When I started working for the first time as an educational leader in a school with an elementary level program, I realized quickly that setting up and decorating these learning spaces was a BIG DEAL...
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So what can we do in schools to make the atmosphere of the school more gender balanced and fair? The first thing we can do is start to acknowledge that atmosphere really matters, much more than we think it does...
Recently, I attended Camp Ohr Lanu, a program of Camp Ramah in California for families with children who have special needs. I learned a wonderful text from veteran family educator, Vicki Kelman, as part of the counselor training. Rabbi Kalonymous Kalman Schapira wrote in the introduction to his book The Students’ Obligation:...
This past June, I chaired the Network for Research in Jewish Education annual conference in Chicago. The conference brought together researchers and academics in the field of Jewish education to share their research, as well as local practitioners eager to learn about contemporary research...
Ron Wolfson
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rwolfson [at] aju.edu
(310) 440-1293
Education
PhD, Washington University
M.A., Washington University
M.A., University of Judaism
B.A., Washington University
Bio
Ron is the Fingerhut Professor of Education at American Jewish University and president of the Kripke Institute. He is a much sought-after consultant and lecturer on building sacred communities in synagogues, schools, community centers, and camps around the world.
He has had a profound effect on the Jewish community through his books Relational Judaism: Using the Power of Relationships to Transform the Jewish Community and The Relational Judaism Handbook (with Rabbi Nicole Auerbach and Rabbi Lydia Medwin).
In addition to training clergy and educators, Ron is the author of many books bringing the values and rituals of Jewish life to a popular audience, including God’s To-Do List, The Seven Questions You’re Asked in Heaven, The Spirituality of Welcoming, and Raising A+ Human Beings: Crafting a Jewish School Culture of Academic Excellence and AP Kindness (with Dr. Bruce Powell).
He is the author of Creating Sacred Communities: Leading Practitioners Share Lessons Learned (with Rabbi Brett Kopin), a book based on his Ziegler seminar.
Ron is a living kidney donor on behalf of his wife of over fifty years, Susie Kukawka Wolfson. He lives in Los Angeles and eats frozen yogurt just about every day. drronwolfson.com