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Literacy & Leadership

 We believe in the power of reading, and in the empowerment of students.


The ISJL offers literacy programming designed to engage and excite students while building their literacy and life skills.

Literacy isn't just key to academic success; it also opens doors to employment, empowers civic engagement, creates lifelong connections, and more. From our literacy day camp LAB to year-round literacy interventions in partnership with Operation Shoestring, the ISJL is committed to engaging literacy learning throughout our communities. Learn more about our literacy initiatives, including ones you can bring right into your own local community, by emailing [email protected].

The ISJL also works with public schools to empower students through peer mediation with our TAP (Talk About the Problems) initiative. 

Through TAP, students are trained as mediators, then work in pairs to assist their peers who are in conflict reach meaningful, mutually agreeable resolutions-- stopping conflicts before they escalate to violence, detention, or suspension. Learn about TAP here!
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  • WHO WE ARE
    • Our Mission & History
    • Goldring and Woldenberg
    • Board of Directors
    • Staff
    • Our Founder
    • Contact Us
  • WHAT WE DO
    • Conference >
      • Conference Registration 2025
      • 2025 PRESENTERS
      • Conference Info 2025
    • Education >
      • Education Overview
      • ISJL Program Bank
      • Hineinu Y'all
      • Education Partners
      • Curriculum Highlights >
        • Lesson Plan Evaluation
      • Literacy >
        • LAB
        • Our Reading Family
        • TAP >
          • TAP Basic Resources
          • TAP Newsletter
          • Zadeck TAP Mentors
    • CULTURE >
      • Culture Overview
      • Cultural Programming >
        • Presenters Roster
      • History >
        • Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities >
          • Alabama Encyclopedia
          • Arkansas Encyclopedia
          • Georgia Encyclopedia
          • Florida Encyclopedia
          • Kentucky Encyclopedia
          • Louisiana Encyclopedia
          • Mississippi Encyclopedia
          • North Carolina Encyclopedia
          • Oklahoma Encyclopedia
          • South Carolina Encyclopedia
          • Tennessee Encyclopedia
          • Texas Encyclopedia
          • Virginia Encyclopedia
          • Encyclopedia Credits
        • Oral History
    • SPIRITUALITY >
      • Spirituality Overview
      • Passover
      • High Holidays Helper
      • Meet Our Rabbi
      • Taste of Torah
    • PODCAST
  • DONATE
    • Donation Options
    • Donate Now
    • Planned Giving
    • Join the Chai Club
    • Donor's Bill of Rights
  • Shalom Y'all
  • Strategic Plan
  • Southern & Jewish Blog
  • Calendar
  • Virtual Press Kit
  • ISJL 25