Please note that all workshops can be customized to address specific needs or pedagogic goals, and can be structured around specific texts or curricula as needed. Request a workshop here.
- Tech and Torah: Digital Integration in the Jewish Studies Classroom
This workshop provides an introduction to Sefaria’s tools and demonstrates some of the pedagogies and approaches that educators might use to advance skills and meaningfully convey content in the classroom.
- Lilmod Ulelamed: Learners and Teachers on Sefaria
This workshop focuses on opportunities for student engagement and empowerment in learning Jewish texts. How might we model authentic learning practices for our students? Discover strategies for using Sefaria’s virtual bookcase to transform your learning space into a Beit Midrash.
- Differentiation in the Jewish studies Classroom
How might Sefaria support teachers and students in a heterogeneous Jewish studies learning environment? Educators often struggle to create individualized pathways for learning in a diverse educational setting. Explore Sefaria’s tools and discover some of the models educators have used when employing these technologies to level the playing field.
- Sparking Student Creativity on Sefaria
Sefaria’s platform transforms Jewish content into accessible building blocks that students - middle school and older - can use to create and innovate. Sefaria’s topic pages and search engine allow students to research topics of interest and take ownership over their learning. Explore different ways to use these tools to spark student creativity and cultivate enthusiastic learners .
- Sefaria’s Stacks: A Guided Tour of the Virtual Beit Midrash
Sefaria allows even less experienced learners to access a broad range of Jewish sources, from Talmud to Bible commentaries, from Hasidic texts to legal works. Discover how to navigate this extensive library, find the resources you need, and empower colleagues or students to join you.
- Bespoke workshops
Customizable a workshop to dive into any topic that is on the curriculum. Two types of custom workshops are available. Workshops for educators demonstrate how Sefaria might help them discover and create resources and support student learning around the topic. In student workshops Sefaria’s Learning team models how Sefaria can be used in the classroom to boost student learning.
- Parents Are Learning, Too
How might we ensure that parents are able to meaningfully engage with their children as learners of Jewish materials? This workshop provides strategies and tools to draw parents into the conversation and empower them to learn and grow in conversation with their children.
- Coming of Age in the Digital Age
With so many tools at our fingertips, b’nai mitzvah students have a huge range of options for studying their Torah portion and crafting a d’var Torah or other innovative materials. This workshop allows educators, rabbis, parents, or pre-teens to explore the materials and tools available on Sefaria and experiment with techniques for their preparation process.