This article originally appeared in Tradition, 28,2, 1994. Appears here with permission. I. Israel’s Territorial Boundaries Anyone acquainted with the first mishna in the Talmudic Tractate of Gittin1 is aware of the importance which halakha attaches to the exact...
Rabbi Yehuda Henkin reviews an article entitled “Kol ‘Isha,” by Rabbi Saul J. Berman. To read the article, click here.
Ideas by participants of the "Engaging the Disengagement" Online Discussion and Semadar Goldstein of The Lookstein Center 1. Classroom debates: a) A soldier’s dilemma – “What should I do? Should I risk my life to protect a handful of Jews in disputed territory...
This article is a rejoinder to a previous research article that explored the attitudes and knowledge of Post High School American students in Israel. To read the original article, click here. To read the Follow-Up article, click here.
This article compiles some Pe’ninei Torah (Pearls of Torah) from a variety of topics, to provide insights to Torah students. To read the article, click here.
Dr. Wolowelsky is Dean of the Faculty at the Yeshivah of Flatbush The first edition of this Handbook was published in 1987 by TEN, the Torah Education Network, a joint project of the Educators Council of America, the Torah Education Department of the World Zionist...
Reprinted here with permission. Jewish schools in Israel and the Diaspora dedicate many hours and resources to study of Talmud, but more than seventy percent of all students are still unable to learn a page of Talmud on their own at the end of secondary school...
Evolution: A Theory that Failed to Evolve Update for Torah Schools 5748 By: Moses D. Tendler This article originally appeared in Ten Da'at, vol. 2, 1, 1987, pp. 3-6. Appears here with permission. I. In January 1982 (McLean vs. Arkansas Board of Education) the...
This article originally appeared in Tradition, vol. 29, 1, 1994. Appears here with permission. INTRODUCTION The question of science versus religion, a subsection of the Torah uMadda debate, has been widely discussed and disputed. Many of the arguments for and against...
This article originally appeared in Ten Da'at, vol. 10, 1, 1997. Appears here with permission. Some yeshivah educators find troublesome the section on evolution taught in the regular biology course required for a high school diploma. Convinced that evolutionary...
