At the Jewish Women's Archive, we believe that education is empowerment. Only when we know our complete heritage can we understand our full potential. JWA develops educational resources that make the lives and accomplishments of Jewish women available and accessible to teachers and students alike.
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JWA educational materials are primary document based, bringing Jewish women's voices out of the archives and into dialogue with learners of all ages:
Go & Learn, features primary documents and lesson plans for Jewish educators. Use these texts and lessons in your classrooms, family education programs, youth group activities, and adult education courses.
Making Our Wilderness Bloom, our latest curriculum, provides over 200 pages of rich historical sources linked to Jewish values, as well as a comprehensive Teacher's Guide.
Primary Sources Lesson Plans offer printable, stand-alone lessons using historical documents on themes including immigration, Jewish values, and women's activism.
The Women of Valor poster series puts notable Jewish women's faces on the walls of our institutions, and the accompanying web exhibits provide an in-depth exploration of their contributions and achievements.
By using oral history to record Jewish women's stories, we are documenting a vital part of our collective past. JWA's oral history resources provide tools for individuals and groups to conduct interviews with the important Jewish women in their own lives.
JWA's book and film guides are designed to stimulate lively conversation about how American Jewish women are represented in literature and film. Book series include "A Place in History: Jewish Women Tell Their Stories," "Seeking Community, Creating Community," "Spiritual Journeys," "Jewish Women and the Search for Self," and "The Girls' Book Club." The film series guide addresses "Images of Jewish Women in American Film."
The Jewish Women's Archive has created specific resources for Mother/Daughter Activities. These include workshops based on our Jewish Women and the Feminist Revolution exhibit and a Reading Guide, "The Girls' Book Club."
Join the JWA educational community: share Best Practices and other teaching ideas. We are always developing new resources. Tell us what you'd like to see next from JWA by writing us at .
JWA supports educators nation-wide in using our educational resources. We are available for phone consultations and curriculum workshops. We also sponsor a biannual Institute for educators. Please email for more information.
