Click here to read Shalom Berger's 1997 Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration, Yeshiva University, doctoral thesis.
A Year of Study in an Israeli Yeshiva Program: Before and After
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“Too Much on Our Plates”
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...
The Post-High School Yeshiva Experience in Israel: Goals and Benefits
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,...
Honoring and Mourning Adoptive and Step Parents
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...
Responding to a Death in the School Family: A Handbook/Checklist for Educators in Jewish Community Junior and Senior High Schools
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.
A Memorial Prayer for “9/11”
As a member of Hatzoloh, I responded to the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11, 2001. Given the notable Jewish dimension to this human tragedy, I was motivated to compose an Azkarah, a memorial poem, for all its victims and heroes. The following is a...
Memorial Prayer for 9/11 (Hebrew)
אֲדוֹן עוֹלָם אֲשֶר כָּל יְצִיר נִבְרָא בִּדְמוּתוֹ וּבְצַלְמוֹ. אָבִינוּ שֶבַּשָּׁמַיִּם הַפּוֹצֶה אֶת עֲבָדָיו מֵחֶרֶב רָעָה. אֵל נְקָמוֹת פְּקוֹד-נָא בְּקִנְאָתְךָ אֲנָשִים, נָשִים, וָטַף אֲשֶר נִסְפּוּ בְּהִתְרַסֵּק הַמַּטּוֹסִים הַחֲטוּפִים בִּידֵי בְלִיַּעַל,...
Commitment vs. "Connecting"
Commitment vs. "Connection" By Rabbi Yehuda Amital zt"l One of the cornerstones of Judaism is commitment. However, the very concept of commitment today faces a severe crisis among some of the religious-Zionist youth, in high schools and pre-military academies...
Bar/Bat-Mitzvah Study Units
1. CHANGE -- (Physical, emotional, intellectual, social, etc.) A. Students are to bring in pictures of a parent at different stages of life, from infancy, adolescents, adulthood, etc. (Family portraits can also be used). B. Students will discuss the pictures and the...
In The Bat Mitzvah Celebration: An Annotated Bibliography
When a female child reaches the age of twelve years and one day she is halakhically a Bat Mitzvah. A search of literature dealing with religious observance as relating to women indicates minimal sources available to those wishing to mark the occasion. For basic...