This article (in Hebrew) discusses effective techniques to teach Hebrew Grammar to High School students. To read the article, click here.
On Teaching Hebrew Grammar in High Schools
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Jewish Adult Education: Creating an Educational Democracy
This article originally appeared in Ten Daat 1996, 9:1, pp. 63-77. Reprinted here with permission. "Heraclitus deposited the book in the temple of Artemis, and some say that he deliberately wrote it in obscure language, so that only those capable of reading it would...
How Technology Enhances Effective Communication in Exemplary Schools
About the author: The author has taught in a private independent school for the past 26 years. He holds Bachelors of Education degree from McGill University and a Masters degree in Educational Technology from City University in Washington. The following article based...
Observing Schools
A few months back an interesting and to my mind potentially important debate on the question of pluralism in schools opened up in these pages. Many of us weighed in debating the pros and cons of pluralistic Jewish education, trying to define what that phrase meant...
The Child's Introduction to Bible Study
This article originally appeared in Ten Da'at, 6, 1, 1992, pp. 28-30. Reprinted here with permission. DR. DEITCHER is a faculty member of the Melton Centre for Jewish Education at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He spent the 1990-91 academic year on sabbatical at...
The Library As Partner in the Teaching Process
This article originally appeared in Ten Da'at 1, 2, 1987, pp. 16-17. Reprinted here with permission. DR. POSNER, Vice President-elect of the Association of Jewish Libraries, is a consultant for the JWB-Jewish Book Council and the UJA Federation of New York. She is the...
A Look at the Sources and Structure of the Prayers in the Siddur- Kriyat Shema and its Brachot
The third in a series of six lessons, Abe Katz provides sources for and explanations of the prayers of Kriyat Shema and its brachot. To read the lesson, click here.
A Look at the Sources and Structure of Prayers in the Siddur- Pseukei D'Zimra
The second in a series of six lessons, Abe Katz provides sources for and explanations of the prayers in Pseukei D'Zimra. To read the lesson, click here.
A Look at the Sources and Structure of the Prayers in the Siddur- Introduction and Birchot Hashachar
The first in a series of six lessons, Abe Katz provides an introduction and sources related to Shacharit and Birchot Hashachar. To read the lesson, click here.
Creating a Tefilla Environment: Personal and Institutional Priorities
This article was originally published in Ten Da'at 5,2 (1991), pp. 39-40. Imagine that your son is taught to read the Cyrillic alphabet (although he doesn't understand the Russian language), and instructed to read thirty pages from The Gulag Archipelago, in Russian....