Rabbis as Entrepreneurs? It’s Not About the Money
By Cyd Weissman I teach rabbinical students to be entrepreneurs. Often, people respond, “Really, you teach rabbis how to make money?” Feigning patience, I explain that tackling the finances of [...]
Strengthening Jewish Leadership in Europe
Bethlehem, 29, from Kharkov, Ukraine, joined the MiNYanim program. Photo credit Nir Kafri, The Jewish Agency for Israel By Nathan Roi "I have learned that what you give is what [...]
Re-Imagining the Israel Experience for Rabbinical Students
By Alex Sinclair Why do we send Rabbinical students to Israel for a year of study, and what should they be doing there? For the past three years, the William [...]
Scaling Curricular Initiatives: Five Approaches
Photo credit #OnwardHebrew Screen shot Nachama Skolnik Moskowitz This is one of several articles from “Gleanings,” a publication from the Leadership Commons at the William Davidson School at JTSA. This [...]
Forming Better Arguments to Build a Better Democracy
Roger Brooks Good arguments are crucial to a healthy American civic life. They provide a means to reckon with difference and sometimes to forge joint solutions. We’re a pluralistic, democratic [...]
Day Schools Selected for Unique Training Program
Pedagogy of Partnership (PoP), a research-based professional development program and Jewish content provider, has selected four schools to participate in the inaugural cohort of the PoP Day School Fellowship, a [...]
Raising Resilient Teenagers: Resources That Can Help
Rabbi P.J. Schwartz Being a teenager is difficult. It is a time filled with all types of changes – biological and physical, social, emotional, and intellectual. What’s more, thanks to [...]
Their Opportunity, Our Responsibility
Screen capture: Haggadot.com By Jody Passanisi And once Rabbi Tarfon and the Elders were reclining in the attic of the House of Nitzah in Lod [and] this question was asked [...]
Innovate, Develop and Learn: How the OU Prompted Programs that meet Women’s Needs
Young women taking part in program sponsored by the Orthodox Union that seeks to pair a a female member of a synagogue’s staff with a teen to learn. Photo courtesy [...]
Why It’s So Hard to Scale Success (And What to Do About it)
by Dr. Rob Weinberg This is one of several articles from “Gleanings,” a publication from the Leadership Commons at the William Davidson School at JTSA. This issue asks: "What does [...]
Teaching Biblical Scholarship in a Modern Orthodox High School
By Sara Susswein Tesler The personal and educational challenges I faced teaching an introductory course on biblical scholarship to Modern Orthodox high school seniors: What I learned, what my students [...]
Seamless Inclusion
Image credit: Camp Simcha By Stacy Rosenthal, RJE At first glance, Camp Simcha looks like any other day camp. Some of the campers are practicing their skills to become “Jedi [...]