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HOSTED BY
Jewish Theological Seminary of AmericaNew York, NY
Meredith Katz, 2013 Program ChairOfra Backenroth, 2013 Conference Arrangements Chair
THE NETWORK FOR RESEARCHIN JEWISH EDUCATION
Annual 27th
Conference JUNE 2 – JUNE 4, 2013
Dear Colleagues,
Welcome to the 27th Annual NRJE conference at the Jewish Theological Seminary. We at the William Davidson Graduate School of Jewish Education, as well as our colleagues in the Rabbinical and Cantorial Schools, List College and the Graduate School, are proud and privileged to have you with us at our dynamic JTS campus. We are especially pleased that so many students are joining us from our own MA and EdD programs and from programs around the world.
We hope that you feel at home at JTS. Some practical information:
Breakfast and lunch will be served in the Alperin Lobby.
Most of the sessions will take place in four locations: the Mendelson Convocation Center (off the Alperin Lobby), the “Seminar Room” (up the steps from the Alperin Lobby) and Kripke 306 and 506 (take the main elevator).
There are a few places where you can relax or meet such as the second floor lounge near the library, the students’ lounge on the second floor and the courtyard and second floor terrace.
If you need a phone, computer, copy machine, or a printer, please stop by the Davidson School office, Brush 520, located on the fifth (5) floor of the Brush building. Julie Goodman and Rosemary Raymond will be happy to assist you.
To reach JTS you can take subway train number 1 and get off at the 116th street station, and then walk six blocks north on the east side of Broadway. Or, you can get off at 125th street and walk three block south on the east side of Broadway. You can also take buses number M4 and M104; both have stops right on the corner of 122nd street and Broadway, directly in front of JTS.
We are excited that the conference has arrived and that all the hard work and plan-ning has come to fruition. It has been a delight to work with Jonathan Krasner and Beth Lutzker-Levick on the program and to know that we have three days of exciting research presentations ahead of us.
With warm JTS regards, Ofra Backenroth and Meredith Katz
Welcome to the 27th Annual Conference
of the Network for Research in Jewish Education. We look forward to a fascinating conference as we
convene academics, practitioners and researchers from many disciplines and institutions to share the latest studies
in the field of Jewish educational research.
As in previous years, sessions follow three formats:
PANEL SESSION: Papers presenting completed work
SPOTLIGHT SESSION: Interactive session about key issues in Jewish education
CONSULTATION: Collegial discussion of research in progress or preliminary findings
The conference promises to be an exciting venue for exchanging ideas and research findings, and for networking with fellow
Jewish education professionals. We are pleased to have you participate.
PROGRAM COMMITTEE:Ofra Backenroth, Conference Arrangements Chair
Meredith Katz, Program ChairBenjamin M. Jacobs, Jonathan Krasner, Jeff Kress, and Tali Zelkowicz
NRJE COORDINATORBeth Lutzker-Levick
NRJE CHAIRJonathan Krasner
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� program � SUNDAY, JUNE 2
3:15 – 4 p.m. FIRST TIMERS’ ORIENTATION ............................................................................................ Seminar Room Sharon Avni, City University of New York
4 – 4:30 p.m. WELCOME ........................................................................................................................ Feinberg Auditorium GREETINGS: Jonathan Krasner, Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion, New York and Meredith Katz, Jewish Theological Seminary OPENING REMARKS: Alan Cooper, Provost, Jewish Theological Seminary
4:30 – 6 p.m. SESSION 1 A. PAPER PANEL ................................................................................................................................... K306
NARRATIVE AND IDENTITY Chair: Simcha Willig, New York University WhereHaveAlltheMiraclesGone?AStudyofTeachers’IdeologiesandBeliefs Howard Deitcher, Hebrew University JewishIdentitythroughArt:AnExplorationofSecondarySchoolStudents’ Bible-BasedArtworkanditsRepresentationsofJewishness Matt Reingold, York University SharingStories:NarrativeintheRabbinicTeachingofAdults Sarah Tauber, Jewish Theological Seminary Discussant: Carol Ingall, Jewish Theological Seminary
B. PAPER PANEL ................................................................................................................................... K506
IMPACT OF DAY SCHOOL ON FAMILY AND COMMUNITY Chair: Suzanne Brooks, Yeshiva University JewishLives:UnderstandingtheSchool’sSignificanceintheDeveloping JewishLivesofitsStudents Helena Miller, United Jewish Israel Appeal; Alex Pomson and Hagit Hacohen Wolf, Hebrew University LikeWatchingSkinGrow:ANew/OldApproachtotheStudyofGrowth andChangeinJewishFamilies Alex Pomson, Hebrew University and Randal Schnoor, York University JewishDaySchool-SynagoguePartnerships:ACaseStudyofReligiousCapitalEnrichment Tracy Kaplowitz, Schechter School of Long Island Discussant: Rona Novick, Yeshiva University
C. SPOTLIGHT PANEL ................................................................................Mendelson Convocation Center RETHINKING THE LANGUAGE OF JEWISH EDUCATION Robert Chazan, New York University; Benjamin M. Jacobs, New York University Convener: Sharon Avni, City University of New York
6 – 7 p.m. DINNER ........................................................................................................................................... Dining Room
7 – 8:15 p.m. KEYNOTE SPEECH ...................................................................................................................... Dining Room COSMOPOLITANISM AS EDUCATION: A PHILOSOPHY FOR LIFE IN OUR TIME David Hansen, Professor and Director of the Program in Philosophy and Education, Teachers College, Columbia University
Discussant: Barry Holtz, Jewish Theological Seminary
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MONDAY, JUNE 3
8 – 9 a.m. BREAKFAST ................................................................................................................................ Alperin Lobby
THE CONSORTIUM FOR APPLIED STUDIES ..................................... Mendelson Convocation Center IN JEWISH EDUCATION (CASJE) ROUNDTABLES AN ENGAGED SERIES OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT RESEARCH AND PRACTICE Open to all conference participants
9 – 10:30 a.m. SESSION 2 A. PAPER PANEL ................................................................................................................................... K306
EXPLORATIONS IN ISRAEL EDUCATION Chair: Eran Tamir, Brandeis University FromMifgashtoPeoplehood:TheChallengeofPeoplehoodEducation withinanIsraeli-AmericanSchoolTwinningInitiative Fern Chertok, Brandeis University; David Mittelberg and Dinah Laron, Oranim College MovingFromVisiontoPracticeinthePreparationofEmergingIsraelEducators Ofra Backenroth and Alex Sinclair, Jewish Theological Seminary Discussant: Lisa Grant, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion/New York
B. PAPER PANEL ................................................................................................................................. K506
PERSPECTIVES ON PLURALISM Chair: Helena Miller, United Jewish Israel Appeal ExpandingPluralism:TeachingWorldReligionstoJewishAdolescents Joseph Reimer, Brandeis University BridgestoNewKnowledge:TeacherProfessionalDevelopmentinJewishCultureandAmericanSociety Miriam Raider-Roth, University of Cincinnati Discussant: Susan Shevitz, Brandeis University
C. SPOTLIGHT PANEL ....................................................................... Mendelson Convocation Center
LINKING THE STUDY OF PRACTICE TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF PRACTICE Orit Kent and Sarah Birkeland, Brandeis University Convener: Sharon Feiman–Nemser, Brandeis University
10:30-10:45 a.m. BREAK
10:45 a.m.–12:15 p.m. SESSION 3
A. PAPER PANEL ...................................................................................................................... K306
GENDER AND IDENTITY Chair: Arielle Levites, New York University Home,EducationandFamily:BetweenTraditionalismandEgalitarianism Brenda Bacon, Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies ChallengingDiscourses:JewishModernOrthodoxGirlsReadTalmudicText Rafi Cashman, University of Toronto BeyondSerenadesandSocials:JewishSororitiesin20thCenturyAmerica Shira Kohn, Jewish Theological Seminary Discussant: Shira Epstein, Jewish Theological Seminary
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B. PAPER PANEL ...................................................................................................................... K506
REFLECTIVE PRACTICE IN LIMINAL MOMENTS Chair: Sarah Tauber, Jewish Theological Seminary InterfaceofRitologyandPedagogy:TheBritMilahRitualasEducativeHappening Eric Wasser, Jewish Theological Seminary MakingaStrangeLandFamiliar:theApplicationoftheClinicalPastoralEducation LearningModeltoMinistryFormationinaJewishSetting Alan Abrams, New York University and Ute Steyer, Jewish Theological Seminary Discussant: Joshua Gutoff, Gratz College
C. SPOTLIGHT PANEL .........................................................................Mendelson Convocation Center
THE B’NAI MITZVAH REVOLUTION: EXPLORING THE ROLE OF ACTION RESEARCH IN SYNAGOGUE CHANGE Diane T. Schuster, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion/Los Angeles and Joshua Yarden, Project InCite Discussant: Sharon Feiman-Nemser, Brandeis University Co-Conveners: Bradley Solmsen, Union for Reform Judaism and Isa Aron, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion/Los Angeles Congregation-Based Action Researchers: Stacy Rigler, Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel, Elkins Park, PA; Joel Abraham, Temple Sholom, Scotch Plains, NJ; Michelle Abraham, Temple Sholom, Scotch Plains, NJ; Sarah Gluck, Temple Beth-El, Hillsborough, NJ
12:15 – 1:15 p.m. LUNCH ..........................................................................................................................................Alperin Lobby
Presentation of the Network for Research in Jewish Education Emerging Scholar Awards and Research Award Presenter: Shira Epstein, Jewish Theological Seminary
Remembrances: Sylvia Ettenberg, z’’l and Michael Rosenak, z”l Speakers: Carol Ingall, Jewish Theological Seminary and Howard Deitcher, Hebrew University
1:15 – 2:15 p.m. CONSULTATIONS ...........................................................................................Mendelson Convocation Center
AvivaZornberg:AModelofInterpretation–CultivatingStudents'IdentitiesasInterpreters Ziva Reimer Hassenfeld, Stanford University
EnhancingComplementaryEducationthroughanExperientialApproach-CanitbeDone? Zachary Lasker and Jane Shapiro, Jewish Theological Seminary
“AnIslandinTime:”ActionResearchtoCreateaJewishCongregationalSchoolPrincipals’CommunityofPractice Ronit Razinovksy and Ana Turkienicz, Jewish Theological Seminary
AddressingDiversityofJewishPracticeinDenominationalDaySchools Saul Zebovitz, Jewish Theological Seminary
TheB’naiMitzvahProject:HevrutaStudywithMiddleSchoolStudents Heidi Moore, Jewish Theological Seminary
2:15 – 2:30 p.m. BREAK
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2:30 – 3:45 p.m. ALOHA MEETING .................................................................................................................... Seminar Room
ANNUAL MEETING OF DEANS/ REPRESENTATIVES FROM GRADUATE SCHOOLS OF JEWISH EDUCATION IN NORTH AMERICA
2:30 –3:45 p.m. SESSION 4
A. SPOTLIGHT PANEL ................................................................................Mendelson Convocation Center
SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS: KNOWING THE NETWORK BEFORE YOU WEAVE IT Bill Robinson and Miriam Brousseau, Jewish Education Project
B. CONSULTATION PANEL ........................................................................................................ K306
FAMILY ENGAGEMENT IN THE EARLY CHILDHOOD CONTEXT Chair: Chaya Gorsetman, Yeshiva University
EngagingToday’sFamilies:ParentResearchFindings Jamie Betesh and Shellie Dickstein, Jewish Education Project
WhatDoWeMeanby“FamilyEngagement”inJewishEarlyChildhoodEducation? Lyndall Miller, Gratz College
3:45 – 4 p.m. BREAK
4 – 5:30 p.m. SESSION 5
A. PAPER PANEL .....................................................................................................................................K306
EMERGING PROFESSIONAL AND RELIGIOUS IDENTITY Chair: Rebecca Shargel, Towson University IdentityFormationinEmergingAdulthood:ReligiousandProfessionalSelvesCompared Bethamie Horowitz, New York University TheMotivationsandDynamicProfessionalIdentityofFulltimeEarlyCareerProfessionals inHillelsandJewishResidentialSummerCamps Daniel Held, Jewish Theological Seminary AnIn-DepthLookatMotivationsandPerceptionsofOrthodoxDaySchoolTeachers Laya Salomon and Moshe Krakowski, Yeshiva University Discussant: Diane T. Schuster, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion/Los Angeles
B. PAPER PANEL .....................................................................................................................................K506
CONSIDERING PROFESSIONAL GROWTH FOR EDUCATORS Chair: Michelle Lynn-Sachs, Independent Researcher and Consultant
ThePowerofPeerNetworksandPartnershipsinProfessionalLeadershipDevelopment Evie Rotstein, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion/New York; Yonni Wattenmaker and Ira Wise, Leadership Institute: Shaping Congregational School Leaders and Learners
ACollaborativeProgramofMentoringDaySchoolTeachers: WhatWeHaveLearnedandChangesWeareMaking Efrat Efron, Jeffrey Winter and Sherri Bressman, National Louis University
Discussant: Michael Zeldin, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion/Los Angeles
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C. SPOTLIGHT PANEL .................................................................................Mendelson Convocation Center
NEW APPROACHES TO ISRAEL EDUCATION: ENCOUNTERING THE PALESTINIAN NARRATIVE FOR JEWS Yona Shem-Tov and Nadia Saah, Encounter
Convener: Steven M. Cohen, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion/New York
5:30 – 6:15 p.m. GRADUATE STUDENT MEETING ...................................................................................... Seminar Room “CALLING ALL GRADUATE STUDENTS TO THE GRADLAB!” PROPOSAL FOR A JOINT CASJE-NRJE GRADUATE RESEARCH LAB Facilitator: Michael Emerson, New York University
DINNER ON YOUR OWN
TUESDAY, JUNE 4
8 – 9:00 a.m. BREAKFAST...................................................................................................................................Alperin Lobby
9 – 10:30 a.m. SESSION 6
A. PAPER PANEL ....................................................................................................................................K306
PHILOSOPHICAL REFLECTIONS ON JEWISH EDUCATION Chair: Saul Kaiserman, Congregation Emanu-El of the City of New York
RethinkingVisioninJewishEducation Jon Levisohn, Brandeis University
ReadingMichaelFishbane’sSacred AttunementasaResourceforPhilosophyofJewishEducation Daniel Smokler, New York University
TheChildasLearnerintheThoughtofRosenzweigandLevinas Greg Beiles, University of Toronto Discussant: Aryeh Davidson, Jewish Theological Seminary
B. PAPER PANEL ....................................................................................................................................K506
LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION: EXPERIENTIAL AND PLACE-BASED JEWISH LEARNING IN THE U.S. & ISRAEL AND THROUGH DESIGN RESEARCH IN DIGITAL MOBILE GPS GAMES Chair: Andi Meiseles, Jewish Theological Seminary
AGroundedTheoryofHowJewishExperientialEducationImpactsthe IdentityDevelopmentofJewishEmergingAdults Scott Aaron, Agency for Jewish Learning of Greater Pittsburgh
ReflectingonExperientialEducationforIntegratingJewishandAmericanIdentities: ACaseStudyofaJewishHighSchoolFieldTriptoWashingtonDC Rebecca Shargel, Towson University
InitiatingDesign-BasedResearchforDigitalGamesforJewishLearning:ACaseStudyofDesignRationale Owen Gottlieb, New York University
Discussant: Renee Rubin Ross, Jim Joseph Foundation
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C. SPOTLIGHT PANEL .........................................................................Mendelson Convocation Center
WHERE DATA MEETS ACTION: USING RESEARCH TO STRENGTHEN JEWISH DAY SCHOOLS AND OVERNIGHT CAMPS Amy Sales, Brandeis University; Abby Knopp, Foundation for Jewish Camp; Mark Gold, JCamp 180; Sharon Haselkorn, Partnership for Excellence in Jewish Education
Convener: Ari Kelman, Stanford University
10:30 – 10:45 a.m. BREAK
10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. SESSION 7
A. SPOTLIGHT PANEL ............................................................................... Mendelson Convocation Center
ADVANCING DOCTORAL TRAINING IN JEWISH EDUCATION: A GROUP INQUIRY Conveners: Bethamie Horowitz, New York University and Sharon Feiman-Nemser, Brandeis University
B. SPOTLIGHT PANEL ......................................................................................................... Seminar Room
PRACTICING WHAT WE TEACH: INTEGRATING JEWISH CONTENT AND GENERAL PEDAGOGY THROUGH COLLABORATIVE TEACHING Walter Herzberg, Meredith Katz, and Sara Shapiro-Plevan, Jewish Theological Seminary Discussant: Michael Zeldin, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion/Los Angeles Convener: Jeffrey Kress, Jewish Theological Seminary
12:15 –1 p.m. BOXED LUNCH ........................................................................................................................... Alperin Lobby
TOUR OF JTS RARE BOOK ROOM ......................................................................................... JTS Library
GRADUATE STUDENTS WRAP-UP MEETING .................................................................. Seminar Room
1:30 – 3:00 p.m. EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING ...................................................................... Berman Board Room #2
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Scott Aaron ..........................................................6BJoel Abraham ......................................................3CMichelle Abraham ..............................................3CAlan Abrams ........................................................3BIsa Aron ................................................................3CSharon Avni ......................................................... 1COfra Backenroth .................................................2ABrenda Bacon .....................................................3AGreg Beiles ..........................................................6AJamie Betesh ........................................................4BSarah Birkeland ..................................................2CSherri Bressman .................................................5BSuzanne Brooks ...................................................1BMiriam Brousseau ..............................................4ARafi Cashman .....................................................3ARobert Chazan .................................................... 1CFern Chertok ........................................................2ASteven M. Cohen ............................................... 5CAryeh Davidson ..................................................6AHoward Deitcher .................................................1AShellie Dickstein ..................................................4BEfrat Efron ............................................................5BShira Epstein ........................................................3ASharon Feiman-Nemser .......................2C, 3C, 7ASarah Gluck .........................................................3CMark Gold .......................................................... 6CChaya Gorsetman ..............................................4BOwen Gottlieb .....................................................6BLisa Grant ............................................................2AJoshua Gutoff ......................................................3BDavid Hansen............................................ KeynoteSharon Haselkorn .............................................. 6CDaniel Held ..........................................................5AWalter Herzberg .................................................7BBarry Holtz ................................................. KeynoteBethamie Horowitz ..................................... 5A, 7ACarol Ingall ...........................................................1ABenjamin Jacobs ................................................. 1CSaul Kaiserman ...................................................6ATracy Kaplowitz ....................................................1BMeredith Katz ......................................................7BAri Kelman .......................................................... 6COrit Kent ...............................................................2CAbby Knopp ........................................................ 6CShira Kohn ...........................................................3A
Moshe Krakowski ................................................5AJeffrey Kress .........................................................7BZachary Lasker ................................. ConsultationJon Levisohn .........................................................6AArielle Levites ......................................................3AMichelle Lynn-Sachs ..........................................5BAndi Meiseles ......................................................6BLyndall Miller .......................................................4BHelena Miller ................................................. 1B, 2BHeidi Moore ..................................... ConsultationRona Novick ..........................................................1BAlex Pomson .........................................................1BMiriam Raider-Roth ...........................................2BRonit Razinovsky ............................... ConsultationJoseph Reimer .....................................................2BZiva Reimer Hassenfeld ................... ConsultationMatt Reingold ......................................................1AStacy Rigler ..........................................................3CBill Robinson ........................................................4AEvie Rotstein ........................................................5BRenee Rubin Ross ...............................................6BNadia Saah ........................................................ 5CAmy Sales ........................................................... 6CLaya Salomon .....................................................5ADiane T. Schuster .........................................3C, 5AJane Shapiro ...................................... ConsultationSara Shapiro-Plevan .........................................7BRebecca Shargel .........................................5A, 6BYona Shem-Tov .................................................. 5CSusan Shevitz ......................................................2BAlex Sinclair .........................................................2ADaniel Smokler ....................................................6ABradley Solmsen .................................................3CUte Steyer ............................................................3BEran Tamir ...........................................................2ASarah Tauber ................................................ 1A, 3BAna Turkienicz ................................... ConsultationEric Wasser ..........................................................3BYonni Wattenmaker ............................................5BSimcha Willig ........................................................1AJeffrey Winter .......................................................5BIra Wise ................................................................5BJoshua Yarden .....................................................3CSaul Zebovitz ..................................... ConsultationMichael Zeldin ............................................. 5B, 7B
� index of presenters �
CONFERENCE PATRONS
AVI CHAI Foundation
Covenant Foundation
Jim Joseph Foundation
Partnership for Excellence in Jewish Education
Steinhardt Foundation for Jewish Life
UJA-Federation of New York
CONFERENCE SPONSORSAmerican Jewish University Brandeis UniversityHebrew CollegeHebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Schools of Education, Los Angeles and New YorkNew York UniversityYeshiva University
PROPOSAL REVIEWERSScott Aaron, Agency for Jewish LearningSharon Avni, City University of New YorkOfra Backenroth, Jewish Theological SeminaryZvi Bekerman, Hebrew UniversityDavid Bryfman, Jewish Education ProjectStuart Charmé, Rutgers UniversityBeth Cousens, Imagine: Jewish Education ConsultingHoward Deitcher, Hebrew UniversityGail Dorph, Mandel Teacher Educator Institute Shira Epstein, Jewish Theological SeminarySharon Feiman-Nemser, Brandeis UniversityNaava Frank, Naava Frank & Assoc.Lisa Grant, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of ReligionBarry Holtz, Jewish Theological SeminaryCarol Ingall, Jewish Theological Seminary Leora Isaacs, JESNABenjamin M. Jacobs, New York UniversityMadelyn Katz, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of ReligionOrit Kent, Brandeis UniversityMoshe Krakowski, Yeshiva UniversityJonathan Krasner, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of ReligionJeffrey Kress, Jewish Theological Seminary Zachary Lasker, Jewish Theological SeminaryJon Levisohn, Brandeis UniversityMichelle Lynn-Sachs, Independent Researcher and ConsultantMitchel Malkus, Rabbi Jacob Pressman AcademyDeborah Miller, Jewish Theological SeminaryHelena Miller, United Jewish Israel Appeal Bruce Phillips, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of ReligionAlex Pomson, Hebrew UniversityJoseph Reimer, Brandeis UniversityWendy Rosov, Rosov ConsultingEvie Rotstein, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of ReligionRenee Rubin Ross, Jim Joseph FoundationAmy Sales, Brandeis UniversityDiane T. Schuster, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of ReligionAlex Sinclair, Jewish Theological SeminaryMiriam Heller Stern, American Jewish UniversitySarah Tauber, Jewish Theological Seminary
Harold Wechsler, New York UniversityRon Wolfson, American Jewish UniversitySivan Zakai, American Jewish UniversityMichael Zeldin, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of ReligionTali Zelkowicz, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
WITH SPECIAL THANKS TO:James Esposito, Director of Operations, Jewish Theological SeminaryJulie Goodman, Administrative Assistant, Davidson School, Jewish Theological SeminaryMoshe Krakowski, Travel Awards CoordinatorNicole Ray, Program DesignerRosemary Raymond, Executive Assistant, Davidson School, Jewish Theological SeminaryRosario Velez, Facilities Manager, Jewish Theological Seminary
CONFERENCE HOSTJewish Theological Seminary of America
NRJE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEEJonathan Krasner – ChairBenjamin M. Jacobs – SecretaryEli Schaap – TreasurerMichael Zeldin – Journal of Jewish Education, Senior EditorJeff Kress, Lisa Grant – Past NRJE ChairsMeredith Katz – 2013 Program ChairOfra Backenroth – 2013 Conference Arrangements ChairTali Zalkowicz – 2012 Program ChairKaren Medwed and Michael Shire – 2012 Conference Arrangement ChairMichelle Lynn-Sachs – Newsletter EditorCarol Ingall – Emerging Scholars Award Committee ChairDavid Bryfman, Daniel Held, Sara Shapiro-Plevan – Technology CommitteeRachel Lerner, Sarah Ossey – Graduate Student Representatives
Beth Lutzker-Levick, NRJE Coordinator
THE NETWORK IS GRATEFUL TO THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE FOR THEIR GENEROUS SUPPORT IN MAKING THIS CONFERENCE A SUCCESS: