2020-07-16T01:18:35-07:00 2019-06-30 990EZ 2018-07-01 731685391 JEWISH SPIRITUAL LITERACY INC JEWI 4104009820 3700 Menlo Drive Baltimore MD 21215 Alexander Seinfeld Chairman 4104009820 2020-07-15 71.121.132.2 2018 2022-01-07 14:23:13Z X www.jsli.org X X 110563 X 97711 12480 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 372 27 345 0 110536 3750 0 90419 405 4120 351 14768 113813 -3277 12641 0 9364 X 6066 3941 0 0 6587 5812 12653 9753 12 389 12641 9364 Educational products and services, including seminars, printed materials, electronic materials, audio and visual materials. EDUCATING EDUCATORS - We increased the amount and quality of the J-IDEA teacher training program's 10 major content categories: Jewish Holidays, Art of Amazement, Esoteric, Marriage, Ritual, Ethics, Meditation & Prayer, Texts, History and Miscellaneous. In addition, we directly trained and mentored another cohort of 12 educators, increasing their skills at implementing experiential learning, and their thousands of students. JSL pedagogy provided them with fresh and innovative ways to motivate students in learning and develop their respect and love of Judaism. Participants register for free at jewishspirituality.net. 0 2500 JTI - The Jewish Teachers Institute - In its second year, this project to train and mentor teachers for Jewish day schools expanded to 20 teachers serving approximately 500 students. While the largest schools sometimes have the resources to conduct in-house training and mentoring, the smaller schools typically do not. The JTI "New Teacher Boot Camp" included: model and practice a Harry Wong-informed classroom management method, simple concrete indicators of successful teaching (following Thomas Sergiovanni's and Elliot Eisner's models of professional standards), lesson planning and assessments, principles of visual and differentiated instruction and hands-on engagement, effective use of textbooks A/V resources and other technologies; with specific curricular support as well. All participants increased their knowledge and skills in one or more of the above categories. 5000 5000 E-LEARNING - Our innovative smart phone apps continue to give thousands of users a daily dose of wisdom. Our weekly "Table Talk" entered its twelfth year, bringing food for thought and discussion to thousands of Friday night dinner tables worldwide. 5000 250 MEDIA DISTRIBUTION - Our worldwide book distribution continued steadily, including the best-selling "Art of Amazement: Discover Judaism's Forgotten Spirituality" in two languages, the "Art of Amazement Haggada" and the Bar Mitzvah Album, found at barmitzvahalbum.com. Thousands of visitors found quality books and toys via our searchable site, bestjewishkidsbooks.com. 500 250 AMAZING NATURE FOR TEACHERS - NIFLA'OT - MA RABU! - This program empowers teachers across the curriculum with the wonders of nature in order to increase their students' joy of learning and sense of connectedness to the classroom and to life. The three versions enable the materials to be used in any classroom across the curriculum. This year we piloted the material in Jewish summer camps. 5000 150 8150 Alexander Seinfeld Chairman 5 87000 0 0 Harmon Shragge Treasurer 1 0 0 0 Marc Sarosi President 1 0 0 0 Kyle Bach Board Member 1 0 0 0 Todd Samuels Board Member 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MD Jewish Spiritual Literacy Inc 3700 Menlo Drive Baltimore MD 21215 4104009820 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 65383 58393 75472 77000 97711 373959 16367 18837 16260 1901 12852 66217 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 81750 77230 91732 78901 110563 440176 0 0 0 0 0 0 17500 16000 14500 31448 31500 110948 17500 16000 14500 31448 31500 110948 329228 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 81754 77230 91732 78901 110563 440180 0.74794 0.74721 0.00001 0.00005 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Description;Amount^General Office Expense;2209|Book Research and Educational Material;3015|Travel Expense;5657|Charity;1291|Automobile Expense;286|Service Charges;422|Depreciation Expense;759|Fundraising Expense;1129^Total;14768^ Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 24 Description;EOY Amount^Account Receivable;1905|Inventory;2357|Computer;6392|Accumulated Depreciation;-4842^Total;5812^ Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 26 Description;EOY Amount^Current Liability;389^Total;389^ Overwhelmed by the Pandemic and all of its ramifications - social, financial. Affected all of staff directly and indirectly.