The idea that we as individuals have three relationships to develop in this world in order to be good Jews (person to God, person to person, and person to self) is a powerful one. Zelig Pliskin’s book Gateway to Happiness, paraphrases a passage from the Alai Shur that...
Aryeh Ben David (aryehbd@netvision.net.il) is the Founder and Director of Ayeka: Center for Jewish Spiritual Education. He currently serves as Rabbinical Educational Consultant for Hillel International and is on the faculty at the Pardes Institute in Jerusalem, where...
Dr. Annette Labovitz has recognized the power of storytelling for decades. Her curriculum, based upon her books titled "A Sacred Trust: Stories of Our Heritage and History," guides the educator to using stories for maximum effect in the classroom. She can be reached...
Dr. Annette Labovitz has recognized the power of storytelling for decades. Her curriculum, based upon her books titled "A Sacred Trust: Stories of Our Heritage and History," guides the educator to using stories for maximum effect in the classroom. She can be...
Jay Goldmintz is Headmaster of Ramaz Upper School in New York City where he initiated and conducts the annual Senior Experience to Poland and Israel. He has written extensively on issues related to formal and informal curriculum and, most recently, on religious...
Nancy Siegel is the Director of the Neshemah Yoga Center. A former early childhood educator, she currently trains JDS educators to develop their teaching presence, helping them reignite the joy of learning in themselves as well as in their students. In so doing, the...
Nancy Siegel is the Director of the Neshemah Yoga Center. A former early childhood educator, she currently trains JDS educators to develop their teaching presence, helping them reignite the joy of learning in themselves as well as in their students. In so doing, the...
Arlene Fishbein has taught seventh grade English at The Samuel Scheck Hillel Community Day School in North Miami Beach, Florida for the past seven years, before which she taught at RASG Hebrew Academy in Miami and SAR in New York. She agreed to try PassageWays this...
Seven Gateways to the Soul of Education from Passageways.org The yearning for deep connection describes a quality of relationship that is profoundly caring, is resonant with meaning, and involves feelings of belonging, or of being truly seen and known. Students may...
Devorah Katz received her BA from York University and her MSW from Wurzweiler. She is on faculty at Young Judaea’s Year Course, and has written curriculum for the Lookstein Center, Camp Moshava and Babaganewz. Her four young children ensure that her house is often...
