Being a Participant Observer: Best Practices for an Effective Site Visit
image courtesy Rosov Consulting By Eitan Cooper I pass by cows on my left, and what appear to be endless amounts of farmland on my right. I’m in Northern Wisconsin, [...]
6 Important Lessons from Sam, My 5-Year-Old Friend
By Rabbi P.J. Schwartz One of my closest friends, Sam, is 5-years-old. On most weekdays at about 3 o’clock, he comes into my office, puts his Spiderman backpack and lunchbox [...]
Jewish Family Education Planning: Connecting to Judaism and Each Other
Family education program. Screen capture: Jewish Museum, NY. By Craig Parks, Barrett Harr and Betsy Stone In December 2017, I was lucky enough to attend the Jewish Futures Conference, presented [...]
Chassidic Boys Potentially Reject $45 Million Buyout
By Elie Benhiyoun How often does a group of Chassidic boys consider a $45 million buyout for their company? Answer: Not often. The catch? The meeting to accept the buyout [...]
Text People: the DeLeT Alumni Network
Photo courtesy Hebrew Union College By Jody Passanisi “What we need more than anything else is not textbooks but text people.” Abraham Joshua Heschel DeLeT: Creating Text People I heard [...]
The Seder Plate and Today’s Refugees:HIAS Offers Haggadah Supplement
HIAS has created a supplement to the traditional Passover Haggadah that tells the stories of refugees around the world fleeing violence and persecution. It also highlights ways refugees across the United [...]
Safeguarding the Jewish CommunityA Position Paper
By Shelley Marsh Yesterday evening, Reshet, together with the Jewish Leadership Council and UJIA, launched a Jewish Community Safeguarding position paper. Nick Donaldson, Head of Faith Engagement at the Charity [...]
Inclusion Can Work at Jewish Day Schools
by Lianne Heller Sitting across from me is a mother with tears welling in her eyes. Her son, Max, is struggling to keep up in school. He is in third [...]
Teaching and Supporting Student Advocacy After Parkland
By Dr. Ray LeviLike many of us, I have been heartened by the student response to the horrific Parkland shootings. As I watch with admiration the passionate, articulate, and yes, [...]
“Hidden Curriculum” and Power-Talk: Responding to #Metoo in Jewish Education
By Shira D. Epstein When I facilitate sessions on Gender Issues in Jewish Education, I cart along a stack of Newsweeks, Time Magazine, and other media interests from the past [...]
Parent-Teen Mental Health and Wellness Summit
By Rabbi Paul Kipnes and Rabbinic Intern Julie Bressler The Parent-Teen Mental Health and Wellness Summit realized a dream: to transform our synagogue, Congregation Or Ami (Calabasas), into a truly [...]
Post-Parkland activism shows teens don’t need our praise. They need a place at the table.
Twitter screenshot By David Bryfman In the aftermath of the fatal mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, the Jewish community should take note: Teenagers are not just the future of the [...]