Ever have bad sushi? Don’t compromise with sushi or Jewish education A Hat Tip to Seth Godin, marketing guru, for this post’s idea–my...

Enlightened teen education What I’m about to write is counter-intuitive, fair warning given. The phenomenon I’m about to describe has...

what are we teaching teens about belief? A confident, tall, yet boyish 11th grade teenager asked this question of Rabbis who were...

An event taking place on many college campuses The post title refers to Anti-Semitism, while the poster above references anti-Israel...

Wandering Jew (Photo credit: pellaea).             I’m a wondering Jew A while ago, I reached some kind of milestone. I’ve been writing...

There’s data, and then there’s what I know I’m lucky. I regularly interact with a cohort of individuals that others write reports about...

Why do some parents understand that continuing their teen’s Jewish education after Bar/Bat Mitzvah is essential, while others don’t make...

Party time (for some) We know that many Bar/Bat Mitzvah Celebrations have gotten way out of hand. Thousands have seen Rabbi Wolpe’s...

How to Bring Camp Home Soon, thousands of Jewish teens will arrive to their home communities, having spent an amazing immersive...

Teens need to be with other teens. Lots of them. Some time ago, I wrote a post called What I learned about marketing from working at a...

Judaism: Where’s the cool? Over 70 seniors recently graduated from a supplementary Jewish community high school. Why was attending cool...

This past Sunday I met with a group of parents interested in checking out options for their teens’ Jewish education. They were committed...

Class Clowns: Not That Funny Recently, I participated in a webinar, sponsored by JESNA, on issues related to complementary...

Maybe a megaphone would work? I am an advocate for Jewish teens, and believe that all teens benefit from a Jewish education past the...

The WordPress.com team sends me a summary e-mail at the end of the year (complete with fireworks!) that help me learn about what you find...

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...

There’s an app for that? I recently followed a WordPress blog that offers a daily dollop of inspiration to bloggers. What a gift, right?...

OMG (Photo credit: mac.lachlan) In our terribly connected world, we’re never really far from seeing devastation up close.  Like unwilling...

Figuring out where you stand is the challenge I believe every Jewish teen has to make a fundamental decision, especially when getting...

How are you defining parenting? A recent blog post called “Parents’ Aspirations for Their Children” in Education week  posed this...