Early Childhood Education

an image of a teacher sitting on a colorful mat with a book in her hands and three toddlers sitting in front of her

Showing Congregational Educators That You Value Their Work

Lisa Langer, RJE

Rachel Margolis, RJE

September 7, 2023

Just like some of the employees that are spotlighted in Undercover Boss, congregational educators do work that is critical, yet often underappreciated and undervalued for their impact on the community and their role in vibrant congregations.

woman teaches children to read at a table

Education

Toddler to Teen Learning: Changing the Narrative with Vision, Connection, and Partnership

Stephanie Lerner

Alison Weikel

July 29, 2022

Summer is a time for expansive thinking and creativity. What do we imagine for our learning programs? How can we support teachers in their own learning journeys? What opportunities can we offer families and congregants?

Susan Zukrow Mackevich, zichronah l'vrachah

Summer Youth Experiences

The Susan Zukrow Mackevich Seeds of Compassion Fellowship Grows Connection between Early Jewish Education and Camp

Cathy Rolland, RJE

Rachel Margolis, RJE

June 10, 2022

Sometimes an outsider’s perspective yields a beautiful question. Susan Zukrow Mackevich, whose second yahrzeit was April 27, provided that kind of perspective for us at the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ), Early Childhood Educators of Reform Judaism (ECE-RJ), and Chicago-area early childhood Jewish educators.

Early Childhood Education

Shalom LinkED: Online Jewish Values Learning

Lisa Langer, RJE

Rachel Margolis, RJE

June 10, 2022

What if your congregation’s students learn about Jewish values and living online with Shalom LinkED once a week for 18 weeks next year and celebrate, build relationships, and learn Hebrew together during the remaining weeks? How might your congregation’s educators focus and deepen their work if some planning and teaching is taken care of by leaders in the field?

Early Childhood Education

Reform Jewish Statement in Support of Early Childhood Education Funding

November 18, 2021

"On behalf of the Union for Reform Judaism, whose nearly 850 congregations across North America encompass approximately 1.8 million Reform Jews, and the Central Conference of American Rabbis, whose membership includes more than 2,000 Reform rabbis, I am writing to convey our strong support for the robust funding for early childhood education and care with a system of mixed delivery and nondiscrimination provisions within the Build Back Better Act (H.R. 5376). "