What clock do these teens use? I’ll paint the picture. Last night I chatted with a group of three 9th grade teenage boys, hanging out in...

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...

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...

Will Jewish Teens Find Answers Here? Hebrew School may answer questions like “what do I need to know for my Bar/Bat Mitvah” but there are...

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...

what is the ideal summer experience for your teenager? Jewish summer camp.  Arts classes. Internships. Specialty Sports Camps. College...

Make sure the activity gives back! Soccer teams. Dance classes. School activities. SAT prep classes. After-school jobs. Volunteer work....

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

One minute. Three reasons. Why just three reasons? Simple. Your time is valuable. Plus everyone’s way too busy getting ready for the...

Needed: Marketing pizzazz for Jewish Teens This post is more about marketing than it is about Jewish education. It’s a subject I have...

Are we selling the right “product”? It used to be that you couldn’t use words like “sell”, “product” or “market” easily when talking...

Are we just being stupid or stubborn? There are some obvious signs that parents might not be as smart as we’d like them to be. Do you...

What are we selling? Why would Jewish teens buy? This morning I read a piece by Reform Rabbi Dana Evan Kaplan titled “We...

The more things change, the more …..well, you can fill in the blank here. This is on my mind as we approach the summer and thousands of...

The title of this post offers you some tips, however first, I’d like to ask you for some advice…..to a student named Rachel. Here are...

northwestjewishartists.org I don’t remember experiencing the juxtaposition that occurred today: there were so many strong emotions...