Isa E. Aron, Ph.D.
213-765-2153; iaron@huc.edu
Professor of Jewish Education

Dr. Aron is Professor of Jewish Education, HUC/JIR, Los Angeles. She holds a B.A. in philosophy from Swarthmore College, a Ph.D. in philosophy of education from the University of Chicago, and did post-doctoral work at the Center for the Study of Social Intervention at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She teaches courses in teaching, philosophy of education and organizational change, and is the founding director of the Rhea Hirsch School of Education's Experiment in Congregational Education (ECE). Dr. Aron's publications include Becoming a Congregation of Learners (Jewish Lights), The Self-Renewing Congregation (Jewish Lights), and Sacred Strategies: Transforming Congregations from Functional to Visionary, with Steven M. Cohen, Larry Hoffman and Ari Y. Kelman (Alban Press), winner of the 2010 National Jewish Book Award in the category of Jewish Identity and Jewish Education.

Areas of Expertise

Jewish education
Synagogue change
Re-imagining the religious school
Teaching Jewish texts to adults
Approaches to moral education
Museum education

Education

Ph.D., University of Chicago (1975)
Post-doctoral training: Center for the Study of Social Intervention at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine (1975-1977)

Lecture Titles

Transforming Congregation from Functional to Visionary
Becoming a Congregation of Learners
Becoming a Self-Renewing Congregation
Re-imagining the Congregational School
How to Study Torah
What is Excellence in Congregational Education?
New Ways of Thinking about Jewish Education
Teaching Children to be Moral

Electronic Publications

The Longest Running Social Drama, Now Playing at a Congregation (of Learners) Near You. Abstract available online: http://www.huc.edu/faculty/faculty/pubs/IsaAron/AronLongestRunningSocialDramaAbstract.swf
Excerpt from The Self-Renewing Congregation: Organizational Strategies for Revitalizing Congregational Life (Jewish Lights Publishing, 2002), Chronicle Issue 61 (2003). Available online: http://www.huc.edu/chronicle/61/EducationalStrategies.pdf

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