What a Jewish Student’s College Resume Can Look Like
By Julie Bressler My high school friends called it “the black hole of death.” This was the (loving) name for “the Jewish events Julie goes to all the time that [...]
Creative Responses to Educational Challenges: Will Teachers Have Enough Money in Retirement?
By Perry Tirschwell This year’s Noble Prize in Economics was awarded to an American Jew, Richard Thaler, for his work on Behavioral Economics, which has huge implications for retirement savings. [...]
(Jewish) Education: What Is Needed in Order to Succeed?
By Liat Cohen Raviv About 20 years ago, I was asked to develop a leadership program for Jewish youth that included elements of encounters between Americans and Israelis. Back in [...]
5 Benefits of Making Summer Camp the Focus of Our Year
By Beth Ellen Young Two years ago, Temple Judea in Coral Gables, FL made a dramatic shift in our K-6 religious education program. We were running a very good religious [...]
Skills, Practices, and Habits of Mind: Helping our Day Schools Achieve Lasting Impact
By Debby Arzt-Mor Helping our students develop and nurture habits of mind and skills for lifelong learning must take precedence over transmission of content. Jewish educators must recognize the importance [...]
Educator Spotlight: Adventures in Tech for Learning with Jenny Kritchevski
By Yonah Kirschner In this Educator Spotlight, Jenny Kritchevski shares how her work with The Jewish Education Project's Tech for Learning Initiative is helping her support teachers in integrating technology [...]
#OnwardHebrew
By Nachama Skolnik Moskowitz In the classic business parable, Who Moved My Cheese (Johnson), four mice live in a maze. Every day, two of them find cheese in a particular [...]
When the Organized World Meets the Rogue World
Image souure: CoHere Rosh Hashana newsletter By Cyd Weisman Synagogues engage one-third of the United States’ Jewish population. What role might they take to serve the spiritual, communal and religious [...]
Beyond Academic Excellence: Establishing the Competitive Advantage for Day Schools in a Challenging Market
Screenshot: Solomon Schechter of Westchester website. By Michael A. Kay, PhD Over the past 10 years, the market for North American Jewish day schools, particularly those that are not strictly [...]
Arugot – Haifa, Israel – Methods used with preschool children in developmental preschools
By Ruth Kaniel Arugot, located in Haifa – Israel, is a dynamic learning and therapy center for children with learning disabilities, developmental delays and emotional problems. A range of nurturing [...]
Imagination and Interpretation
By Ziva R. Hassenfeld My students and I were in the middle of discussing Genesis 12:10-20, the story in which Abraham asks Sarah to say that she is his sister [...]
Vaping: A new teen threat
By Maury Grebenau If you ever want to make someone very nervous, walk into a vape shop and identify yourself to the owner as a high school principal. That’s what [...]