Kaleidoscope: The Prizmah Monthly Newsletter

In This Issue

Shabbat Shorts: Printer Friendly HaYidion
Prizmah Thought Leadership Blog Series: Difficult Decisions
Join a Reshet Group and Have Knowledge at Your Fingertips
Upcoming Prizmah In-Person Gatherings
The Yiddish Book Center: Prizmah Associate Spotlight
JDS Field Good and Welfare Spotlight

Shabbat Shorts: Printer Friendly HaYidion

Miss having a hard copy of HaYidion in front of you? **Click here for a bundle of HaYidion articles** we put together especially for you to print out for a great Shabbat read.

Look for future bundles of Shabbat readings each month!

**HaYidion is now available on your phone! Access it on your iPhone or Android by searching "Prizmah" in your App Store.
To read the latest HaYidion edition, please click here.

Prizmah Thought Leadership Blog Series: Difficult Decisions

A New Beginning for an Old School: A Model for Small Communities

By Jonathan D. Epstein
Immediate past-president of Kadimah Academy, Buffalo, NY

It’s fall in Western New York, and Jewish day school students are in their dedicated Hebrew classroom, studying with their Israeli-born teachers. Earlier in the day, they gathered as usual for morning tefillah before classes began, reciting the Shema, the Amidah, and the other core elements of Shacharit. more...

Join a Reshet Group and Have Knowledge at Your Fingertips

Prizmah offers YOU the opportunity to join one, or several, of our 17 Reshet groups to network with your peers and colleagues! Choose from groups like Judaic Administrator to Learning Specialist, to Orthodox Women Leadership, to find the group that brings meaning to you.

Organized by school professionals and lay leaders, every Reshet utilizes a variety of digital communication and in-person opportunities to create meaningful connections with geographically diverse communities. Learn more about how you can get involved here.

Judaic Professionals Retreat and Pre-NAIS Prizmah Gathering:
Upcoming Prizmah In-Person Gatherings

Judaic Professionals Retreat

January 19 - 21, 2020
New York City, New York

Join colleagues from community, Schechter, and Reform day schools for rich peer-to-peer learning. You'll have opportunities to learn from other schools' successes (and for others to learn from you), visit three schools in Manhattan, and participate in experiential sessions with the American Jewish Historical Society, Hadar, Hebrew at the Center, Sefaria, and the Yiddish Book Center.

Learn More and Register Here

Pre-NAIS Prizmah Meetup

February 25 - 26, 2020
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Kick off your NAIS Conference experience with other Jewish day school and yeshiva leaders by visiting three Philadelphia-area day schools. Experience models and ideas that you can bring home and strengthen your professional network.

Learn More and Register Here

For a Full list of Upcoming Prizmah Gatherings, Click Here.

Prizmah offers in-person and virtual gatherings to help you, your school, and your community thrive.
If you have questions about or suggestions for gatherings, contact Daniel Infeld.

The Yiddish Book Center: Prizmah Associate Spotlight

The Yiddish Book Center is a nonprofit organization working to recover, celebrate, and regenerate Yiddish and modern Jewish literature and culture. The Center's Great Jewish Books programs offer high school students, and high school and middle school teachers, unparalleled opportunities to explore important works of modern Jewish literature and the

profound questions this literature inspires. This growing series of educational programs and resources created by leading scholars from around the world helps teachers and students make connections between the rich legacy of modern Jewish culture and the opportunities and challenges we face today. Our programs and resources for teachers are free. For additional information, please visit www.greatjewishbooks.org or contact Lesley Yalen at [email protected] with any additional questions.

To learn more about Prizmah Associates and the discounts they offer to Prizmah Network affiliates or to become a Prizmah Associate, see here!

JDS Field Good and Welfare Spotlight

Mazel tov to Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School for the completion of the school's first Sefer Torah! The dedication ceremony will take place at the school in Chicago in January 2020 in honor of longtime Bernard Zell leader and educator, Tzivia Garfinkel. Mazel tov!

Share your “mazel tov moments” with us at [email protected] for a chance to be featured in our next newsletter!

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Miss having a hard copy of HaYidion in front of you? Click here for a bundle of HaYidion articles we put together especially for you to print out for a great Shabbat read.

Look for future bundles of Shabbat readings each month!

Prizmah offers in-person and virtual gatherings to help you, your school, and your community thrive.

If you have questions about or suggestions for gatherings, contact Daniel Infeld.

Miss having a hard copy of HaYidion in front of you? **Click here for a bundle of HaYidion articles** we put together especially for you to print out for a great Shabbat read.