This article originally appeared in Tradition Volume 19 #4, 1981. Reprinted here with permission. If being Mayor of New York is the second toughest job in America, teaching Talmud runs a close third. Besides having to present subtle and complex material to students...
The Seder provides a model for intergenerational storytelling. In this selection from "The Family Participation Haggadah: A Different Night", Noam Zion shares artistic interpretations of the Four Children described by the midrash. The matching teacher's guide explores...
The haftarah for Shabbat Hagadol (the Sabbath before Passover) is Malachi 3:4-24, the last words in the Prophets. The very last verses read, “(22) Remember the Torah of Moshe (Moses), My servant, which I commanded him at Horeb upon all Israel, laws and statutes. (23)...
What does a teacher do after reaching the radical conclusion that one can't just walk into class, read pasuk after pasuk, perush after perush, and consider one's job well done?! This article originally appeared in Ten Da'at, vol. 2, 2, 1987, pp. 13-15. Appears...
This article originally appeared in Tradition, 31 (4), Winter 1997. Appears here with permission. Hardly a single recent piece on the Book of Esther has failed to note at least a few of the book’s ironic situations and lines. Several authors have even argued that...
This time last year I sat at my desk thinking about what is wrong with the teaching of Hebrew as a second/foreign language. The fruit of those thoughts was an article I posted on the Mifgashim site. It drew many comments from teachers, parents and administrators. I...
This article originally appeared in Tradition Volume 19 #3 Fall 1981 . Reprinted here with permission. Teaching about Israel today is not merely teaching another subject like history or geography, nor is it a unit in "indoctrinating" students in Zionism. Today, when...
This article originally appeared in Ten Da'at, vol. 4, 1, 1989. Appears here with permission. Educators universally recognize the professional obligation to maintain the integrity of a student's transcript; however, ensuring that a student's grades are neither higher...
Association of Modern Orthodox Day Schools and Yeshiva High Schools All teachers and administrators are legally mandated reporters. Each school is responsible to have its staff trained: To understand the basic definitions of child abuse To recognize signs and symptoms...
Association of Modern Orthodox Day Schools and Yeshiva High Schools __________ is committed to providing a safe and appropriate environment for all students, staff and employees. Parents entrust their children to our school. All students are taught to respect and...