CONTACT-The Journal of the Steinhardt Foundation for Jewish Life

Chevre,

It's clear that complementary/supplementary/Hebrew School/part-time/non-day school/zed education is once again coming to the forefront of communal discussion. The Autumn, 2007 edition of Contact is devoted to the topic. Titled, "Supplementary Jewish Education: What Can Be Done," the magazine offers a series of editorial perspectives and details of extant programs. Read it and let us know what you think, and more importantly, how you in your agencies could/should use it. Here is the link:

http://www.jewishlife.org/pdf/autumn_2007.pdf

Steve

Welcome to the CTI Blog

•Chevre,

Welcome to our Coaches Training Institute blog. For those of you unfamiliar with the blog world, a blog is often described the following ways:

Journal metaphor

•Generally one-to-many, but can have multiple authors

•Usually reverse chronological order

•Entries are generally static (fixed)

•Good for communications, personal knowledge management, journaling, connecting to others on related topics

This is not to be confused with our Coaches Training Institute wiki. You remember that the salient features of a wiki are:

•Page metaphor

•Supports group work, but can have a single author

•Information is not fixed, rather, it can be continually updated in real time

•Good for creating easy to use collaborative websites, writing “living” documents, sharing resources

We hope to use both these tools to improve and expand the communication between CTI members. An added value might be that you try using these tools with your constituents.

So, don't be afraid to share your thoughts and ideas on this blog and our wiki. As practice, I will offer the following questions and ask for you to respond:

1) In what way(s) did your agency address the lead article in the World Jewish Digest about Hebrew schools?

2) In what way(s) did your agency address the follow-up letter to the editor from JESNA and the apology from the author?

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Steve