Davka software Developers and distributors of Judaic software in Jewish history, Hebrew language, Jewish customs and traditions, and more. Hebrew For Me These online activities teach Hebrew vocabulary to beginners, including younger students. Activities include: a...
I. What is a Jewish ethical discussion? Ethical discussions are designed to challenge participants to clarify or their thoughts. The process of clarification often involves listen to different opinions, rethinking and reevaluating one's own preconceptions, or...
Published in the Times Educational Supplement November 2002 The Garden of Eden, the ultimate paradise as described in the Bible, is hardly the place that, on first glance, would seem to satisfy the demands of the Government’s Literacy strategy. But Eden,...
A new type of Jewish school is on the rise that is helping to erode a century-old consensus about the way American Jews educate their children. Peter Beinart explores this new phenomenon in The Atlantic. Click here.
The Jewish Virtual Library explores the values of Conservative Judaism. If dogmas or doctrines are the propositional language of a theological system, core values are the felt commitments of lived religion, the refraction of what people practice and profess. To...
Click here to read Shalom Berger's 1997 Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration, Yeshiva University, doctoral thesis.
Reprinted from Ten Da’at Vol. III No. 3 pp.7-8 Taking into account the place of Torah study in the Jewish weltanschauung, the outstanding issue representing a substantial difference between men and women is constituted by the exemption ofwomen from Torah study....
Table of Contents “Ivrit B’Ivrit” by Joel Wolowelsky “Response to Ivrit B'Ivrit” by Alan Stadtmauer “Response to IVRIT beIVRIT: Not In My School” by Moshe Bernstein “RESPONSE IVRIT B’IVRIT” by Eliyahu Safran “More on Ivrit B’Ivrit” by Sara Bellehsen “Response” by...
This work provides an overview of the most important efforts on codification of Jewish Law as well as the commentaries that as a result of the codification. This work makes note of the Rif, the Mishneh Torah, the Tur, and the Shulchan Aruch as well as many other...
Camino Real and Modern Talmud Study [1] Shalom Carmy From Modern Scholarship in the Study of Torah: Contributions and Limitations, ed. Shalom Carmy, Orthodox Forum Series, New York, 1991. The Orthodox Forum Series is a Project of the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological...
