole Nash
Bursting the Jewish Bubble

Rebecca Voorwinde
Robotics: Empowering Jewish Creators

Judy Miller
Digital Badge Learning: “Geeking Out” Across the Curriculum

Sarah Blattner
Open-Source Jewish Learning

Brett Lockspeiser and Joshua Foer