Professional Development Resources: Student Engagement

A Guide To The Jewish Studies Curriculum At Manhattan Day School

The Jewish studies curriculum at Manhattan Day School is traditional both in content and design. It is the practical expression of our Torah goals throughout the program.... Read more

Teaching Values in a Community High School

Introduction Background Literature Lesson 1 Worksheet 1 Lesson 2 Worksheet 2 Lesson 3 Worksheet 3 Lesson 4 Worksheet 4 Lesson 5 General Bibliography INTRODUCTION... Read more

On the Teaching of Talmud: Toward a Methodological Basis for a Curriculum in Oral-Tradition Studies

From Religious Education 92:1 (1997), pp. 61-76. Table of Contents Abstract Introduction Study of Manuscripts, Printings and Commentaries Tannaitic Sources Amoraic Literature Amoraic and Post-Amoraic Material... Read more

Open-Mindedness and the Yeshiva High School: Musings on the Range of Views to Which Our Students Should Be Exposed

Ten Da’at, Vol. IV, No. 2, Spring 1990. Copyright 1990 Torah Education Network. Reprinted with permission.   Many of the articles in this issue... Read more

Jewish Studies Curriculum – Columbus Torah Academy

THREE TRACK CURRICULUM FOR JUDAIC STUDIES – A PILOT PROGRAM Students are selected for each track based on previous academic records, a personal interview... Read more

Teaching Midrash from a Developmental Perspective

This article discusses a program designed for a new, more sophisticated method of teaching Tanakh and midrash, so that the standard modern Orthodox Day School... Read more

Talmud Now

This article originally appeared in Hebrew in Meimad, Vol. 17, August 1999.  (Translated by Rachel Schloss)   The study of Talmud is at the very... Read more