Jewish Day Schools Awarded $100,000 through Jewish Education Innovation Challenge

WASHINGTON, June 18, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — The Jewish Education Innovation Challenge (JEIC) has completed its 2014 grant cycle and has awarded $50,000 each to two Jewish Day schools. In an uncommonly transparent grant process, the JEIC narrowed from a field of 64 applicants to four finalists who presented their proposals at their annual "Innovators Retreat." In […]

Four Grant Finalists to Pitch Projects at 2014 Jewish Education Innovation Challenge

WASHINGTON, May 19, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Jewish Education Innovation Challenge (JEIC) will feature presentations from four 2014 grant finalists at its annual Innovators Retreat on May 22 in Miami Beach, Florida. JEIC is a program that rewards innovators in Jewish education who challenge and improve the way core curriculum and foundational thinking of the […]

Rabbi Dr. Berel Wein Presents Keynote Address at 2014 Jewish Education Innovation Challenge Event

WASHINGTON, May 2, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — The Jewish Education Innovation Challenge (JEIC) has announced Rabbi Dr. Berel Wein will be the keynote speaker for their May 22, 2014 Annual Innovators Retreat in Bal Harbour, Florida. Founder and director of the Destiny Foundation since 1996, Rabbi Wein is credited with popularizing Jewish history through more than 1,000 […]