Here is the Lookstein Center mailing for the week of March 16, 2020. This is a free service to the global educational community supported by Lookstein membership. Continue reading for events and opportunities, jobs, resources for educators, and thoughtful conversations in Jewish education.
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The Latest from The Lookstein Center
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Video Tips for Transitioning to Teaching Online
The current health crisis has caused schools around the world to make a rapid transition to teaching and learning online. The Lookstein Center has been helping schools around the globe incorporate digital instruction into their curriculum for more than 10 years. See here for some quick tips to help you get started teaching in your online classroom.
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COVID-19 Response: Online Teacher Trainings
For those interested in a recording of yesterday’s free webinar, “Teaching from a Distance: Synchronous and Asynchronous Fundamentals,” or interested in participating in a future webinar, contact us at content@lookstein.org. Please include in the email whether you are requesting the link to the recording or are interested in a future webinar, or both.
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Helping Your Children (and Yourself) Cope with Crisis
By: Dr. Myron Friedman
Stress is a normal part of daily life. However, the entire world is now going through a period that cannot be viewed by anyone as normal. Our daily routine has come to a halt, our health, financial security, and our personal freedoms have become uncertain. If we are challenged to cope with these drastic changes, how can we help our children?… KEEP READING.
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Click on the job title for more information.
- Middle School Judaic Studies Teacher with Leadership Responsibility, Akiba Yavneh Academy of Dallas, Dallas, Texas.
- Lower School Judaic Studies Teachers, Akiba Yavneh Academy of Dallas, Dallas, Texas.
- Program Director/Judaic Studies Teacher, Akiba Yavneh Academy of Dallas, Dallas, Texas.
- Assistant Principal for Judaic Studies, Kohelet Yeshiva Lab and Middle Schools, Merion Station, Pennsylvania.
- Elementary and Middle School Teachers for the 2020-2021 School Year, Magen David Yeshivah, Brooklyn, New York.
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Many Jewish organizations around the world are offering free and helpful resources, webinars, and other services to keep the Jewish spirit alive, even in a time of crisis.
- Yesod is offering a series of webinars on learning and connecting through virtual community. To sign up and for more information, see here.
- Sefaria is offering a series of online learning resources, including webinars, office hours, and more. For more information and to sign up, see here.
- Naphtali Hoff from Impactful Coaching and Consulting is offering a free, two-part webinar series this week on Mindset. For more information and to sign up, see here.
- Areyvut has compiled a series of helpful resources to help during these trying times. Click here to see more.
- The Jewish Women’s Archive and JewishLIVE are hosting “The Quarantine Book Club,” a series of live meetings to discuss Jewish books, writing, and telling Jewish stories. For more information and to sign up, click here.
- StandWithUs is introducing a new digital platform, StandWithUs Connect, which includes various booklets, videos on line, learn about upcoming webinars, and book private group webinars. To access the free content and sign up for upcoming webinars, click here.
- Pardes is hosting “Light and Redemption in Uncertain Times: A Virtual Yom Iyun – Day of Learning” on Sunday, March 22. Click here for more information and here for the link and to register.
- YIVO’s “Shine Online” educational online courses are now available for free. For more information, see here.
- The National Library of Israel is offering a series of free educational resources, such as these Parsha pages here.
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Pesach Resources from The Lookstein Center
Looking for resources to help teach about Pesach virtually? The Lookstein Center’s newly updated Pesach resources page includes haggadot, Seder tips, lesson plans, videos and more to use in any classroom setting.
See the full list of Pesach resources here.
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Online Jewish Resources
Started by Bobby Singer
We’re social distancing now. So where can we learn more Judaism online? For an English speaker who reads Hebrew well. Looking for subjects like:
- The Mishnah
- Halachah and Responsa, all topics
- The Midrash
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Communal Jewish Life During Quarantine
Started by Robert Kaiser
Rabbi Ben Greenfield is asking our community many important questions during this time, including “How to communally ‘make up leining’ after multiple weeks of no Torah reading.”
Interesting question. In many of our communities, our laypeople will be following each week’s Torah and Haftarah portion on their own. Since so many of us are staying semi-quarantined, with this (life saving!) social distancing, we have a bit more free time to study commentaries.
Perhaps people can use some of this time to start a regular Tanakh study program, such as 929: Tanakh B’yachad, or a daily Mishnah or Mussar study….
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Virtual Tefilla Services
Started by Reuven Werber
If you would want to broadcast daily tefilla from a phone to viewers who don’t have Facebook, what would you use?
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Parsha Discussions for the 21st Century
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Classroom Discussion Idea for Vayakhel
To construct the Mishkan (Tabernacle), God selects Betzalel and his assistant Oholiav. The Torah is careful to mention the tribes that they each hail from, Yehudah and Dan, respectively. Can a group take credit for the accomplishments of an individual? What impact does that have on the individual? What responsibility does that place on the group?
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12 Unique Blogs Are Written By Professors
