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Not So Sure About Woocher's "New Approach"
[cross posted to TAPBB.] Jonathan Woocher is chief ideas officer at JESNA (Jewish Educational Service of North America) and director of the Lippman Kanfer Institute. He once thought that religion woul… more →
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The Roller Skater
Renee Ghert-Zand wrote 4 days ago: I recently learned that Vivian Finkel died this past June. She wasn’t a great stateswoman, fam … more →
Telling Tales Out Of School
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Renee Ghert-Zand wrote 2 weeks ago: London's JFS used to be known as The Jewish Free School and was founded 277 years ago. The Jewis … more →
God Talk
Renee Ghert-Zand wrote 3 weeks ago: Images of God in the Psalms I have always been thankful to my theology professor at The Jewish Theol … more →
Friday Flashback -- Halloween Reflections
torahideals wrote 1 month ago: Here are some old thoughts about what is becoming America’s most popular holiday. … more →
Podcast on training Jewish educators
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jewishbooks wrote 1 month ago: Posted by Naomi Firestone Richard Solomon, author of Toolbox for Teachers and Mentors: Moving Madric … more →
Zoe Heller and “The Believers” at the DCJCC Jewish Literary Festival
rmauro2 wrote 1 month ago: Zoe Heller reads from her novel, "The Believers", at the DCJCC Jewish Literary Festival / … more →
The Bagel: A Leading Jewish Economic Indicator
Renee Ghert-Zand wrote 1 month ago: My bagel boycott It all started with my deciding to boycott H&H bagels (“Like No Other Bag … more →
Jew Wishes On: To Heal a Fractured World, by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
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jewwishes wrote 2 months ago: If you are looking for a book that intensely delves into the ethical aspects of responsibility, then … more →
Wide World of Jews
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Renee Ghert-Zand wrote 2 months ago: While I am on a roll making recommendations for educational resources that introduce students to the … more →
With an Eye to the Past
Renee Ghert-Zand wrote 2 months ago: You can probably tell from my previous posts Go West, Young Jew! and That Was Then, This Is Now that … more →
Preparing for a Bar/Bat Mitzvah
AvivaShira wrote 2 months ago: Hi! Welcome to my blog Itz’a Mitzvah! For all your Bar/Bat Mitzvah tutoring needs. Speech wri … more →
Confronting the Power of Forgiveness in time for Yom Kippur
rmauro2 wrote 2 months ago: Photo courtesy of JewishLayouts.com High Holidays are mere days away; are you prepared? I decided to … more →
A Lesson of 9/11, Elul and Rabbi Eliezer
Renee Ghert-Zand wrote 2 months ago: I was living in New York on 9/11. I was 8 months pregnant with my third child, and I was starting a … more →
A Kind of Nostalgia
Renee Ghert-Zand wrote 2 months ago: Kafka in Bronteland by Tamar Yellin I have just had an “aha!” moment while reading the w … more →
NEW CLASS! 'Bringing Torah to Life: Deepening Your Children's Jewish Experience' with Rebbetzin Tziporah Heller
naalehupdate wrote 2 months ago: Thanks to a suggestion from one of our students, we are happy to present you with a new course by Re … more →
My son's first day at the New Baltimore Yeshiva
baltimoreyid wrote 2 months ago: So tomorrow, my eldest son is starting at the New Baltimore Yeshiva. First of all, I’m very im … more →
Musings of a Gen X Yiddishe Mamme
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Renee Ghert-Zand wrote 2 months ago: "You must be hungry." I know. “Truth, Praise and Help.” It’s reminiscent … more →
Not So Sure About Woocher's "New Approach"
Joel Lurie Grishaver wrote 4 months ago: [cross posted to TAPBB.] Jonathan Woocher is chief ideas officer at JESNA (Jewish Educational Servic … more →
Altneu Non-Shul — The Sunday School for Jewish Studies
Joel Lurie Grishaver wrote 5 months ago: [cross-posted to TAPBB] Started around 1970 by some Harvard professors, just about the same time som … more →
