Youth & Family Education Faculty Hub
Mishkan Chachamim | משכן חכמים
5787 | 2026–27
Welcome to Mishkan Chachamim, our online home for JAMI faculty and Youth & Family Education staff. Find the schedules, rosters, curriculum resources, forms, and other tools you need for the year here.
“Of all the tzadikim—the righteous ones—the most beloved are the joyful and sincere teachers of the youth, who shall sit at my right hand.”
5787 | 2026–27
Faculty Essentials
Administrative Tools
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Submit your expected absence in this form.
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Find contact information for faculty, Youth & Family Education staff, and committee members.
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Find your 5787 | 2026-27 classroom assignments and shared spaces for Sundays, Wednesdays, tutoring, and other Youth & Family Education programs.
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Find your students' information and their families' information in the 5787 | 2026–27 JAMI Roster. This roster contains confidential student and family information and is for Youth & Family Education use only. Please do not share it outside the department.
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Planning & Teaching
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Find curriculum guides and shared teaching resources in our Curriculum Folder.
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Add your lesson plans to your eidah’s shared folder so that your teaching team and Education staff can stay connected to what you’re planning.
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Coming soon!
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Bring another voice into your classroom! Invite a storyteller, artist, community member, content expert, facilitator, or another guest who can enrich your students’ learning. You don’t need to have someone specific in mind. Fill out this form to tell us what you’re imagining, and we’ll help you figure out the next steps!
B’Mitzvah Tutoring
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View the current B’Mitzvah Tutoring Schedule.
You can also view the current B’Mitzvah Tutoring Scheduling Policies & Procedures (essentially, talk to Maryn).
Click here to view or download the 5787 Virtual & No Tutoring dates.
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The B’Mitzvah Tutoring Calendar is a master calendar that includes all B’Mitzvah tutoring dates through June 2027 and all B’Mitzvah celebrations through June 2028. You can find the iCal version here.
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The B’Mitzvah and B’Mitzvah Tutoring pages, along with the B’Mitzvah Guidebook, are the central resources for families as they move through their B’Mitzvah journey. They include tutoring information, expectations and policies, helpful resources, and other important details.
5787 | 2026–27 Faculty Orientation
Wednesday, August 26 | 5:00–7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, September 2 | 5:00–7:30 p.m.
Sunday, October 4 | beginning at 11:30 a.m. (Please note: this day is the Twin Cities Marathon, which might affect access to the building earlier in the day.)
5787 | 2026–27 Faculty Gatherings
Faculty gathering dates will be posted here as they are scheduled.
JAMI T’filah and Music
Prayer and music are woven throughout JAMI through our shared Sunday and Wednesday T’filot and continued learning within each cohort. Through regular, repeated participation, faculty help students build familiarity, confidence, a shared repertoire, and understanding as they grow into increasingly active participants and leaders in communal prayer.
Need Help?
Emma Nicosia | JAMI Principal
Classroom support, student access and accommodations, behavior or classroom concerns, and day-to-day JAMI support. Email Emma.
Or Levinson | Rabbinic Intern of Lifelong Learning
Curriculum development, lesson planning, and support for teaching and learning. Email Or.
Maryn Hakes | Youth & Family Education Assistant
Schedules, rosters, room assignments, materials, communications, tutoring logistics, and other administrative questions. Email Maryn.
Rabbi Joey Glick | Associate Rabbi of Lifelong Learning
Overall educational direction, curriculum questions, Hebrew readiness, B’Mitzvah education, and other programmatic concerns.
Email Rabbi Joey.
