Faculty Guide

Title

Associate Professor of Jewish Education in the Education Program and the Hornstein Program for Jewish Professional Leadership

Education
Hornstein Program in Jewish Professional Leadership

Expertise

Jewish life cycle and identity. Jewish education.

Awards and Honors

National Jewish Book Award in Education (Succeding at Jewish Education: How One Synagogue Made It Work) (1997)

Human Development Research Award, American Educational Research Association, for research on moral development of kibutz adolescents and young adults (1988)

Courses Taught

ED	157b	The Psychology of Student Learning
ED	163b	Creativity and Caring
HRNS	205f	Summer Camp: The American Jewish Experience
HRNS	206b	Informal Education in Jewish Settings
HRNS	248f	Jewish Texts for Professional Leaders
HRNS	380a	Proseminar: Issues, Structure, and Perspectives of the American Jewish Community

Scholarship

Reimer, Joseph B, ed. Is a new paradigm the need of the hour?. Philadelphia: Journal of Jewish Education, 78,4 2013.

Reimer, Joseph B. "Providing Optimal Jewish Experiences: The Case of Camp Ramah in Wisconsin." Journal of Jewish Education 78. 2 (2013): 114-134.

Reimer, Joseph B. "The power of optimal Jewish experiences: Experiential Jewish education a decade after Chazan." Experiential Jewish Education. Ed. David Bryfman. Los Amgeles: Tora Ora, 2013

Reimer, Joseph B, Mitchell Cohen and Jeffrey S. Kress (Eds.), ed. Leadership at Ramah: The Changing role fo the camp director. 2010 ed. New York: National Ramah Commission and Jewish Theological Seminary, 2011.

Reimer, Joseph B, ed. Vision, Leadership and Change: The Case of Ramah Summer Camps. Journal of Jewish Education: 76,3 2011.

Reimer, Joseph B. "Creative Collaborations." Sh'ma vol. 39/658 March 2009: 19.

Reimer, Joseph B. "Experiential Jewish Education." What we now know about Jewish education: Perspectives on research for practice. Ed. RL Goodman, PA Flexner. LD Bloomberg. Los Angeles: Torah Aura, 2009. 343-352.

Reimer, Joseph B. "Shabbatonim as experiential education in North American day high schools." Jewish day schools, Jewish communites. Ed. Alex Pomson and Howard Deitcher. Oxford, UK: Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, 2009. 341-360.

Reimer, Joseph B, ed. How Jewish Experiential Learning Works. New York: Covenant Foundation, 2008.

Reimer, Joseph B. "A Place of Our Own: The Rise of Reform Jewish Camping." Journal of Jewish Education vol. 74 of 1 2008

Reimer, Joseph B. "The Conversation Continues." Journal of Jewish Education 73. 2 (2008): 147-8.

Reimer, Joseph B. "Beyond More Jews Doing Jewish: Clarifying the Goals of Informal Jewish Education." Journal of Jewish Education 72. 3 (2007).

Reimer, Joseph B. Succeeding at Jewish Education: How One Synagogue Made It Work. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 1997.

Reimer, Joseph B. To Build a Profession: Careers in Jewish Education. Waltham: Brandeis University, 1987.

Reimer, Joseph B, with R. Hersh and D.O Paolitto. Promoting Moral Growth: From Piaget to Kohlberg. NewYork: Longman, 1979.