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Tripping Over Words
By Joel M. Hoffman One of my favorite activities is meeting with pre-bar/bat mitzvah students to talk about their Torah and Haftarah readings. I recently asked a student, Jennifer, about Parashat Kora… more →
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Tripping Over Words
Joel H. wrote 4 months ago: By Joel M. Hoffman One of my favorite activities is meeting with pre-bar/bat mitzvah students to tal … more →
Summer is for Planning
Joel H. wrote 6 months ago: By Joel M. Hoffman According to Proverbs, summer is a time for preparation: “Who gathers food … more →
Paving and Paradise
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Joel H. wrote 7 months ago: By Joel M. Hoffman Pave over a field and an amazing thing happens each spring: grass grows through t … more →
There's no SAT in Judaism
Joel H. wrote 9 months ago: By Joel M. Hoffman I saw a 7th grader studying for a test on the clouds. She had made herself a char … more →
Do Not Oppress The Stranger
Joel H. wrote 9 months ago: By Joel M. Hoffman “Do not oppress the stranger,” the Bible warns us over and over again … more →
The Facebook Generation
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Joel H. wrote 10 months ago: By Joel M. Hoffman I recently asked a middle-school student how many friends she has. “Eight h … more →
There's a Famine in the Land
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Joel H. wrote 11 months ago: By Joel M. Hoffman Genesis is about families, creation, where we come from, and what our lives are l … more →
Holy Hanukah Lights
Joel H. wrote 1 year ago: By Joel M. Hoffman “These lights are holiness — haneirot hallalu kodesh hen.“ This … more →
Halloween and the Jews
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Joel H. wrote 1 year ago: By Joel M. Hoffman When I was 11 years old, a grumpy Israeli teacher told me that good Jews don … more →
I Have a Little List
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Joel H. wrote 1 year ago: By Joel M. Hoffman “These things have no limit,” begins a nearly 2,000-year-old list in … more →
Why Religious Schools Have a Bad Rap
Joel H. wrote 1 year ago: By Joel M. Hoffman An old joke observes in bad taste that to deal with unwanted house guests, all th … more →
