About Moreh L'Morim
Moreh L’Morim is a 4-day summer institute devoted to Judaic and educational growth for Jewish educators. The conference is an opportunity to learn, network, explore, dialogue, create and engage with some of the best and brightest in the field of Jewish Education, Torah Study and Hebrew.
From intensive tracks of study over 3 days with renowned scholars, to individual workshops with well-known national and local educators, to small group work and dialogues or team building, this conference is the way to start your teaching and learning year!
Featured Scholars and Presenters
Moreh L'Morim is proud to welcome the following featured scholars and presenters to the 2012 conference:
Dr. Chelsea Bailey, Educational Program Design Consultant, and consultant with the National Jewish Early Childhood Education Initiative (JECEI) Bio
Jan Darsa, Director of Jewish Education, Facing History and Ourselves Bio
Judy Elkin, M.Ed., PCC, ORSCC, certified coach and founding Director of the DeLeT program at the Mandel Center for Studies in Jewish Education at Brandeis University. Bio
Robyn Faintich, Consulting Faculty Member of Shevet: the Jewish Family Education Exchange and founder of Jewish GPS, educational consulting firm. Bio
Dr. Joel Hoffman, is author of And God Said (Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press), and of the critically acclaimed In the Beginning from NYU Press. Bio
Rivy Poupko Kletenik, Head of School of the Seattle Hebrew Academy Bio
Rick Recht, top-touring musician in Jewish music, national music spokesman for The PJ Library and the founder and Executive Director of Jewish Rock Radio, (501c3), the first high-caliber, 24/7, Jewish rock internet radio station
Susan Wyner, National Consultant for Synagogue Education, United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism Bio
About the Theme - לא בשמים היא/Lo Bashamayim Hi
Moreh L’Morim 2012/5772
לא בשמים היא Lo Bashamayim Hi - Reaching Toward Heaven, Standing on Earth
לא בשמים היא...It is not in Heaven
This commandment which I command you today - - it is not hidden from you and it is not distant. It is not in the heaven (for you) to say: “who can ascend to the heaven for us and take it for us…” Nor is it across the sea, (for you) to say: “Who can cross to the other side of the sea for us…” Rather, the matter is very near to you. It is in your mouth and your heart so that you can keep it. (Deuteronomy 30:11-14)
The Torah hands us a challenge about itself: It tells us that Torah isn’t hidden or distant. It tells us that “these words….” - They are accessible to us. They are not too far. As a matter of fact, it is something very close to us. Yet, As Jewish educators, we often grapple with issues of accessibility, capacity and reach:
