Alone For The Seder : Thoughts, Tips and Encouragement
By Josh Weiner - this is the first article of a series. The second one, with concrete tips, can be found here. One who is alone should ask themselves: "Why [...]
The Jewish Education Project Launches New Tutorials and Resources Amid Rapid Shift to Distance Learning
From online classrooms to mindfulness exercises and more, educators want support with new platforms New York -- Amid the unprecedented transition to distance learning made by thousands of schools and [...]
What does it mean to be Jewishly articulate?
by Samantha Vinokor-Meinrath When I started my doctoral research, I knew what questions I wanted to ask. I knew that I wanted to hear directly from Jewish teens about their [...]
Gabriel Abensour: Studying and Teaching
Illustration by Rachel Lwk for Ta Shma (c) Gabriel Abensour, together with Rabbi Bitya Rozen-Goldberg, is the creator of the independent Beit Hamidrash Ta Shma in Jerusalem. We asked about [...]
The Future Of Our Textual Heritage: A Conversation With Daniel Septimus, CEO Of Sefaria
Faustine Goldberg-Sigal: How & why was Sefaria born? Daniel Septimus: Sefaria was founded in 2013 by best-selling author Joshua Foer and former Google product manager Brett Lockspeiser in response to [...]
Questions on Jewish Tradition
by Olya Elshansky - It is important to me that I state beforehand that, for myself at least, the questions voiced in the following article are rhetorical. I ask these [...]
The key to life’s toughest questions: Ask better questions
by Daniel Magerman - How encounters with international communities can help Jewish youth tackle questions of identity in the upcoming decade As 2019 comes to a close, young people must [...]
The Sirens Heard All Over the World
by Aryeh Eisenberg - Imagine you are a high school student going about your daily routine. Suddenly, with no warning, sirens start ringing and everyone starts scrambling to find the [...]
A 2nd Mistake We Make Teaching the Holocaust
by Deborah Fripp - Role play is a traditional learning tool, but in Holocaust education, it only leads to tears and to a lack of learning. When I went to [...]
3 Mistakes We Make Teaching the Holocaust
by Deborah Fripp - When we teach the Holocaust, we want our students to ask questions like “How could this happen?” and “What can we do to prevent this from [...]
Israel’s Largest Special Education School and Rehabilitative Center Dedicated
ALEH RESIDENTS WITH SEVERE COMPLEX DISABILITIES, RABBI LORD JONATHAN SACKS JOIN EXTENDED NOÉ FAMILY FOR SEFER TORAH INAUGUARTION AND DEDICATION OF ALEH’S ‘BET CHAYIL’ CENTER, A GAME CHANGER FOR DISABILITY [...]
The iCenter’s SpaceIL Escape Room Offers Unique Israel Education Experience
Groups Across North America Solve Challenges to Complete the Mission Chicago, IL -- How quickly can you solve different challenges to find the launch code and send SpaceIL's lunar spacecraft [...]