You gotta read it to believe it. The following is an actual dialogue (with a name change) I had a few days ago with a student, now a...

We need to define Judaism more broadly. The Jewish teens I work with in a Jewish community high school are looking for more ways to...

My weekly experience working with a class of 8th graders serves as a counterpoint to the doom and gloom I’ve read about lately in studies...

This is the e-mail I received today: Hi Ruth!  How are you? I hope all is well! As my mom told you, I am now teaching at a local...

There’s a little game I play every so often with web tools. It’s called: ‘Search for “Jewish teens” to see how far they’re ‘off the...

You would think it would be easy to market a product that has intrinsic long-term value, is priced well, offers tremendous flexibility,...

I’m by nature an optimistic  person (I’m a Jewish educator, after all). But, there’s no doubt that when I consider the topics I’ve...

Image via Wikipedia Some parents are guilty of treating Jewish education like a side dish, something that will never star as the main...

What are the obligations of a Jewish supplementary high school in raising the ethical level of its students? How do we hold our students...

Image by Alex E. Proimos via Flickr I met with several teens yesterday, and when I asked them to tell me about their Jewish identity,...

credit to uglydoggy.com We live in a visual world. I get it. I’m the first to admit that I love looking at logos and the idea that...

Freeflyer09. Use does not imply endorsement I read the article “Employees are faster and more creative when solving other people’s...

photo courtesy of ePublicist Almost every day I experience a huge disconnect between my reality and the world of foundations and...

The world in mosaic tiles, courtesy of Genista. I recently visited a blog on manufacturing (not my usual topic for browsing) because it...

courtesy of katerha's photostream Recently I was teaching a class the Jewish value of G’milut Hasadim (acts of loving kindness). I asked...

America’s into talent of all types, and we seem eager to watch, based on show ratings and tallies of millions calling in to vote for...

Making decisions about continuing Jewish Education  is often a challenge, though I’m not sure why. The comments below are ones I’ve heard...

Why is the Jewish community crying? I’ve worked with teens in the Jewish Let’s pretend you’re one of them. Your bar/bat mitzvah was...

credit: Mike D'Angelo How can we get our own students to love us the way their friends do? This past Purim, students were asked to bring...

It seems that South Koreans have figured out what trains our brains and gives us (according to them) an intellectual edge: engaging in...