Each week with a different guest, David Bryfman, CEO of The Jewish Education Project will explore the big questions, challenges, and successes that define Jewish education. Join us to learn from the collective wisdom of great Jewish education visionaries and practitioners. 

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Next Episode

To be announced

Previous Guests

Episode 1: Maya Bernstein, co-founder of UpStart and co-director of Georgetown University's Institute for Transformational Leadership's Certificate in Facilitation.  

Episode 2: Meredith Lewis, Director of Content, Education, and Family Experience for PJ Library in North America.

Episode 3: Julie Finkelstein, Director of Leadership Development at the Foundation for Jewish Camp

Episode 4: Miriam Heller Stern, Associate Professor and National Director of the School of Education at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion

Episode 5: Chava Shervington and Yoshi Silverstein (race and racism in Jewish education)

Episode 6: Saul Kaiserman, Director of Lifelong Learning, Temple Emanu-El (New York City) (Surviving or Thriving? Jewish Education’s ‘New Normal’)

Episode 7: Four recipients of the 2020 Robert M Sherman Young Pioneers Award - Carly Namdar, Dina Newman, Lauren Belferder, and Phreddy Nosanwisc

Episode 8: Complexity, Conflicts, and Connections: Adapting Israel Education (Rachel Fish, Robbie Gringras, Anne Lanski)

Episode 9: A conversation with Jewish high school and college students about Gen Z

Episode 10: A conversation with members of the Jewish Education Project professional staff, Rabbi Jennifer Goldsmith, Sasha Kopp, Rebecca Ruberg, and Judith Talesnick, about how Jewish education has been impacted by the pandemic

Episode 11: Paul Bernstein and Amanda Pogany, on Jewish day schools at a crossroads

Episode 12: Deborah Bravo and Charles Savenor, on how Jewish educational leaders are creating engaging Jewish educational experiences during this unique period in Jewish history

Episode 13: Aaron Dorfman and Tamara Mann Tweel, on what obligation Jewish educators have in preparing children to become active and engaged citizens

Episode 14: Menachem Creditor and Heather Wolfson, on the central role Jewish education plays in cultivating and expressing gratitude even in challenging times.

Episode 15: Rabbi Elliot J. Cosgrove of Park Avenue Synagogue and Eliana Light, Jewish educator and musician, join for a conversation about finding and spreading light and the role Jewish education plays in restoring the spark to our communities.

Episode 16: Lisa Eisen of Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies and Yoni Kaiser-Blueth of The Marcus Foundation join for a conversation on Jewish education, engagement, and philanthropy.

Episode 17: Dr. Erica Brown of The George Washington University discusses Esther and Vashti, dual heroines of the Purim story, and what we can learn about honoring the heroism of Jewish educators today.

Episode 17: Hear how innovative educators like DiCo DiColandrea, Melissa Hume, Dammara Kovnats Hall, Pamela Schuller, and Avi Siegel - recipients of the 2021 Robert M. Sherman Young Pioneers Award - are shining a light beyond the pandemic.

Episode 18: with Ron Wolfson, Bruce Powell and Erica Rothblum.

Episode 19: What does the new Pew Report mean for Jewish Education? With Dr. Arielle Levites of CASJE, Dr. Moshe Krakowski of Yeshiva University, and Dr. Analucía Lopezrevoredo of Jewtina y Co.

David Bryfman is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of The Jewish Education Project. After working in formal and informal Jewish educational institutions in Australia, Israel, and North America, David earned his Ph.D. in Education and Jewish Studies from NYU, focusing on the identity development of Jewish adolescents. He has authored several articles and presented broadly on topics ranging from the Jewish teenage experience, innovation and change in Jewish life, Israel education and more broadly about Jewish education. He is a founder of the annual Jewish Futures conference, helped direct the 2019 study GenZ Now: Understanding and Connecting with Jewish Teens Today, and was the lead researcher of the groundbreaking 2016 study, “Generation Now: Understanding and Engaging Jewish Teenagers Today,” and editor of “Experience and Jewish Education,” a compendium of essays written by and for Jewish experiential educators. David is a member of Cohort Three of Leading Edge's CEO Onboarding Program. He is an alum of the Wexner Graduate Fellowship Program and the Schusterman Fellowship.