We envision a future when every human being can access and enjoy the incredible database of 3,000 years of Jewish wisdom.
Our mission is to foster a paradigm shift in spiritual and moral education towards an experiential pedagogy that provides students with a spiritual vision relevant to their daily lives. We create seminars, curricula and other materials for both formal and informal learning, and innovative teaching methods for spiritual and moral educators of all backgrounds. Our programs include:
- Torah Health and Fitness – a book, multi-media website, and other resources
- Jewish Teachers Institute – training and mentoring for Jewish day schools
- Zoom Talmud – online communities around a shared intellectual pursuit
- Love Your Neighbor – recruiting and training families to visit isolated elderly
- The Art of Amazement – a popular seminar on the basics of Jewish spirituality
- The Amazing Jewish Fact-a-Day Calendar – an educational app
Our program evaluations indicate that over ninety percent of participants are inspired to seek further learning opportunities; to forge a warm, lasting connection to a spiritual or ethical community; and to lead ethical, fulfilling lives that contribute to Tikkun Olam (repairing the world).
JSLI in a Nutshell - 3 Views:
Conservative
Orthodox
Reform
Conservative
The Art of Amazement has resonated very well with me as its contents are directed at a number of principles I have already sought to incorporate into my life, and by citing Judaism as one of the greatest ways of achieving these goals it does a great deal to ease my hesitation in becoming a more connected Jew.
— Conservative college student
Orthodox
The Art of Kavanah opened our eyes to the spiritual potential of our Judaism – the very spirituality that had pulled us into the fold, but gotten
lost on ritual and rote. Thank you for your publishing and your work in
this area, your books have forever changed our relationship with Hashem.
— Orthodox woman, New York
Reform
The Art of Amazement has given me new, profound ways to approach life.
These resources offer sound, Jewishly based teachings that can help everyone lead a more fulfilled life.
— Reform Adult Education Director