It began with the Melting Pot. Immigrants lined up to look American, to speak like Americans, and even to change their names to sound American. My grandfather wanted to name his son Ephraim, but the hospital nurse insisted that he have an American name, Frederick....
Shlomo Horwitz (shlomo@jewishcrossroads.org) has over 20 years of experience in Jewish education and outreach for both adults and children. He is also a CPA and works full-time as a software executive, stealing time to play lead guitar for the Zemer Band in Baltimore....
Yael Unterman (http://www.yaelunterman.com), a writer, creative educator and life coach, has trained teachers around the world. She is the author of the recently released biography, Nehama Leibowitz: Teacher and Bible Scholar. In the waning years of the twentieth...
View the related article, "Drama as a Tool for Deepening Jewish Identity." Here is a short list of thought-provoking solo performances on Jewish themes. Robbie Gringras (several pieces on the complexities of Jewish-Zionist life) http://www.robbiegringras.5u.com...
Rabbi Tzvi Pittinsky teaches Tanakh and is the Director of Educational Technology at the Frisch School. He is also a doctoral candidate at Yeshiva University’s Azrieli Graduate School of Education and Administration. Tikvah Wiener holds a B.A. in English Literature...
Keren Romm (keren.romm@gmail.com) currently teaches at New Community Jewish High School in Los Angeles, and specializes in Bible and Medical Ethics. How do I teach all of Bible in one semester? How do I make it meaningful for my students? And how can I help them build...
Dr. Ze’ev Maghen, a lecturer in Arabic and Islamic Studies at the Bar-Ilan and Hebrew Universities, is the creator of the Lights in Action student network of North America. This article is an edited excerpt from a more comprehensive article which appeared in Azure...
Dr. Elana Maryles Sztokman, Contributing Editor of Jewish Educational Leadership, is a writer, researcher, educator and activist. Shlomi Ravid is a man driven by a unique vision of Jewish Peoplehood. Elana Maryles Sztokman gives us a glimpse. The running joke in Dr....
Tzivia Garfinkel is Head of Jewish Studies at the Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School in Chicago. She has served in this position for fifteen years Ms. Garfinkel is a Jerusalem Fellow (1992-93) and has been involved in day school education since she entered first grade...
Levi Cooper is a rabbi in Tzur Hadassah and teaches Jewish Studies at Machon Pardes and other university level programs in Jerusalem. Generations of scholars and thinkers have struggled with the concepts of personal and social identities. One aspect of this broad...
