
Learning About Learning: Conversations with Scholars of Jewish Education
There is great scholarship being done in the field of Jewish education, but it’s not always accessible. And even when it is, it’s not always obvious why people in the field of Jewish education should care about it. That’s what this podcast is about—making really interesting scholarship on Jewish education accessible and talking with scholars about why it matters.
Learning About Learning draws on live conversations, originally conducted as Zoom webinars. Regular episodes feature discussions between core faculty members at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Studies in Jewish Education (MCSJE) at Brandeis University, and a single scholar about a specific piece of their research. Bonus episodes include multiple voices, often discussing a newly released book, recently held conference, or other topic in Jewish education.
MCSJE is committed to advancing the field of Jewish educational scholarship, especially scholarship on teaching and learning, in order to make a deep and lasting difference in the lives of learners and the vibrancy of the Jewish community. That’s our mission. Thanks for being here, and we hope that you enjoy Learning About Learning as much as we do.
Episodes
Episode 32: Fluid Meanings of the Yarmulke Across Educational Contexts | Dr. Anastasia Badder

Episode 31: Jewish Creativity: An Essential Aspiration for Jewish Education | Professor Miriam Heller Stern

Episode 30: Spotlight on Jewish Education after October 7

Episode 29: How Educators Can Overcome Barriers to Engaging with the Conflict | Dr. Keren Fraiman

Episode 28: How American Activists Helped Free Soviet Jews | Professor Shaul Kelner

Episode 27: Teaching Israel: Studies of Pedagogy from the Field | Sivan Zakai and Matt Reingold

Episode 26: Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration in Jewish Education

Episode 25: Visualizing Jewish Texts and Practices through the Graphic Novel | Dr. Talia Hurwich

Episode 24: Spotlight on the Gap Year

Episode 23: Why Young Jews Love Yiddish | Dr. Sandra Fox

Episode 22: How Israeli-Americans Think About Their Kids’ Hebrew Learning | Hannah Kober

Episode 21: Navigating Ideological Differences in Pluralistic Jewish Schools | Dr. Esther Friedman

Episode 20: Spotlight on Jewish Learning: Past, Present and Future

Episode 19: Getting Serious About Play in Jewish Education | Rabbi Judd Levingston, PhD

Episode 18: What 19th Century Jewish Education Can Teach Us about Jewish Education Today | Professor Laura Yares

Episode 17: What We Can Learn from Seymour Fox and the Visions of Jewish Education Project | Professor Jon Levisohn

Episode 16: What Girls Learn in Jewish Families | Professor Ilana Horwitz

Episode 15: Spotlight on Mahloket

Episode 14: Children’s Theories About Judaism | Dr. Anna Hartman

Episode 13: Why Jewish Day Schools Should Teach Students to Read Torah | Professor Ziva Hassenfeld

Episode 11: How Do Jewish Day School Kids Think About the Holocaust? | Professor Meredith Katz

Episode 12: How Debbie Friedman (and CAJE) Gave Jewish Education a New Soundtrack | Professor Judah Cohen

Episode 5: Spotlight on Daf Yomi

Episode 4: Spotlight on Adult Jewish Learning

Episode 7: Inside Jewish Day Schools Book Discussion | Dr. Alex Pomson and Professor Jack Wertheimer
