Educator Studio

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JSP’s Educator Studio is a unique cohort experience designed to support Jewish educators in cultivating creativity, professional community, and new pedagogical approaches.

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  • Activate your inherent creativity as a core part of your educational leadership.

  • Gain tools to help you discern and reconnect with your deeper purpose.

  • Journey through the academic year with a dynamic and supportive community of peers.


Read this article by Ed Studio lead, Rabbi Adam Lavitt!

“When I began the Educator Studio, I was in a place of personal and professional burnout that I didn’t think I could return from. Slowly over the course of the Studio, I have been nurturing myself back to health. I feel alive again. As I usher in a new class of students shortly, I hope to bring that renewed trust in the process.”

2023 Educator Studio Fellow

Educator Studio FAQs

2026-2027

  • As a Fellow in JSP’s Educator Studio, you will gain a unique and generative set of teachings and practices to revitalize your leadership and inspire the learners, schools, organizations and communities you serve. This fellowship will support you in integrating JSP’s unique lens on Torah and creative practice and help you move towards greater authenticity, wholeness and vitality in your work. You will receive practical support such as:

    Practices for teaching from an authentic place

    Exercises to spark imagination and open up creativity

    Creative approaches for surfacing new insights and ideas

    Upon completion of the Educator Studio, you will become a part of JSP’s growing network of leaders and facilitators and become eligible to participate in ongoing opportunities for learning, mentorship, professional growth and community connection.

    THE PROGRAM STRUCTURE

    The Educator Studio is an intensive professional development cohort experience centered around JSP’s foundational teachings (Torah of Creativity) made practical through a dynamic pedagogy featuring the Jewish Studio Process methodology.

    Webinars (twice monthly) will incorporate JSP’s methodology with a focus on wellbeing, creative practice, dynamic exploration of text, and practical applications for your professional context. One monthly webinar will be Process-based and one will be focused on tools & practices.

    Havruta sessions (twice monthly) will extend learning between webinars and help you integrate it into your teaching and leadership.

    Retreat (fall 2026) in person, at the JSP Boston Studio, to go more deeply into the work together!

    Exact dates and times can be found in the Program Calendar section below.

  • Tuition for the Educator Studio is $1,800. If you are unable to secure this tuition, please email us to discuss the potential for scholarship.

    The JSP Educator Studio is subsidized through generous support from The Covenant Foundation.

  • Webinars

    Bi-monthly webinars will take place on Thursdays from 9am - 11:30am PT / 12:00pm - 2:30pm ET on the following dates:

    • October 15, October 22, November 5, November 19, December 10, January 7, January 21, February 11, February 25, March 11, March 25

    • Our final webinar and Siyyum (celebration) will take place on April 15 from 9am - 12pm PT / 12pm - 3pm ET.

    In-Person Retreat

    The in-person retreat will take place at the JSP Boston Studio in Newton, MA from October 26-October 27. Programming on Monday will run from 8am - 8pm ET, and programming on Tuesday will run from 8am - 3pm ET.

  • We are seeking applicants who are:

    • Seeking support and inspiration to fuel their professional passion

    • In need of resources and strategies to reconnect to their personal purpose

    • Looking to gain creative tools, practices, and community to sustain their work

    • Excited to be a part of a dynamic cohort of other Jewish educators

  • Applications for the 2026-2027 cohort are now closed.

Central & Southern Region Cohort

Karli Atwell

Karen Bogard

Victoria Douzamy

Bex Ehrmann

Abbie Frankel

Stephanie Gray

Denae Ilan

Jackie Maris

Malka Packer-Monroe

Andrew Pepperstone

Alexandra Rosenbaum

Soreh Ruffman Rosenblum

Forrest Yesnes

Heather Seid

Esti Shapiro

Gail Swedroe

Mara Zeichner

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“JSP provides a language through which educators can slow down, notice, see new perspectives, and explore aspects of their professional identities that they might otherwise rush past or not have the chance to develop.”

Dr. Miriam Heller Stern

Meet Rabbi Adam Lavitt, Ed Studio Lead Facilitator

JSP Director of Learning

Rabbi Adam Lavitt (he/they) is a spiritual companion, educator, and creative facilitator committed to helping people connect with their inner wisdom and explore what matters most. Drawing from his background in pastoral care, education, and chaplaincy, Adam creates transformative spaces where people can deepen their connection to themselves, each other, and Jewish tradition. Adam has served as a spiritual leader in congregations, college campuses, and healthcare settings. Ordained at Hebrew College, where he earned a Master’s in Jewish Education and the school’s first certificate in Pastoral Care, Adam also completed training as a Spiritual Director and became a Board Certified Chaplain (BCC). An alumnus of CLAL’s Rabbis Without Borders Fellowship and the JOIN for Justice Clergy Fellowship, Adam now works with the Jewish Studio Project, guiding educators, spiritual leaders, and seekers in integrating creativity and spirituality as pathways for growth and discovery.

Meet Our Alumni and Current Fellows

COHORT 3

Karli Atwell
Karen Bogard
Victoria Douzamy
Bex Ehrmann
Abbie Frankel
Stephanie Gray
Denae Ilan
Jackie Maris
Malka Packer-Monroe
Andrew Pepperstone
Alexandra Rosenbaum
Soreh Ruffman Rosenblum
Forrest Yesnes
Heather Seid
Esti Shapiro
Gail Swedroe
Mara Zeichner

COHORT 2

Earnest Arky Solomon
Caitlyn Case-Cohen
Mitchell Gordon
Tracie Guy-Decker
Hannah Henschel
Lisa Kipen-Hershenson
Susan Morrel
Susie Moskowitz
Kathy Parsonnet
Eli Sobel
Lily Solochek
Bekah Starr Sternbach
Annalee Thompson
Ariel Wolpe
Akiko Yonekawa

COHORT 1

Joel Abramovitz
Liora Alban
Suzanne Bates
Sarah Browning
Leah Friedman
Mark Getten
Sam Lyons
Natasha Newman Tobin
Amanda Nube
Sharone Oren
Shira Sergant
Jennifer Thompson
Dorothy Thursby
Dove Weissman-Shtein
Leila Wice

Questions about applying to JSP’s Educator Studio?

Contact Rabbi Adam Lavitt, JSP Director of Learning, at alavitt@jewishstudioproject.org.

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The Educator Studio is made possible by a generous grant from The Covenant Foundation.