It seems to be common knowledge that the challenges of modernity for Judaism arise from two factors of contemporary life: ease of communication, and the fact that we have wide availability of information about lives quite different from our own and the fact that we...
Back in the early 50’s, my friend’s older sister, Malka, worked as secretary in one of the Bais Yaakov elementary schools. The children were, for the most part, the daughters of survivors; many had been born in DP camps. Their homes were far from wealthy, and the...
Talmud has been studied by students for centuries. Yet the last century has seen rapid change in Jewish community and life. These changes have impacted on students and teachers, and are cause for examining the method teachers use to teach Talmud to today’s students....
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Teaching the Flood Story:The Importance of Cultural Context Reprinted from Ten Da’at 9:1 Winter 1996 Most yeshivah students learn the pre-patriarchal biblical stories in the early years of elementary school, and for many, this remains their only systematic study of...
This article originally appeared in Ten Da’at. Republished with permission of the author. The following was presented at a meeting of the Educational Liaison Committee of the Ramaz School, New York City. The purpose of this presentation is to articulate,...
Reprinted from Le’ela, June 2001, no. 51 (Dr. Wolowelsky is Associate Editor of the MeOtzar HoRav Series: Selected Writings of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, and Dean of the Faculty at the Yeshivah of Flatbush. He is a member of the Professional Advisory Committee of...
This article is a handbook/checklist for educators in Jewish Community Junior and Senior High Schools, in regards to responding to a death in the School. To read the article, click here.
Click here to see related source: https://files.lookstein.org/resource/jewish_videos.pdf Many years ago, I developed a new methodology for internalizing and teaching Jewish values based on specific discussion techniques. In addition, I have developed a curriculum...
Also available at Yeshivat Har Etzion Virtual Beit Midrash. "What is Chanuka? Our Rabbis taught: On the twenty-fifth of Kislev begin the eight days of Chanuka; we may not eulogize on these days nor may we fast on them. When the Greeks entered the Temple, they defiled...
