This article originally appeared in Tradition 11, 3 (1970), pp. 5-12. Quite a few years ago I read a slim little volume, entitled Education in a World Adrift, of which,—unfortunately—I remember only the title. Pondering over the subject of Jewish education, I realized...
Max Stern Division of Communal Services Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary An Affiliate of Yeshiva University TEXTS AND TOPICS IN TEACHING LIMMUDEI KODESH FATE, DESTINY & SHIVAT TZIYON: The RAV on Religious Zionism A Study in the...
This article originally appeared in Ten Da’at, Vol. XIII. "School Craze: Jewish High Schooling Goes Boom" reads the title of a recent article in the Jewish Daily Forward1. The article's author, Gabriella Burman of the Forward staff, hails the proliferation of...
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THE TORAH OF ISRAEL AND THE STATE By: Yehuda Gershuni Rabbi Gershuni is a renowned rabbinic scholar and the author of numerous Halakhic studies. His essay was translated from the original Hebrew by Mr.Elliot Lerner I. Rabbi Kook Z'l wrote in Mussar Hakodesh:...
From Tradition, Volume 11, Number 1, Spring 1970 What little the general reader knows of Biblical criticism, he knows it as an opposition to religious beliefs. The name of Julius Wellhausen immediately comes to mind, and his hypothesis of different documentary...
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. Books, lessons, homework, decorations, trips, assemblies- all planned experiences and activities-...
EMET LE'YA'AKOV By: Eitan Mayer If we have national heroes, they are the Avot. Traditional Jewish interpretation of the Torah has poured great energy into magnifying their spiritual power and moral virtues and minimizing their mistakes (or, more in the spirit of...
Commitment vs. "Connection" By Rabbi Yehuda Amital zt"l One of the cornerstones of Judaism is commitment. However, the very concept of commitment today faces a severe crisis among some of the religious-Zionist youth, in high schools and pre-military academies...
Prepared by: Rabbi Jay Goldmintz Edited by: Dr. Moshe Sokolow Sources דברים לא:ט-יג משנה סוטה ז:ה בבלי סוטה לב ע"ב ספרי דברים יז:יח ספר החינוך מצוה תרי"ב רמב"ם, משנה תורה, הלכות חגיגה פרק ג' רמב"ם, ספר המצוות, מצות עשה טז אנציקלופדיה תלמודית כרך י' עמ' תמג-תנב הרב ש"י...
