je eour ancient times, babylonia, under the romans and going forward into europe and elsewhere, jewish elcation evolved because conditions changed and people had to figure out what is the best way to teach this stuff now? >> and so it was with america. the whole different environment. so things had to change then and so it is in 21st century bay area. things are changing again. so part of the job description of an organization like ours and we have the luckily to d this is to look and understand what is changing, to read and to learn what are the most interesting new ideas coming out and then to share them, distribute them to practitioners, to teachers, to educational leaders and others involved in teaching and learning. >> fascinating. we'll take a quick break and come back to "mosaic" in just a moment. >>> good morningment welcome back to "mosaic." i'm rabbi eric weiss and honored to be your host. we have a conversation with david. >> what isnew at jewish learning works? >> i mentioned. there are three areas we work in. the first is professional development supporting educators. last

hello and welcome to focus on europe i'm laura babylonia thanks for being with us italy is floating city is under water and then as has been hit by its worst floods in 50 years many historic buildings of unesco's world heritage site are on the brink of ruin including the iconic st mark's basilica officials have declared a state of emergency.

you know, jewish education through our ancient times, babylonia, under the romans and going forward into europe and elsewhere, jewish education has always had to evolve because conditions changed. people had to figure out what is the best way to teach the stuff now. so it was with america. a whole different environment. and so, things had to change then and so it is in the 21st century bay area. things are changing again. so part of the job description of an organization like ours is to, and we have the luxury to do this, is to really look and understand what is changing, to read and to learn what are the most interesting new ideas coming out. then to share them, distribute them to practitioners, teachers and education leaders, others involved in teaching and later,. >> fascinating. david, we're going to take a quick break and come back to mosaic in just a moment. good morning. welcome back to mosaic. i'm honored to be your host. we're in the middle of a wonderful conversation with david waxberg, the ceo of jewish learning works. welcome back. >> thank you. >> what is new at jewish learn

hello and welcome to focus on europe i'm lara babylonia thanks for being with us israeli's floating city is under water then as has been hit by its worst floods in 50 years many.

hello and welcome to focus on europe i'm laura babylonia thanks for being with us israelis floating city is under water then as has been hit by its worst floods in 50 years many historic buildings of unesco's world heritage site are on the brink of ruin including the iconic st mark's basilica officials have declared a state of emergency residents and tourists are shocked at the scale of the damage . the 1200 year old city has reached its breaking point and to make matters worse the disaster in italy could have been prevented a decades old project to build a flood barrier has failed to materialize it's over budget overdue and plagued by allegations of corruption residents have long complained that exploited for profit tourism has left a mark on the fragile city with $30000000.00 tourists coming every year well the mayor has blamed the flooding on climate change but architect cristiana says the disaster is manmade he fears that it may soon be too late to stop venice from going under. 83 year old venetian christiana gaspar eto has experienced numerous floods in his lifetime. but the kind of

please thank you hello and a warm welcome to focus on europe i'm laura babylonia glad you could join us french cuisine is famous the world over so you may be surprised to hear that it's at the heart of a cultural war living the good life in france includes cullen airy delights such as meat cheese and fish the food is so treasured that it was named.