Professional Development Resources Tag: Values

Psychological and Religious Change of Orthodox Jewish Boys During a Post-High School Year of Study in an Israeli Yeshiva

The following article is a dissertation that explored processes of change in parental relationships, religious levels and mental health that occurred in American Orthodox... Read more

The Core Values of Conservative Judaism

The Jewish Virtual Library explores the values of Conservative Judaism. If dogmas or doctrines are the propositional language of a theological system, core values... Read more

A Year of Study in an Israeli Yeshiva Program: Before and After

Click here to read Shalom Berger’s 1997 Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration, Yeshiva University, doctoral thesis. Read more

“Too Much on Our Plates”

Back in the early 50’s, my friend’s older sister, Malka, worked as secretary in one of the Bais Yaakov elementary schools.  The children were,... Read more

Honoring and Mourning Adoptive and Step Parents

Reprinted from Le’ela, June 2001, no. 51 (Dr. Wolowelsky is Associate Editor of the MeOtzar HoRav Series: Selected Writings of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, and... Read more

Outline of the LAVE (Life and Values Education) Programs

Click here to see related source: https://files.lookstein.org/resource/jewish_videos.pdf Many years ago, I developed a new methodology for internalizing and teaching Jewish values based on specific... Read more

Jewish Community High School Education for Everyone; Really? Counteracting Intermarriage and Assimilation

This article originally appeared in Ten Da’at, Vol. XIII.        “School Craze: Jewish High Schooling Goes Boom” reads the title of a recent... Read more