Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Studies in Jewish Education

Convening Leaders

Rabbi Dr. Josh Feigelson, president & CEO, Institute for Jewish Spirituality

Rabbi Dr. Elie Holzer, associate professor, head of the R. Dr. Ochs Chair for the Research on the Teaching of Jewish Religious Studies at the Faculty of Education, director of the Eliezer Stern Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Education, Bar Ilan University

Professor Joseph Reimer, associate professor emeritus of Jewish education, Brandeis University

Teachers

Professor Sharon Feiman-Nemser, Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Professor Emeritus of Jewish Education, Brandeis University

Rabbi Miriam Margles, senior core faculty, Institute for Jewish Spirituality

Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler, director of spiritual development and publications editor, Yeshivat Maharat

Convening Participants

Rabbi Dr. Jeff Amshalem, adult learning faculty, Tamid of Hebrew College

Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld, president, Hebrew College

Rabbi Jordan Bendat-Appell, senior faculty fellow, Institute for Jewish Spirituality

Rabbi Dr. Ariel Burger, founder and senior scholar, The Witness Institute

Rabbi Sam Feinsmith, senior core faculty, Institute for Jewish Spirituality

Rabbi Nancy Flam, co-founder and founding teacher, Institute for Jewish Spirituality 

David Gottlieb, PhD, author speaker, teacher, Orot: Center for New Jewish Learning and Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership

Professor Ziva Hassenfeld, Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Assistant Professor in Jewish Education, Brandeis University

Rabbi Daniel Klein, dean of the Rabbinical School, Hebrew College

Rabbi Myriam Klotz, former senior core faculty and senior advisor for special projects, Institute for Jewish Spirituality

Professor Jonathan Krasner, Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Chair in Jewish Education Research, Brandeis University

Rabbi David Jaffe, founder and director, Kirva

Professor Jon Levisohn, director and Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Associate Professor of Jewish Educational Thought, Brandeis University

Rabbi Marc Margolius, vice president for faculty and programs, Institute for Jewish Spirituality

Dr. Jane Shapiro, co-founder, Orot: Center for New Jewish Learning

Rabbi Dr. Michael Shire, faculty, Jewish Education, Hebrew College

Rabbi Jonathan Slater, former co-director and teacher, Institute for Jewish Spirituality Clergy Leadership Program

Ms. Michal Fox Smart, spiritual educator, leadership trainer and coach, Yeshivat Maharat
 

Reading for Lesson 1:

Maor VaShemesh Pikudei

Reading for Lesson 2:

Parshat Ekev

Reading for Lesson 3:

At the Threshold of the Ineffable

At the Treshold of the Ineffable (Hebrew)

Resources

Small groups and reflection questions 

Further Reading

Renewed Hasidism: Teaching Hasidic Homilies in a Post-Secular World, edited by Elie Holzer