SHI North America Bay Area Manager Joshua Ladon taught a session entitled “To See and Be Seen: Diversity, Inclusion and Community in Jewish Day Schools” at the 2017 Prizmah Conference February 5-7, 2017 in Chicago.
Using material from the Created Equal curriculum, a group of heads of school, board members, and faculty discussed how including and empowering new populations of students, families or professionals, requires an adaptive rather than a technical orientation. The group discussed how opening new pathways to Torah must be a reflective process that does not just open doors but also reshapes an institution.