Jewish Education Organizations
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Jewish Education Organizations
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The following organizations and associations support Jewish education and Jewish educators in a variety of capacities. If you would like your organization to be added to the list, please email [email protected]

Gateways
Gateways offers access to Jewish education for all types of learners.  Our goal is to share user-friendly resources that will be helpful and effective when working with all types of learners. Resources are organized by thematic units, such as holidays, and by type, such as social stories. Please check back often as we will continue to post new resources.
JEA

The vision that inspires JEA is translated into important objectives which include: 

  • Creating a forum for the exchange of ideas, programs, and materials
  • Conducting professional development seminars, workshops, and activities in order to keep current in our field
  • Establishing and maintaining high professional standards including the new CJE (Conservative Jewish Educator) credential
  • Recruiting qualified individuals for Conservative Jewish educational positions 
  • Coordinating the JEA Annual Educators' Conference which delves into a variety of timely subjects
  • Enhancing the development of Jewish education in congregations, day schools, community organizations, and national agencies Promoting and sponsoring research in Jewish education 
  • Recognizing the need to inspire and encourage a new generation of Conservative Jewish educators, the JEA works closely with The Davidson School of Education at the Jewish Theological Seminary, The Fingerhut School of Education at American Jewish University (formerly The University of Judaism), and with other members of the Association of Institutions of Higher Learning for Jewish Education (AIHLJE)

Keshet

Keshet works for a world in which all Jewish organizations and communities are strengthened by LGBT inclusive policy, programming, culture, and leadership and where Jews of all sexual orientations and gender identities can live fully integrated Jewish lives. We work to create a community that does more than tolerate or accept LGBT Jews. We envision a future where the ethos of justice, caring, and inclusion that encapsulates the best of Jewish tradition is seen and felt by all Jewish youth and adults – gay, lesbian, bisexual, straight, and/or transgender. This is what we are doing to bring us to this day.

Mofet

MOFET International Jewish Teacher Education Community is a MOFET Institute initiative developed with the aim of developing a community of Jewish education teacher educators around the world. This community will work as part of a general international community of teacher educators established by The MOFET Institute - International Teacher Education Community.

Matan

Matan advocates for Jewish students with special needs, empowers their families, and educates Jewish leaders, teachers and communities so that all Jewish children have access to a rich and meaningful Jewish education.

N.A.T.E.

NATE is the professional organization of Jewish educators of the Reform Movement. Through members working in partnership across the United States as well as in Canada, Great Britain, Israel, Australia and South Africa, NATE serves a wide variety of Jewish organizations by working to strengthen Reform Jewish religious education.
NewCAJE

NewCAJE is a pluralistic organization which embraces every denominational division of Judaism. NewCAJE brings together all settings of Jewish education: day schools, complementary schools, camps, JCC’s, independent schools and afterschool programs, online programs–just to name a few. NewCAJE welcomes anyone involved in the transmission of Jewish culture, custom and belief. We believe it is the responsibility of each generation to transmit the literature, ideas and ideals of Judaism to every new generation. NewCAJE include people in all job descriptions in the field including both professional and lay leaders: classroom teachers, youth group leaders, administrators, clergy, lay leaders, parents, artists, musicians, storytellers, entrepreneurs, authors, professors, etc. All these are teachers in our eyes and we believe that everyone has room to learn and something valuable to teach. NewCAJE advocates for Jewish education and for Jewish teachers as we have widely defined them. NewCAJE is a forum where new ideas are explored, new talent welcomed, and a multitude of ideas and resources shared. NewCAJE holds conferences annually. These conferences emphasize the sharing of information, techniques and problem solutions. They include the goal of deepening the educators grasp of both Jewish and educational learning. They create a network of support for Jewish educators and a conduit to innovation. As NewCAJE moves into the future, it will continue to articulate timely new principles that will guide its vision, but one thing is clear: Jewish educators have a common love–our people, our heritage and our tradition of learning. And we all have a common dream–that we can somehow affect those most important to us–our students, their parents and the communities that we serve.

PJ Library

 

PJ Library is a family engagement program implemented on a local level throughout North America. We mail free, high-quality Jewish children's literature and music to families across the continent on a monthly basis.
PJ Library is a program of the Harold Grinspoon Foundation, made possible through partnerships with philanthropists and local Jewish organizations. Today, families in hundreds of communities across the United States and Canada are able to explore the timeless core values of Judaism through books and music.
All families raising Jewish children from age six months of age through five, six, seven or eight years (depending on the community) are welcome to sign up.