What Should I Have Learned as a Jew After 12 Years in a Jewish School?

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...

What Should I Have Learned as a Jew After 12 Years in a Jewish School?

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...

What Should I Have Learned as a Jew After 12 Years in a Jewish School?

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...

What Should I Have Learned as a Jew After 12 Years in a Jewish School?

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...

What Should I Have Learned as a Jew After 12 Years in a Jewish School?

Interview with Hanan Alexander

Hanan Alexander is Professor of Philosophy of Education at the University of Haifa. He has been Visiting Professor and Visiting Fellow at the University of Cambridge, and the University of California (Berkeley, CA), and his book Reclaiming Goodness: Education and the...

What Should I Have Learned as a Jew After 12 Years in a Jewish School?

From the Classics — Elias Levi: The Rangoon Rabbi

Levi Cooper teaches at the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies and is a rabbi in Tzur Hadassah. He is a post-doctoral fellow at Bar-Ilan University’s Faculty of Law. Rabbi Dr. Cooper is Contributing Editor to Jewish Educational Leadership. “… Come you back … come you...

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