What should I have learned as a Jew after 12 years in a Jewish school? A Curriculum Study of Centrist-Orthodox Jewish Day Schools in the UK What is the ideal Jewish Education for children going to Jewish schools in the Diaspora in the 21st century? This paper aims to...
Abstract: Most Judaic learning, especially past the primary grades, is text based. As people who study texts, we have preconceptions about those texts, which define our relationship to them. When we enter a classroom to teach, we not only carry those preconceptions...
This article discusses the merits of a new education model that synthesises between Jewish and general studies. To read the article, click here.
This article originally appeared in Ten Da'at, vol. 10, 1, 1997, pp. 75-80. Appears here with permission. Background Ten Da'at (Vol. VIII, no. I, Spring 1995, pp. 49-53) featured an analysis by Rabbi Dr. Chanina Rabinowitz of the legal responsibilities of a school to...
Introduction: Professor Isadore Twersky, z"l, presented the "meta-goal" of Jewish education at a meeting of the Commission on Jewish Education in North America in 1990: "(Jewish) education, in its broadest sense, will enable young people to confront the secret...
In this session, Eli Kohn examines the theory and practice of diagnostic tests in Judaic Studies. The session focuses primarily on Tanakh, but the approach can be applied to all subject areas. Rabbi Dr Eli Kohn is the Director of Curriculum Development at The...
In this professional development session, Dr Karen Gazith, the Director of Educational Services in the Brofman Jewish Education Centre of Montreal, emphasizes the importance of early intervention and describes a three-tiered intervention plan. 53 minutes
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This article discusses calamities in Jewish history within the wider context of Jewish survival. To read the article, click here.
This article deals with the form that curriculum and instruction for spirituality may take. To read the article, click here.