Rebecca Milder describes a learning process which touches multiple pieces of the student experience. At the Jewish Enrichment Center, children involve their whole selves in Jewish learning: they dive into a Jewish text with peers, and wrestle, refine, and recreate...
Ethical Dilemmas: The Right Answer, or the Right Answer for Me?
Matthew Lipman shares how using ethical dilemmas in the class can help touch on many aspects of student development. Children in today’s world are bombarded by an ever-increasing barrage of marketing and advertising as well as being presented with role-models of a...
The Turkish Gesture: A Custom in Danger of Extinction
While travelling with a group of Pardes students to Istanbul, Turkey, we encountered a fascinating custom. As we stood in the synagogue about to begin the silent amidah prayer, people turned and looked at each other and gently waved. It was a gesture that lasted a...
Teaching the Whole Child
To successfully educate the whole child we need to believe that social/emotional development is just as important as cognitive development. That it’s just as important for a child to learn how to communicate needs, work in a team, and develop meaningful relationships...
From the Editor Winter 2016
We invest a great deal in our students, pedagogically and personally, both inside and outside of the classroom. We teach them knowledge, research skills, thinking skills, and who knows what else. Our formal educational programs are supplemented by an array of...
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Academic Bible Study and the Orthodox Student: A four-day seminar (June 19-22, 2017)
High school Jewish studies teachers and Jewish campus professionals often face questions such as: My literature professor says that the Torah was written by many authors. Is that true? Why is there no archaeological evidence for the Exodus? Hammurabi’s code pre-dates...
Resources on Internet Safety (e.g. cyberbullying)
The following are online resources that deal with cyberbullying and internet safety: Internet Safety Tips What is Cyberbullying and How to Stop It An introduction to cybersecurity and data protection from the University of York How to Protect Your Child or Teen...
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Studies in the Five Megillot, by Dr. Gabriel Cohen (עיונים בחמש המגילות)
עיונים בחמש המגילות גבריאל חיים כהן יש בעיונים אלה הזמנה לקוראים וללומדים להשתתף בצורה פעילה בדו-השיח המרתק בינינו לבין הכתובים, שנמשך מאז שמגילות אלה נכתבו. דו שיח זה דורש מאיתנו הכרת הכתוב על כל גילוייו ומובניו ורצון להשתלב בקהל המתדיינים עם הכתוב שבכל הדורות. כך...