2019-05-12T15:23:30-07:00 2018-06-30 990EZ 2017-07-01 731685391 JEWISH SPIRITUAL LITERACY INC JEWI 4104009820 3700 Menlo Drive Baltimore MD 21215 Alexander Seinfeld Chairman 4104009820 2019-02-23 73.132.246.153 2017 2019-02-21 02:37:17Z X www.jsli.org X X 78901 X 77000 1531 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 370 0 370 0 78901 400 0 53802 1661 4763 182 12832 73640 5261 7380 0 12641 X 3146 6066 0 0 4974 6587 8120 12653 740 12 7380 12641 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 10 educators (teachers and rabbis), 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 47 JTI - The Jewish Teachers Institute - This year we launched a new program to train and mentor teachers for Jewish day schools. 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. 0 400 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. 0 40 MEDIA DISTRIBUTION - Our worldwide book distribution continued steadily, including the best-selling "The Art of Amazement: Discover Judaism's Forgotten Spirituality" in two languages, the "Art of Amazement Haggada". Thousands of visitors found quality books and toys via our searchable site, bestjewishkidsbooks.com. We also created an amazing new product, the Bar Mitzvah Album, found at barmitzvahalbum.com. 0 575 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. 0 15 1077 Alexander Seinfeld Chairman 5 51200 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 3700 Menlo Drive Baltimore MD 21215 4104009820 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 86703 65383 58393 75472 77000 362951 13731 16367 18837 16260 1901 67096 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100434 81750 77230 91732 78901 430047 0 0 0 0 0 0 29250 17500 16000 14500 31448 108698 29250 17500 16000 14500 31448 108698 321349 16 4 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 4 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100450 81754 77230 91732 78901 430067 0.74721 0.78883 0.00005 0.00004 X Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 10 Stipend paid for a program expense. Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Description;Amount^Book research and Educational Material;649|Travel Expense;4534|Donation Expense;230|Service Charges;515|Automobile Expense;374|Depreciation expense;872|Fundraising Expense;1122|Bad Debt;3000|Office Expense;1536^Total;12832^ Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 24 Description;EOY Amount^Account Receivable;1921|Inventory Asset;2357|Computer;6392|Accumulated Depreciation;-4083^Total;6587^ Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 26 Description;EOY Amount^Account Payable;12^Total;12^ We applied for (and received) an extension so that our new administrator could gather and verify all of the program data to ensure accuracy.