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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.
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Episode 40: How the Conflict Shapes the Israeli Classroom
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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Episode 39: Spotlight on Jewish Education Two Years After October 7
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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Episode 38: What Rabbinical Students Say They Need From Their Training
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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Episode 37: Bringing the Big World into the Little Classroom
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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Episode 36: Antisemitism on Campus After October 7
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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Episode 35: Spotlight on Contemporary Jewish Theology
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May 22, 2025 |
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Episode 34: Fraternities and Sororities as Jewish Communal Spaces | Dr. Jenny Small
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Mar 28, 2025 |
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Episode 33: Using Both/And Thinking to Repair a Rift in Jewish Education | Dr. Tali Zelkowicz
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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Episode 32: Fluid Meanings of the Yarmulke Across Educational Contexts | Dr. Anastasia Badder
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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Episode 31: Jewish Creativity: An Essential Aspiration for Jewish Education | Professor Miriam Heller Stern
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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Episode 30: Spotlight on Jewish Education after October 7
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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Episode 28: How American Activists Helped Free Soviet Jews | Professor Shaul Kelner
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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Episode 29: How Educators Can Overcome Barriers to Engaging with the Conflict | Dr. Keren Fraiman
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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Episode 27: Teaching Israel: Studies of Pedagogy from the Field | Sivan Zakai and Matt Reingold
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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Episode 26: Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration in Jewish Education
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May 23, 2024 |
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Episode 25: Visualizing Jewish Texts and Practices through the Graphic Novel | Dr. Talia Hurwich
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Apr 19, 2024 |
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Episode 24: Spotlight on the Gap Year
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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Episode 23: Why Young Jews Love Yiddish | Dr. Sandra Fox
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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Episode 22: How Israeli-Americans Think About Their Kids’ Hebrew Learning | Hannah Kober
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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Episode 21: Navigating Ideological Differences in Pluralistic Jewish Schools | Dr. Esther Friedman
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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Episode 20: Spotlight on Jewish Learning: Past, Present and Future
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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Episode 19: Getting Serious About Play in Jewish Education | Rabbi Judd Levingston, PhD
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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Episode 18: What 19th Century Jewish Education Can Teach Us about Jewish Education Today | Professor Laura Yares
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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Episode 17: What We Can Learn from Seymour Fox and the Visions of Jewish Education Project | Professor Jon Levisohn
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May 08, 2023 |
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Episode 16: What Girls Learn in Jewish Families | Professor Ilana Horwitz
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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Episode 15: Spotlight on Mahloket
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Mar 10, 2023 |
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Episode 14: Children’s Theories About Judaism | Dr. Anna Hartman
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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Episode 13: Why Jewish Day Schools Should Teach Students to Read Torah | Professor Ziva Hassenfeld
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Jan 11, 2023 |
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Episode 12: How Debbie Friedman (and CAJE) Gave Jewish Education a New Soundtrack | Professor Judah Cohen
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Dec 02, 2022 |
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Episode 11: How Do Jewish Day School Kids Think About the Holocaust? | Professor Meredith Katz
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Dec 02, 2022 |
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Episode 4: Spotlight on Adult Jewish Learning
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Nov 29, 2022 |
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Episode 5: Spotlight on Daf Yomi
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Nov 29, 2022 |
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Episode 7: Inside Jewish Day Schools Book Discussion | Dr. Alex Pomson and Professor Jack Wertheimer
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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Episode 10: My Second-Favorite Country Book Discussion | Professor Sivan Zakai
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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Episode 1: How Camp Ramah Met the Challenges of the 1990s | Professor Jonathan Krasner
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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Episode 9: How Jewish Communities Educate | Dr. Mijal Bitton
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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Episode 8: What Can We Learn From Jewish Education? | Professor Ari Y. Kelman
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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Episode 6: Accentuating the American Jewish Hebrew Speaker | Professor Sharon Avni
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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Episode 3: How the Study of Jewish History Informs the Arts | Professor Miriam Heller Stern
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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Episode 2: Learning at a Jewish Museum | Professor Laura Yares
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Nov 01, 2022 |