Celebrating Excellence and Innovation in Jewish Education

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Covenant in Action

Putting the “Community” in Jewish Community Day Schools

SLIDESHOWBrooklyn, Apr 4, 2012—So this is how matzah is made. Wearing a paper hat branding him as nothing less than a master matzah maker, Caleb Luria, age 2½, pounded randomly but decisively on a slab of dough, creating a dust-up of flour that settled on anyone within a few feet.[More]

2011 Covenant Award Recipients

Three Exceptional Jewish Educators Receive 2011 Covenant Award and are Honored, Celebrated by Jewish Community and Leaders

VIDEODenver, Nov 6, 2011—Three exceptional educators from across the spectrum of Jewish life received The Covenant Foundation’s 2011 Covenant Award today, as hundreds of Jewish community and educational leaders, prominent philanthropists, students and others honored them for their commitment, vision and wide-ranging impact.[More]

Videos

Profiles in Great Teaching

Find inspiration and information in these profiles of our most recent Covenant Award recipients. Click here to find additional films and here for slideshows and multimedia presentations. Don’t miss our 18th anniversary publication, A Covenant of Dreams, celebrating in words and pictures the glorious work of those who received Covenant Foundation grants and Covenant Awards during our first 18 years.

Awards 2010 - Bernard Steinberg
Bernard Steinberg, President and Director of Harvard Hillel in Cambridge, MA, received a 2010 Covenant Award from Lester Crown at the Foundation's annual awards dinner, this year in New Orleans. Click above to view a video, produced by Pearl Gluck, capturing his work in Cambridge, followed by the presentation and acceptance of the award on Nov. 7.
Awards 2010 - Beth Huppin
Beth Huppin, Judaic Studies educator at the Seattle Jewish Community School, and educator at Congregation Beth Shalom in Seattle, accepted a 2010 Covenant Award from Keat Crown at the Foundation's annual awards dinner in New Orleans. View a short video in which filmmaker Pearl Gluck captures her impact, followed by presentation and acceptance of the award on Nov. 7.
Awards 2010 - Jan Darsa
Jan Darsa, Director of Jewish Education at Facing History and Ourselves in Brookline, MA, was honored with a 2010 Covenant Award for excellence in Jewish education. Watch her in action on her home turf in a short video by Pearl Gluck, followed by the presentation of her award by Renee Crown and acceptance speech in New Orleans on Nov. 7.

Our News

Feb 8, 2012

Project Director Meetings 2012 - The Inner Innovator

SLIDESHOWThe sixth annual Project Directors meetings of The Covenant Foundation-supported signature grantees focused on The Inner Innovator and approaching our work as a work of art. During three days of formal and informal dialogue, project directors concentrated on ways to enrich their projects...[More]

Jan 9, 2012