In this episode of Rak Rega- Just A Minute: Teachings and Inspirations From Master Educators, host Darone Ruskay continues his conversation with Rivy Poupko Kletenik— a 2002 Covenant Award Recipient and the Head of School at Seattle Hebrew Academy.

In this weeks episode, Rivy discusses Project Shalom, a program she initiated four years ago which was modeled on a Positive Based Insentive System.

In this episode of Rak Rega- Just A Minute: Teachings and Inspirations From Master Educators, host Darone Ruskay continues his conversation with Rivy Poupko Kletenik— a 2002 Covenant Award Recipient and the Head of School at Seattle Hebrew Academy.

In this weeks episode, Rivy discusses the teacher induction program at her school, and the work that they did at the Seattle Hebrew Academy to gain a communal vision of what good teaching looks like and to create an atmosphere where teachers can learn from and with one another to become better educators.

In this episode of Rak Rega- Just A Minute: Teachings and Inspirations From Master Educators, 2004 Covenant Award Recipient Barbara Ellison Rosenblit shares a beautiful Midrash about the Sun and the Moon, based on Genesis 1:16.

In this episode of Rak Rega- Just A Minute: Teachings and Inspirations From Master Educators, host Darone Ruskay sits down with Rivy Poupko Kletenik— a 2002 Covenant Award Recipient and the Head of School at Seattle Hebrew Academy.

In this episode, Rivy discusses her vision for an integrated educational experience, bringing the Jewish Education and the General education that goes on in a school together  to help students combine their personas.

In this first “Rimonim” episode of From Dreams to Deeds: Join the Journey, Dr. Erica Brown— a 2009 Covenant Award Recipient and Scholar-in-Residence at The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington teaches on the theme of repentance.

We hope you will enjoy these periodic “Rimonim” episodes which will provide you with the opportunity to listen to master educators teach a text that is important to them.

Erica Brown’s  most recent book is Return: Daily Inspiration for the Days of Awe (OU Press/Maggid Books). She is also the author of Spiritual Boredom: Rediscovering the Wonder of Judaism , In the Narrow Places , and Inspired Jewish Leadership , a National Book Award finalist. Her many articles and weekly blog can be found on her website, www.leadingwithmeaning.com.

In this inaugural podcast of From Dreams to Deeds: Join the Journey, host Darone Ruskay sits down with Dr. Erica Brown— a 2009 Covenant Award Recipient and Scholar-in-Residence at The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington. In the episode they discuss Rosh Hashanah and the theme of repentance.

Erica Brown’s  most recent book is Return: Daily Inspiration for the Days of Awe (OU Press/Maggid Books). She is also the author of Spiritual Boredom: Rediscovering the Wonder of Judaism , In the Narrow Places , and Inspired Jewish Leadership , a National Book Award finalist. Her many articles and weekly blog can be found on her website, www.leadingwithmeaning.com.

In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay talks about the newest podcast to join the JCast Network, a collaborative work with The Covenant Foundation. The new podcast, entitled From Dreams to Deeds: Join The Journey will be an opportunity for Covenant Award recipients and other grantees to tell their stories, tell about their work, and share what they think are the important issues in Jewish education today. Darone sat down with Covenant Foundation Executive Director Harlene Appelman to find out her hopes for this new series.

The first episode of From Dreams to Deeds: Join The Journey will launch on Wednesday, September 12th and will feature an interview with Dr. Erica Brown.