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Adapting: The Future of Jewish Education

Adapting: The Future of Jewish Education

Hear The Jewish Education Project's CEO David Bryfman and a different guest each episode explore the big questions, challenges, and successes that define Jewish education. Available on Apple Podcasts or Spotify!

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Historical image of Temple Montifiore in Las Vegas, New Mexico. (Courtesy: Las Vegas Jewish Community Inc.)

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When families become the classroom: Jewish learning through a Latin-Jewish lens

June 7, 2026

Drawing on her experiences as a Mexican Jew, Ariela Ronay-Jinich reflects on how her identities are a powerful tool for development, belonging, and community-building.

Yoni Kretzmer (standing) teaches the children at the Greenpoint Shul's newly incorporated Hebrew school. (Courtesy Greenpoint Shul via JTA)

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Hebrew school & innovation: Is it possible?

May 31, 2026

Every few years, Jewish education declares the Hebrew school model overdue for reinvention, yet the same structures persist. That tension sits at the center of this conversation.

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Fighting toxic masculinity and raising healthy Jewish boys

May 24, 2026

How do we teach young men what healthy manhood actually looks like?

First graders sit in their classroom on the first day of school in Jerusalem, September 1, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

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Don’t wring your hands, roll up your sleeves: Israel education for today

May 17, 2026

Rabbi Josh Weinberg confronts a big question facing Jewish educators today: How do we teach Israel at a moment when love, values, politics, and identity often feel out of sync?

Alex Sinclair's mutilated kippa, with an Israeli flag intact and a Palestinian flag removed, as pictured on April 23, 2026. (Alex Sinclair)

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Kippahgate: from controversy to the classroom with Alex Sinclair

May 7, 2026

Alex's kippah, embroidered with both Israeli and Palestinian flags, sparked outrage, led to his arrest, and was ultimately returned to him with the Palestinian flag removed.

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Iranian, Jewish, American: Holding Complex Identities

March 1, 2026

Before the Iranian Revolution, nearly 100,000 Jews lived in Iran. Tabby Refael, whose family fled in the 1980s, meditates on the emotional world of memory and meaning of a refugee.