Jewish Programs

Educators, parents, adult learners, and children of all ages, have been enjoying Eva Grayzel’s performances, workshops, lectures and keynote speeches for more than 20 years. Eva is a nationally recognized Master Storyteller, specializing in Jewish Folklore, and an expert on interactive storytelling techniques. Eva delivers workshops, performances and keynote speeches for Jewish organizations including educational conferences, day schools, Hebrew schools, synagogues, JCC’s, and Jewish events. Eva has recorded on CD: ‘A Story A Day,’ ‘Absolute Chanukah,’ and ‘Proud To Be Jewish.’ Eva is the author of ‘You Are Not Alone: Families Touched By Cancer’ and ‘Hide & Seek: Families Touched By Cancer.’ Visit Talk4Hope.com to view sample pages.

A graduate of Moriah Hebrew Day School and Barnard College/Columbia University, Eva was an educator in Hebrew schools for over 15 years while pursing a career as an actress and developing her repertoire of interactive stories. She tutors Bnai mitzvah students, fills in for the cantor, led High Holiday Services for young families at Ohev Shalom of Bucks County for four years, and servs on the Board of her synagogue. Eva studies Torah weekly.

After surviving a life-threatening illness, Eva expanded her work to include Bikkur Cholim workshops. She has been the Artist/Scholar-in-Residence at synagogues nationwide including San Diego CA, East Lansing MI, Lexington KY, Portland NH, Newport News VA, and Baltimore MD.

In her signature style, Eva offers creative, new strategies to enrich Jewish learning for students, educators and families. Her dynamic presentations energize audiences of all ages.

Recent Clients

Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR)
Global Day of Jewish Learning
Limmud Atlanta + Southeast, Atlanta GA
Institute for Jewish-Christian Understanding, Allentown PA
92nd Street Y, New York, NY
Jewish Arts Festival, Houston, TX
The Jewish Museum, New York, NY
Ethical Wills Panel, Jewish Federation of Jacksonville, FL
Vancouver Jewish Early Childhood Conference, Vancouver, Canada
UJC Speakers Bureau
CAJE Conferences

Programs

All programs are approximately 1 hour in length and can be tailored to any theme or time frame.

Jewish Tales With A Twist: Interactive Storytelling

(All Ages)

Through Jewish Folklore, Eva engages and teaches listeners of all ages and learning abilities. She invites as many as 30 audience members to spontaneously role-play stories emphasizing Derech Eretz, Tikkun Olam, and Tzedakah.

• Enhance Jewish concepts through stories
• Improve information retention and learning
• Promote positive interaction between classmates

Walk The Talk: Hands-On Storytelling Techniques For Educators

Achieve multi-sensory learning through reading a simple Jewish Folktale, or telling a familiar story (Chanukah/Purim). Engage imaginations with uniquely interactive techniques to introduce Jewish concepts, Hebrew vocabulary and history.

• Gain a new perspective on your students learning abilities
• Facilitate recall
• Boost self-esteem

Jewish Rituals Rich with Reward

(Parents/Grandparents/Caregivers/Educators)

How do we bring meaningful interactions into busy lifestyles? Learn how Shabbat, bedtime Shema, and sharing Mitzvot can become avenues for teaching Jewish concepts while nourishing a foundation of family communication.

• Explore meaningful and memorable Jewish family traditions
• Empower your child to recognize their value
• Create a legacy of your family values

When the Going Gets Tough, Who Gets Going?: Leadership Skills and Bikkur Cholim

(B’nai Mitzvah and Adults)

Intimately understand how faith, prayer, and friendship impact life’s hard times. What do you say? Should you visit? How can you help? Through stories about overcoming a life-threatening illness, Eva empowers listeners with concrete tools to inspire a personal connection to prayer, God and the (not their) Jewish community.

• Build positive energy in the face of adversity
• Identify how to use life’s challenges as a change mechanism
• Find courage to stretch your ‘comfort zone’

Tropaerobics: Torah and Haftorah

(All Ages)

Choreograph the Torah trop symbols through ‘urban’ movement while singing the musical notes. This workshop is for beginners or for educators who want a physical method for teaching Trope.

• Recognize the name and shape of the trope symbol
• Master how to sing all the major trope groups
• Facilitate recall through physical memory

To Be ‘Hip’ from the Pulpit Or Not To Be, It’s All In The Story: Interactive Storytelling Techniques for Rabbis

Engaging stories are memorable. Eva provides strategies and interactive tools for Rabbis to connect children and adults to the stories they tell. Pick a story, call Eva, and she will, talk you through the many ways you can spontaneously involve members of the congregation with sound effects, hand gestures, group responses, and even as a character in the story. Typed notes included.

• Update your story making the message more modern
• Enhance your story with role-play
• Infuse your story with a heart-felt connection