Posen Foundation Five-Day Summer Seminar
The Posen Foundation Summer Seminar is a biennial, five-day professional development opportunity for middle and high school teachers that was inaugurated in 2010. Our first summer seminar, “Culture and Identity, Past and Present: Exploring the Jewish Experience Through Texts, Films, and Literature,” brought together educators from around the country to explore secularization and its impact on culture and identity.
Held at The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives in Cincinnati, Ohio, the seminar invited teachers to examine the rich secular Jewish heritage found in historical documents and archival items, as well as film, song, and literature. The faculty team, Dr. Mark A. Raider (University of Cincinnati & Hebrew Union College), Dr. Elie Holzer (Bar Ilan University & Brandeis University), Dr. Miriam Raider-Roth (University of Cincinnati), and Dr. Haim Rechnitzer (Hebrew Union College), focused the seminar’s sessions on an interdisciplinary and comprehensive approach to the Jewish experience, focusing in particular on questions of multiculturalism in modern American life.
The next five-day summer seminar will be held in July 2012, but interested teachers are encouraged to apply to join a two-day seminar during the 2011-2012 school year.
For an overview of the seminar, please click here.
In 2010, participants from the following schools (or school districts) attended this seminar:
Alice Deal Middle
School, Washington, DCBridges Academy,
Los Angeles, CA
College of
Education, University of Cincinnati
Elk Grove Unified School District, Elk Grove, CA
Evanston Township
High School, Chicago, IL
Hebrew Language Academy, Brooklyn, NY
Jewish Education
Center of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH
Lakota East High
School, Cincinnati, OH
Leawood, KS
Little Miami Local
School District, Morrow, OH
Lyons Community
School, Brooklyn, NY
New Orleans Jewish
Day School, New Orleans, LA
Palmetto Bay, FL
Palmer Trinity
School, Miami, FL
The Valley Temple,
Cincinnati, OH
Village Academy Schools, Westerville, OH
Walnut Hills High School, Cincinnati, OH
Woodrow Wilson Senior High School, Washington, DC
• Generous stipends for travel, lodging, graduate credit and CEUs
• Designed as an intensive, interactive and hands-on-learning experience
• Rare opportunity for teachers who otherwise would not have access to the American Jewish Archives to work with these artifacts, texts and materials
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Designed for middle and high school teachers interested in questions of culture, identity and multiculturalism, the Posen Foundation Professional Development Seminar emphasizes the history, cultures, and literature of the Jewish people. Participants may elect to take the seminar for graduate credit.
The seminar emphasizes the relationship between the student, the teacher, other students, and texts that inspire genuine learning and excellent teaching. A close examination of secular Jewish history and culture (roughly from the 17th century to the present), the rich tapestry of modern Jewish texts, and the essential relationships of classroom life serves as a useful springboard for asking important questions about the place of Jews and other minorities in the lives of our students, schools, and society as a whole.
The seminar underscores the importance of studying and working with a variety of primary documents, secondary analyses, artistic representations, and prose. Bringing together the fields of Education and Jewish Studies, along with the resources and treasures of the American Jewish Archives, the seminar offers a unique educational and professional development opportunity.
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Overview of Major Themes
Secular Jewish Experience
Investigate key themes in secular Jewish culture, history and literature.
Supporting Teachers
Discover new curricular models and teaching strategies, including plans for follow-up support and consultation.
Hands-on Archival Work
Explore the transformation of Jewish life in the modern era through hands-on work in the American Jewish Archives, a state-of-the-art facility and premier archive.
Multiculturalism of the Jewish People
Explore the complexity, richness, and historical trajectory of Jewish society over time in the East and the West.
Building a Learning Community
Establish a community of active and engaged participants by positioning ourselves as teachers and learners.
From Text to Context
Examines key textual forms in Jewish literary tradition, emphasizing post-biblical sources as well as modern and contemporary sources.
Supported by:
The Posen Foundation
The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives
Center for Studies in Jewish Education & Culture
College of Education, Criminal Justice & Human Services, University of Cincinnati
Center for Cultural Judaism
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