Rabbi Chaim Tropper and Rabbi Rachmiel Steinberg are well known educators in the Los Angeles community and the founders of Yeshivas Ohev Shalom (yeshivasohevshalom@gmail.com). Rabbi Tropper previously was the principal of Ner Aryeh high school. Rabbi Steinberg is...
Daniel A. Wasserman, a Doctor of Oriental Medicine, is one of the parents actively involved in the Jewish Cooperative School in Florida (http://jewishcooperativeschool.org/index.html). He has taught post graduate courses, was an instructor for the Florence Melton...
Levi Cooper is a rabbi in Tzur Hadassah and teaches Jewish Studies at Machon Pardes and other university level programs in Jerusalem. He is Contributing Editor to Jewish Educational Leadership. It is a long standing Jewish tradition to provide schooling for our...
Charles (Chip) Edelsberg, Ph.D. is the founding Executive Director of the Jim Joseph Foundation, a private foundation whose mission is to support education of Jewish youth in the United States. Previously, Dr. Edelsberg served as Director of Endowments and Vice...
Jonathan S. Woocher is Chief Ideas Officer of JESNA and heads its Lippman Kanfer Institute: An Action-oriented Think Tank for Innovation in Jewish Learning and Engagement. Dr. Woocher previously served on the faculty of Carleton College in Minnesota and Brandeis...
Jonathan Krasner is Assistant Professor of the American Jewish Experience at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York. In this article, he looks to the impact of the Great Depression on Jewish education in North America for guidance in the current...
Ed's Note: The following is an approach to the question of how to present Biblical figures to our students: As larger than life or as very human. Ten Da'at invites additional perspectives and approaches. The Ramban in his commentary on the Torah has repeatedly...
Yossi Prager is the North American executive director of The AVI CHAI Foundation. He is on the executive board of his children’s day school, sits on the Steering Committee of the Orthodox Forum, and writes and lectures frequently on Jewish philanthropy and Jewish...
The Partnership for Excellence in Jewish Education (PEJE) is a national organization dedicated to supporting day schools as essential vehicles for fostering an engaged Jewish people for an enduring future. It focuses on three critical levers – professional leadership,...
Harry Bloom (hbloom1@yu.edu) is Director of Planning and Performance Improvement at Yeshiva University's Institute for University-School Partnership. Following a 25 year career in industry and consulting, he now helps Jewish day schools strengthen their governance and...
