The Covenant Foundation

Jun 17, 2009—Jerusalem Post correspondent Haviv Rettig Gur takes on the Jewish social innovation boom in a widely circulated opinion piece in ejewishphilanthropy.com . Haviv takes the position that Jewish social entrepreneurship should be more than clever packaging, but rather contain real, sustainable, quality Jewish content. Haviv concludes that there is a responsibility to look beyond the branding, taglines and hype to examine if a project can truly change the world. “Sustainable innovation," he writes, "requires that foundations, federations and donors have a duty to ask innovators and aspiring grantees a fundamental question: What is the educational value of their work? What do they have to teach?” [More]

Jun 16, 2009—Let's Cook! uses multimedia (videos, slides, images and text) demonstrating how parents and teachers can help kids with autism build functional skills through enjoyable, everyday activities, such as cooking. The site features structured, predictable activities to help children engage and communicate in a natural social situation. [More]

Jun 15, 2009—Books from Watering Can Press teach children key lessons about Jewish ethics, values, history, current issues, and themselves. The Watering Can Press website offers valuable lesson plans for these for use in homes, supplementary day schools, day schools, JCCs and other venues. The Covenant Foundation commissioned these education guides to teach Jewish principles while engaging children. [More]

Jun 14, 2009—New media blogger and marketing consultant Seth Godin offers a downloadable e-booklet on making effecting and engaging PowerPoint presentations. This, and a host of other marketing and communications tips and tools are offered by this respected observer and practitioner. [More]