Over 1300 Jewish day school leaders attended the 2008 PEJE Assembly for Jewish Day School Education, representing 265 schools from across North America. With over one hundred sessions, keynote addresses from NAIS President Pat Bassett and Israeli statesman Natan Sharansky, as well as a World Café Field-Wide Conversation among all participants, the Assembly linked the day school field and positioned school teams for growth.
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PEJE Collaborative Website (Wiki)
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on peje.wikispaces.com.
Planning Tools
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Featured Speakers
Patrick Bassett, NAIS President
Patrick Bassett opened minds with "The Right-Brained Future: Creating 21st Century Schools and Strategic Indicators" Explaining that today's youth are more "right-brained" due to the digital culture of "unlimited access, 24/7, to everything," Bassett outlined creative, actionable strategies to help schools prepare students for "jobs that don't yet exist" and for solving tomorrow's yet-unidentified problems.
Natan Sharansky, former Deputy Prime Minister of Israel
"The Case for Identity: The Future of Jewish Peoplehood in the Global Village"
(click to view video of the speech)
In a stirring speech, Natan Sharansky-globally renowned Soviet dissident, human rights activist
and former Israeli minister-made a sociopolitical case for cultural identity and Jewish day
school education. "What has to be said to parents who don't send their children to day schools?"
he asked. "Parents want their children to be part of the bigger world. [But enjoying global]
freedom is meaningless if you can't express your identity. Identity is what makes your life bigger
than your physical existence."
Short video highlighting Sharansky's life
Read about Sharansky's Book, Defending Identity (available June 2)
World Café
PEJE's first-ever field-wide conversation got everyone talking about affordability and leadership.
Harvest Poem
Learn more about the World Café and
see the harvest graphic panels on the Assembly Wiki.
Read Judges reports in each category and download files of award-winning materials.
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