by Jessica Shamout - Classroom management begins with creating a positive learning community. A little preparation makes a world of difference for keeping students engaged and following directions. Here are [...]
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 it take to nurture [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
2017-2018 Rising Voices Fellows at their graduation ceremony in Newton, MA, June 10, 2018. By Larisa Klebe and Judith Rosenbaum “Before the Rising Voices Fellowship, writing was just a means [...]
Photo Credit Anshe Emet Synagogue By Linda Gerard and Rabbi Scott T. Aaron, PhD This is one of several articles from “Gleanings,” a publication from the Leadership Commons at the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
