The Covenant Foundation

Agency for Jewish Learning, Pittsburgh, PA. M & M: Melamdim u'Manhigim (Teachers & Leaders). To implement an intensive professional development model program for Reform Jewish educators. Project Director: Zipora Gur; $113,000 (3 years).

Auerbach Central Agency for Jewish Education of Greater Philadelphia, Melrose Park, PA. NESS: Nurturing Excellence in Synagogue Schools II. To expand the NESS pilot program to a cohort of five new schools. Project Director: Fredi Cooper; $100,000 (4 years).

Beit T'Shuvah, Los Angeles, CA. Partners in Prevention. To expand the Partners in Prevention program nationally. Project Director: Kathy Marks; $100,000 (2 years).

Consortium for the Future of the Jewish Family, Los Angeles, CA. Annual Summer Seminar in Jewish Family Education. To continue the work of the Whizin Institute by supporting the 2007 Annual Seminar in Jewish Family Education. Project Director: Esther Netter; $50,000 (1 year).

Facing History and Ourselves, Brookline, MA. Jewish Text Project. To develop and disseminate classroom resources for middle and high school students that link the study of Biblical and Rabbinic texts to the study of the Holocaust. Project Director: Jan Darsa; $75,225 (3 years).

Knowledge Communities, Cambridge, MA. Kehilliyot Da'at: A CoP Meta Community for Jewish Professionals. To advance the implementation of communities of practice in national Jewish umbrella organizations that promote Jewish education and heritage. Project Director: Naava Frank; $195,000 (3.5 years). Fiscal agent: Darim Online.

Kolel: The Adult Centre for Liberal Jewish Learning, Toronto, ON. Project Open Book: Kolel Resource Library. To update and formalize its educational materials, to publish them in digital format, and to create an interactive online learning environment for their use. Project Director: Elyse Goldstein; $110,000 (2.5 years).

Liz Lerman Dance Exchange, Takoma Park, MD. Small Dances About Big Ideas: An Educational Program. To develop and produce educational programming drawing on the content of the dance piece, Small Dances About Big Ideas. Project Director: John Borstel; $250,000 (3 years).

Society for the Advancement of Judaism, New York, NY. There's No Place Like Home. To pilot a program of webcasting Jewish education courses for parents in the congregation. Project Director: Michael Strassfeld; $10,300 (1 year).