Counting the Omer in the Age of Corona
by Samantha Vinokor-Meinrath - For those who are of the habit of marking Jewish time, we started counting the Omer on the second night of Passover, nearly a week ago. [...]
Zoombombing: Developing Resilience Against Virtual Attacks
by Claire Dahan - On Monday evening, during the observation of Yom Hashoah, a major incident occurred in our community. As you know, this day is an important time for [...]
COVID-19: Jeducation World Library of Online Resources
The COVID-19 pandemic has much of the world in lock down. Nonessential businesses related to sustaining life have been shuttered across nations. In order to protect public health, this includes [...]
Alone For The Seder: Tips, Step-by-Step
By Josh Weiner - this is the second article of a series. The first one, with reflections and encouragements, can be found here. How different is this night from [...]
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 [...]
Education During Corona
Who isn’t aware of the madness that has plagued the world in recent weeks? What began as a mysterious local epidemic in an exotic wet market in China has become [...]
Creating True Equality
I heard a story this week from one of my lecturers that really made me think. He told us of his first Shabbat in the yeshiva high school his parents [...]
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 [...]
Connecting Millennial Jews through Jewish Doings: The Making of 248
The following is a conversation with Gideon Vennor, Director, 248 Community Action Network The 248 Community Action Network is a "Glocal" network of Jewish doers. Members use the worldwide network [...]
Jewish Engagement As We Know It: Are We Measuring What We Think We Are
by Valerie Feldman, PhD - Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about the diverse ways in which people engage in Jewish life, and how this matters for Jewish community leaders [...]
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 [...]