This article originally appeared in Ten Da'at, Vol. 2, Issue 1, 1987, pp. 18-19. Appears here with permission. For many years the Board of Education at Moriah Day School in Englewood, N.J. had planned to initiate a program which would include sex education. Their goal...
This article originally appeared in Ten Da'at, Vol. 3, Issue 2, 1989, pp. 29-30. Appears here with permission. "Abba, you must help me with my homework tonight!" No words fill me with greater terror than those seemingly innocent ones spoken by my thirteen year old at...
First Thoughts - The Illusion Neal Gabler (2002), the social critic, notes that for decades observers have been saying that Americans live in the world of their own illusions, “built to their specifications and designs to replace the disorder and discomfort of the...
This article presents a curriculum to help High School graduates navigate the College environment. To read the article, click here.
Prologue: In every large group or organization, the individuals involved never quite actualize the professed ideals. Visitors to an urban courtroom, for example, are shocked to discover that often neither judges, attorneys, nor even the police seem to have an...
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Rabbi Yair Hoffman Dean, Tiferet High School for Girls (formerly Gamla High School for Girls) Lawrence, New York Reprinted here with permission. Rabbi Hoffman can be contacted at vze37jka@verizon.net or at the school at 516 239-4190 or 239 4475 There seems to be a...
On Teaching Halakhah This article originally appeared in Ten Da'at 1996, 9:1, pp. 55-62. Reprinted here with permission. A Prefatory Plea Although I have given the matter much thought and have some ideas for the resolution of the difficulties I see in the...
This article originally appeared in Ten Daat 1996, 9:1, pp. 83-86. Reprinted here with permission. Over the last several years, two trends have emerged-one in the general culture and one in the Jewish-which pose an interesting and unprecedented challenge to day school...
This article is a collection of responses to student questions on Tractate Shabbat, in Hebrew. To read the article, click here.
