Gear Systems and a Camp Kehillah Kedoshah
By Jonah Lerner This summer, as the robotics workshop instructor, I was tasked with developing a curriculum that seamlessly integrates robotics and Judaism. At first, I thought this was an [...]
Seeds of Innovation: Recognizing and Rewarding Innovation Within the JTS Alumni Community
By Marc Gary and Rabbi Julia Andelman When JTS alum Rabbi Gil Steinlauf felt the Jewish community wasn’t doing enough to cultivate young LGBTQ members as Jewish leaders, he decided [...]
Do No Harm
by Joel Lurie Grishaver The Chofetz Chayim teaches: If after giving a situation much thought, a teacher comes to the conclusion that a particular student has a behavioral or learning [...]
For a Change, an Area of Growing Political Consensus: Government Funding for Jewish Day School Education
By Yossi Prager Since the retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy last week, the media discussion has centered on the possible impact of a new justice on a series of polarizing [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Israeli Educational Leadership Meets Representatives of American Jewry
By Adam Tasachi The first meeting of its kind between the heads of religious schools in the Jerusalem district and representatives of American Jewry – a joint initiative of Herzog [...]
The Power of Action Research: Naming, Noticing and Navigating for Change
By Mindy Gold What was the last thing you noticed in your classroom or school that made you go, “Hmmm. I wonder…”? We regularly capitalize on these moments for our [...]