Machon Siach empowers teachers to be thought leaders through meaningful exploration of topics in Modern Orthodox education.

Faculty Beit MidrashOur Faculty Beit Midrash provides opportunities for practical and collaborative learning on important issues in these areas of Jewish education.

Educational ProjectsFaculty learning and writing serve as the basis for practical and action research projects in Jewish education.

Community ProgramsOur programs are designed to include parents and young adults in the conversations generated by our faculty work and action research.

The Grand Conversation

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Ungrading: It Turns Out that Getting Rid of Grading Changes Everything (Well, A Lot) Featuring Dr. Rivka Press Schwartz, Ms. Sarah Medved, and Ms. Becca Glassberg

SAR educators, Dr. Rivka Press Schwartz, Ms. Sarah Medved, and Ms. Rebecca Glassberg, who have experimented with different forms of ungrading–removing teachers’ grading power in the classroom and making students responsible for their own learning–talk about their experiences, what brought them to ungrading, and the anticipated and unanticipated outcomes.

Belda Kaufman Lindenbaum z”l

Our Legacy

Machon Siach is named in loving memory of Belda Kaufman Lindenbaum z”l, an advocate for serious women’s learning, addressing the plight for agunot, and women’s leadership in the Jewish community.

Read about her life and her legacy →

Upcoming Events

Wed
October 30, 2024

Social Development Strategy – GGC Cohort 4.1 Session 1

The session will introduce the Social Development Strategy to parents, provide them with a data portrait of our community, and invite them to consider their deepest hopes for their children and think about how we get there.
Mon
November 4, 2024

A New World Order: Covenant, Partnership and Struggle- Makom B’Siach Cohort 8 Session 2

This class does a deep dive into the early stories of our covenantal relationship with God, and the struggles and triumphs of Avraham and Sarah.
Wed
November 6, 2024

Understanding GMC’s- GGC Cohort 4.1 Session 2

This session will help parents clarify their values, articulate guidelines to their children, monitor their children’s behavior, and implement appropriate consequences, positive and negative.