Sharon Freundel, JEIC Managing Drector, and Rabbi Shmuel Feld, JEIC Founding Director, were highlighted as featured presenters at The Rohr Jewish Learning Institute’s (JLI) 2019 National Jewish Retreat in Washington, D.C., August 13-18, 2019, at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park.
Baltimore Jewish Times covered the Jewish Education Innovation Challenge’s 2019 Innovators Retreat, which was held in Baltimore on May 15-16, 2019.
This article highlighted the role JEIC has been playing in the day school field to improve the quality of Jewish education in day schools across North America.
Sunflower Bakery honored the Mayberg Foundation with the 2019 Community Vision Award at their Annual Appreciation & Graduation Event held on Sunday, May 19, 2019. Louis Mayberg, trustee, accepted the award on behalf of the foundation.
Read Washington Jewish Week’s coverage about the annual GW Mayberg Center “Conversations that Matter” event that occurred on March 26, 2019.
EJewish Philanthropy featured an op-ed authored by Todd Sukol, Mayberg Foundation Executive Director, as the lead article on Thursday, March 7, 2019.
His article entitled, "Understanding, Context and Perspective: Prerequisities to Skill Building in Jewish Philanthropy,” makes a strong case for three essential activities Jewish communal professionals should be focusing on to advance the field in its aspirations to develop professional standards and ethical guidelines.
MyZuzah, which aspires to put up a kosher fair trade mezuzah on the front door of every Jewish home in the world, was featured in the Spring 2019 issue of JLife: Orlando’s Jewish Lifestyle Magazine.
The article includes noteworthy sentiments about the power of mezuzah from Rabbi Gabi Gittleson of JOIN Orlando, which serves as a distribution partner for MyZuzah.
The Covenant Foundation announced a $150,000 grant award to the Mayberg Center for Jewish Education and Leadership at The George Washington University supporting Text and Tradition: A Jewish Study and Values Initiative for Senior Professionals in Jewish Nonprofits.
The Mayberg Center for Jewish Education and Leadership at GW’s Graduate School of Education and Human Development (GSEHD) announced the launch of its new Master’s degree in Curriculum & Instruction with a concentration in Jewish education. The program will begin Summer 2019, and interested students can apply by visiting the GW Student Portal.
The program is designed for Jewish day school educators, heads of departments, directors of congregational schools, or individuals starting their careers in Jewish education. The Mayberg Center invites interested candidates to apply for an intense and stimulating cohort learning experience in the nation’s capital. GSEHD faculty in collaboration with the Mayberg Center staff will prepare students to become teachers in formal classroom settings with an emphasis on teaching strategies, instructional techniques, and curriculum design for specific Jewish text-based disciplines.
