1. “Live Broadcast”: Have a (live) phone conversation between someone who lives in Yesha (Judea and Samaria/Yehuda V’shomron) and a group of students. This could be a class or a small group, which wants to find out what is happening in Yesha, or a gathering as large...
Hebrew Rama Alef - Elementary Modern Hebrew Level 1 Hebrew Rama Alef is aimed at students who are new to Jewish day school education or in need of thorough review of foundation skills. The course objectives are to develop speaking, listening, reading, and writing...
1. CHANGE -- (Physical, emotional, intellectual, social, etc.) A. Students are to bring in pictures of a parent at different stages of life, from infancy, adolescents, adulthood, etc. (Family portraits can also be used). B. Students will discuss the pictures and the...
LOWER SCHOOL CURRICULUM HANDBOOK FUCHS MIZRACHI SCHOOL 2301 Fenwick Road University Heights, OH 44118 (216)-932-0220 www.fuchsmizrachi.org FIRST EDITION 5762/ 2001-2 Table of Contents Fuchs Mizrachi School Statement of Philosophy 3 Introduction 4 Selections from...
Presented at the Israeli Association for Research in Jewish Education Bar Ilan University, December, 2000 This paper presents an innovative model of a research-based Judaic curriculum currently being implemented in a large Jewish Day School in the Diaspora. The model...
This Hebrew article discusses the fundamental role that Gemara plays in Yeshiva high schools, and explores the most effective ways of teaching this crucial aspect. במוקד כל ישיבה ובתודעת כל בר בי רב הבא בשעריה, עומד לימוד הגמרא במרכז. עולם הוויות אביי ורבא, על קרבו...
Ten Da’at, Vol. IV, No. 2, Spring 1990. Copyright 1990 Torah Education Network. Reprinted with permission. Many of the articles in this issue of Ten Da’at grapple with the extremely complex and highly charged topics of Israel’s political and security concerns...
Reclaiming Sukkot: Planning an experiential program,shifting a paradigm, and a different twist on kiruv Zig Ziglar, the famous sales-trainer, warns his students: "Don 't even try to change somebody else 's mind; you can 't do it. The best you can do is offer new...
We just returned from this year’s Sukkot encampment and wanted to share the adventure with you. I call it an adventure because it always contains surprises which supersede even the most scrupulous planning. We had planned to take about 20 Orthodox Day school students...
This article originally appeared in Tradition Volume 33,2 (1999). Reprinted here with permission. The Rabbis long ago endorsed the idea that the written Torah contains more than one level of meaning.[1] This is not surprising given, on the one hand, the rich...
