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....
This article originally appeared in Ten Da'at, vol. 2, 2, 1987, pp. 30-31. Appears here with permission. The following is adapted from a talk given at a TEN conference held on Long Island in November, 1987. The prophet Mikhah addressed the goals of day school...
A few words to educators about the tzedakah commission and this newspaper/annual report. 1. For the members of the commission this project presents many educational opportunities: a. They learn Hilchot Tzedakah either through the Shulchan Aruch itself or through good...
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...
"Eylu v'Eylu": A Case for Jewish Education Young Israel, Los Angeles Debate, 1993 By: Steve Bailey, Ph.D. Director, Shalhevet High School Reprinted here with permission. About 50 years ago, Rav Shimon Schwab, z"l, who was the Rav of the Frankfort Kehila in Washington...
This article originally appeared in Ten Da'at, vol. 3, 1, 1988, p. 32. Appears here with permission. There is no escaping the fact that contract negotiations in any yeshivah include a tension between providing the mechanekh with an appropriate standard of living, on...
This article originally appeared in Mifgashim. Part I What are the aims of our educational system? I want to suggest here that the aims of Jewish education have to be redefined. We have become used to thinking of our educational system as one which tries to...
Dr. Wolowelsky is Chair of Advanced Placement Studies at the Yeshivah of Flatbush and a member of the Academic Advisory Committee of Bar-Ilan University’s Lookstein Center for Jewish Education in the Diaspora. Some years ago, I had the occasion to speak with a father...
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,...