Professional Development Resources: Student Engagement

Teaching Spirituality in Day Schools and Yeshiva High Schools

This article deals with the form that curriculum and instruction for spirituality may take. To read the article, click here. Read more

Integrating Special Needs Children Into the Jewish Day School System

This article originally appeared in Ten Da’at 7, 1, 1993, pp. 20-21. Reprinted here with permission. There has been much discussion, controversy and speculation concerning appropriate... Read more

Being a Web-Mensch: When Jewish Values and Technology Coincide and Collide

Do you fear that your students’ ethical sense disappears when they “log in?” The Internet offers infinite resources, but its use carries a responsibility... Read more

Motivation as the Linchpin in the Developmental Lesson

The first in a series of articles exploring the structural elements of the developmental lesson.   This article originally appeared in Ten Da’at 1:11... Read more

A Look at the Sources and Structure of the Prayers in the Siddur- the Last Brachot of Shemona Esrei

The sixth in a series of six lessons, Abe Katz provides sources for and an explanation of the last brachot of the Shemona Esrei. To read... Read more

A Look at the Sources and Structure of the Prayers in the Siddur- the Middle Brachot of Shemona Esrei

The fifth in a series of six lessons, Abe Katz provides sources for and an explanation of the middle brachot of the Shemona Esrei. To read... Read more

Real Siddur Teaching: What I Know about Prayer Education

This article explores ways in which to motivate students to involve themselves in communal Jewish prayer in a regular way, presently, as well as... Read more