This article describes a rehabilitative program called the MultiMedia Project (MMP) for Yeshiva Drop-Outs with drug, alcohol, self-mutilation and other emotional problems. To read the article, click here.

This article describes a rehabilitative program called the MultiMedia Project (MMP) for Yeshiva Drop-Outs with drug, alcohol, self-mutilation and other emotional problems. To read the article, click here.
This article originally appeared in Ten Da'at, vol. 2, 2, 1987, pp. 8-10. Appears here with permission. This is not the story of one particular yeshiva high school student, but rather, a composite of many students who, unfortunately, exemplify a growing problem...
This article originally appeared in the Lookstein e-community Mifgashim. I. Being a Learner “I can’t do it, I just can’t do it,” a colleague of mine, head of a wonderful school in Israel, recently told me. “I can teach, I can help my students, but to ask for things,...
Cheating Pays Joel B. Wolowelsky This article originally appeared in Ten Da'at, vol. 7, 1, 1993. Appears here with permission. Some time ago, an acquaintance related to me an incident that disturbed him very much. His daughter, a fourth grade yeshiva student, had...
Originally published in Ten Da’at 8:1, 1995. Appears here with permission. The scene: A classroom full of eager young high school boys learning Torah. A glance at the walls reveals pictures of numerous Rashei Yeshiva of the past and present. In front of the class...
The following article is a dissertation that explored processes of change in parental relationships, religious levels and mental health that occurred in American Orthodox Jewish teens, whilst studying in Israeli yeshivas prior to beginning college. To read the...
Rabbi Grumet, Associate Editor of Ten Da'at, is Associate principal of the Torah Academy of Bergen County Ten Da'at, A Journal of Jewish Education, Vol. X:1, Adar 5757, Spring 1997 I am often haunted by two conversations dating back to my first year as a teacher. The...
Davka software Developers and distributors of Judaic software in Jewish history, Hebrew language, Jewish customs and traditions, and more. Hebrew For Me These online activities teach Hebrew vocabulary to beginners, including younger students. Activities include: a...
The Jewish Virtual Library explores the values of Conservative Judaism. If dogmas or doctrines are the propositional language of a theological system, core values are the felt commitments of lived religion, the refraction of what people practice and profess. To...
Part I – The Problem Part II - Learning from the World of Learning Part III – An Educational Manifesto Part I – The Problem Traditional Judaism1 was long based on authoritarian structures. Jewish authoritarian structures paralleled structures of the general...