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The Hebrew month of Kislev begins next week, and I found myself whistling Hanukah songs as the breeze blows cooler and the days grow shorter... 'Tis the season, after all, when Jewish educators are perhaps most conscious of promoting Jewish identity in a predominantly Christian country. Unlike so many generations of our ancestors, we live in a time when it is possible to visit Israel.
Dr. Joshua Yarden brings to the iCenter 30 years of experience in Jewish education in a variety of settings, including camping, campus activism, youth movement work and community organizing, and as an officer in the IDF education corps. He has a B.A in Middle East studies from McGill University, an M.A in Judaic studies from the University of Haifa, and a PhD in education, culture and society from the University of Pennsylvania, where he wrote his dissertation on cultural transformation through experiential learning.
