Gleanings: Portraits of Jewish Educational Leadership from the William Davidson School

Gleanings is the ejournal of the William Davidson Graduate School of Jewish Education of The Jewish
Theological Seminary. Please join us in the conversation by sending your comments to gleanings@jtsa.edu.

Gleanings: Spring 2025

From the Associate Dean

Welcome to the spring 2025 issue of Gleanings, a publication of The William Davidson Graduate School of Jewish Education.

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Transformative Learning for Teachers

Research alongside practice has driven the course of Lauren Applebaum’s career in Jewish education, making her decision to enroll in the William Davidson Executive Doctoral Program a natural one. Her doctoral research on how adult teachers learn continues to influence her work as she recruits and trains future educators.

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Making Learning Stick for Next Gen Professionals

Rabbi David Kessel sees the workplace as a potent learning space. In his experience engaging young Jewish leaders, he knows that in big tent settings, professionals who create a culture of welcome can come to see themselves as educators.  

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Love Through Knowledge

Rabbi Laura Novak Winer knew she had found a doctoral research project when she was facilitating a group of supplementary schoolteachers and found them struggling when teaching about Israel. The research and evaluation skills she learned through her William Davidson Executive Doctoral Program continue to enrich her work and inform the field of Israel education.

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Practitioner, Learner, Leader

Benjamin Mann’s growth mindset opened the door to doctoral study and research, which gave him the chance to explore the impact of inclusion in a Jewish day school for all members of the school community, not only those with diverse learning needs.

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Alumni News

We are very proud of our alumni who shared the following professional achievements and brought us up-to-date on their roles.

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