Inspired Parenting Part 4: Sharing the Stories that Shape our Lives

Posted by Tovah Leah Nachmani and Dasee Berkowitz on April 10, 2019
Topics: Inspired Parenting, Parenting, Pesach

How often do we share our personal and life transforming stories with our kids? Passover is the time. Storytelling is a well-worn vehicle for transmitting values and identity across the generations. This Passover, we want to inspire our children to become more curious about the elders in their lives and the elders about their children. We want to turn the hearts of the parents to the children and the hearts of the children to their parents. Join Ayeka’s Dasee Berkowitz and Pardes’s Tovah Leah Nachmani as they share their own questions and experiences of storytelling on Passover and beyond, in this edition of Inspired Parenting.

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About Tovah Leah Nachmani and Dasee Berkowitz

Tovah Leah has been teaching Bible, Liturgy and Prayer and Relationships at Pardes for 14 years. In addition, she has written and guided experiential learning programs at the Women’s Beit Midrash in Efrat, where she previously taught Prayer and Jewish Thought. Tovah Leah was a Jewish educator and program director for Livnot U’Lehibanot (“To Build and Be Built”) in Tzfat and Jerusalem, during which she co-authored the widely-used song book “Zemirot from Livnot.” She also served as Assistant Educational Director for Ayeka. She believes in learning which connects the mind to the heart. Tovah Leah and her husband Gabi, who live in Gush Etzion, have seven children and a number of grandchildren. Contact her at tovahleah@pardes.org.il. Dasee Berkowitz is an educator, writer and director of Ayeka’s Becoming Soulful Parent project, which trains North American educators to facilitate meaningful conversations around parenting, inspired by Jewish wisdom. She is also a Pardes alum ('94-'95). Dasee has over 20 years of experience working in informal education internationally. After being awarded the Ralph I. Goldman fellowship, she has served as an educational consultant to AJJDC, Makom and the JCC Association. Currently she brings her passion for family engagement to Kehilat Zion in Jerusalem. Dasee’s writing about soulful parenting appears in Kveller.com, JTA, Forward.com, Haaretz and Times of Israel. She currently lives in Jerusalem with her husband and three children. Contact her at dasee@ayeka.org.il.

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