If not now, when? Hillel, Foundational Ethics, 1:14 One should set aside a definitive time of the day and a specific amount of time for...

Our days are rather filled "up" with day-to-day undertakings, and sometimes we barely get in all the activities we schedule. So where and...

This year, I am involving myself more personally and seriously than ever before in the counting of the Omer, the period of time between...

Finding your Jewish path in college For my family, when selecting college options, it was never solely about the numbers of Jewish...

Take five, relax, let yourself think about who you want to be….. Before you read further, you need to know this. I am not a college...

Hillel has built some stunning buildings. Will your teen walk in the door? What is the college campus like today? How does it differ from...

What would you say about how to change the world? Why does Judaism value education so much? How are educational values embedded in our...

No digital devices in sight The Los Angeles Times reported that California is coping, almost feverishly it seems, with new measures that...

twitter logo map 09 (Photo credit: The Next Web) “Treat every conversation you have on Twitter or Facebook as if it were a nationally...

Negotiating with teens when they say “been there, done that!” The entire school was taking a trip to the relatively new National Museum...

Cell phones: not an opt-out tool for most teeens According to a recent University of Haifa poll, over 94% of Israeli High School students...

The largest collection of open-ocean animals found in an aquarium Who is in your Jewish community? Really, start to define who you...

Are we reaching high enough? I doubt that anyone would say that mentoring teens during the coming-of-age years is not a good thing. It’s...

Character Education: what has your teen learned? What are the most important traits to develop in students? At the end of high school,...

Campus Hillel: Will this be the place where your teen ‘does’ Jewish? What is the college campus like today? How does it differ from when...

Long-term or Short-term: Pick one Marketing and Selling. Terms that were not very much used in the Jewish community just a few short...

I just read a quick blog about how elementary school parents should prepare for Parent-Teacher conferences. For parents of teenagers:...

When did things get so serious for middle-schoolers? A new Gallup poll studied factors related to student engagement, optimism, and...

Ronald A. Heifetz: “Leadership in times of crisis”   How can you make this connection for #Jteens? A blog I read in the Harvard Business...

Teachers and Classroom Behavior Photo credit: tim ellis I read an eighth grader’s blog (!) today that resonated with me, and it triggered...