Ethical Literacy Among Jewish Day School Leaders

Ethical Literacy Among Jewish Day School Leaders

Jeffrey Glanz (glanz@yu.edu) is Professor of Education at the Azrieli Graduate School of Yeshiva University (teaching online from Israel, where he now lives), and is also Head of the MS Program of Educational Administration at Michlala-Jerusalem College. His major...

Ethical Literacy Among Jewish Day School Leaders

Uncovering Abusers

The recent Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in Australia raised a number of religious and ethical concerns, which require consideration by Jewish educators. Lior Misrachi focuses on the laws of tzeniut and lashon hara – both of which...

Ethical Literacy Among Jewish Day School Leaders

Masters Thesis (in Hebrew) on the connection between principals’ level of religiosity, branch of education, and gender with regard to their stance on ethical dilemmas

To read this Hebrew master's thesis on the connection between principals' level of religiosity, branch of education, and gender with regard to their stance on ethical dilemmas (הקשר בין רמת דתיות, זרם חינוך ומגדר לבין עמדות מנהלי בתי-ספר כלפי דילמות אתיות),  see...

Letter from the Editor (13:1)

Letter from the Editor (13:1)

Being educated Jewishly is a deeply embedded value with origins in the Torah, and reinforced in the Prophets, the Writings, the Tannaitic and Amoraic periods, and in every period since. The value of being knowledgeable about and engaged with Torah has never been...

Letter from the Editor (13:1)

Parent Feedback Surveys: Theory and practice

Steven Lorch is the founding and current Head of School of the Solomon Schechter School of Manhattan (New York). Previously, Dr. Lorch was at the Hartman High School in Jerusalem, Mount Scopus Memorial College in Melbourne (Australia), and the Jack M. Barrack Hebrew...

Letter from the Editor (13:1)

Jewish Cultural Literacy: Who makes the call?

An educator for over forty years, Chaye Kohl has taught Judaic and General studies in elementary, middle, and high school and on the collegiate level, and has served many functions in educational administration. Ms. Kohl is currently the English department chair at...

Letter from the Editor (13:1)

The Case for Core Values

Micah Lapidus is the Director of Jewish and Hebrew Studies at The Alfred & Adele Davis Academy. Rabbi Dr. Lapidus serves as the president of PARDES: Day Schools of Reform Judaism. He is also a Jewish songwriter and composer. Lapidus blogs at rabbispen.com and...

Letter from the Editor (13:1)

Reinventing a Jewish Studies Program

Maury Grebenau is Principal of South Peninsula Hebrew Day School. He was previously Associate Principal at Yavneh Academy of Dallas. Rabbi Grebenau earned a BA in Mathematics, Semicha, and a Master’s in Education, all from Yeshiva University. Maury Grebenau describes...

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