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Letter from the Director

Since the Mandel Center was established in 2002, we have offered rich programs of professional learning for Jewish educators at every career stage while pursuing a new scholarship on the teaching of Jewish studies. This work reflects our belief that transformative learning and teaching are at the heart of powerful Jewish education, engaging learners of all ages, no matter what the setting.

Now entering our ninth year, the Center has had measurable impact on the field of Jewish education. Our contributions include:

Promoting the study of teaching and learning by educators at all levels across a wide range of settings. On this site, you can:

• Read working papers written by teachers engaged in studying their own practice
• Learn about teacher research conducted by DeLeT/MAT fellows

Facilitating school change. Our site features:

• How the Induction Partnership has inspired school change via their work with day schools on new teacher induction
• How the Beit Midrash Research Project is promoting school change by working with the faculty of a local supplementary school to introduce havruta learning practices

These are just a few of the most recent highlights of the Center's work. The ongoing contributions of Center researchers are highly visible in national forums like the American Educational Research Association and the Network for Research in Jewish Education. To explore our many contributions, visit our Impact section.

We hope this website will enable educators and researchers to connect and engage with our work and each other. So please, dive in!

If you have not yet visited us in person, I warmly encourage you to be in touch. Visit our events page to learn about upcoming events.  Or, if you'd like to plan a visit, please contact us directly. We are eager to share some of the energy and excitement of our work.