Evolution: A Theory that Failed to Evolve Update for Torah Schools 5748 By: Moses D. Tendler This article originally appeared in Ten Da'at, vol. 2, 1, 1987, pp. 3-6. Appears here with permission. I. In January 1982 (McLean vs. Arkansas Board of Education) the...
This article originally appeared in Tradition, vol. 29, 1, 1994. Appears here with permission. INTRODUCTION The question of science versus religion, a subsection of the Torah uMadda debate, has been widely discussed and disputed. Many of the arguments for and against...
This article originally appeared in Ten Da'at, vol. 10, 1, 1997. Appears here with permission. Some yeshivah educators find troublesome the section on evolution taught in the regular biology course required for a high school diploma. Convinced that evolutionary...
Child Abuse: A School Meets a Crisis By William S. Altshul Originally appeared in Ten Da'at vol. 2,3 1988, pp. 13-14. Appears here with permission. It has been over a year since our community was rocked with the news that our upper school General Studies principal, a...
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This article describes an empirical research that was conducted among a random sample of yeshiva/seminary students, in order to determine the basic knowledge level of the students regarding issues of conflict and their attitudes regarding pro-Israel activism. To...
Preamble Several years ago the editors of Generation Magazine, an excellent but now-defunct journal produced by young Australian Jewish academics and writers, asked a number of Jewish educators to prepare a “mock” examination for Year 12 students completing their...
The following four articles have been "Reprinted with permission of the AVI CHAI Bookshelf www.avichai.birthrightisrael.com, where birthright Israel alumni can order free books and periodicals. Site produced by Jewish Family & Life." Israel's Birthday Merits...
From Religious Education 92,1 (1997), pp. 55-60. Abstract Teacher-training programs for Jewish educators in the United States have de-emphasized the Hebrew language as an essential element in their curricula. Research in the field of sociolinguistics points to...
This article originally appeared in Ten Da'at 5, 1, 1990, pp. 37- 38. Reprinted here with permission. Children play in their work.1 In planning learning experiences, early childhood educators have long been guided by this fundamental principle of child development....
