For years, I’ve used the term “Jewish identity”, and never gave it too much thought. As a Jewish educator, the talk among my colleagues...

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What Should I Write About? Writing Your College Essay Is Never Easy! The time to begin your essay has never been more perfect.  Your...

Place your bets on teens! The Jewish community is the throes of change that at times seems to be at a dizzying pace, yet there are still...

How ethical are today’s teens? When given the chance to cheat, what would the teenagers you know do? A recent New York Times article on...

Ethical clarity? Clueless The year is newly born, yet through the lens of ethics things feel quite stale. The clarity that should come...

How much time is too much? How many hours does it take to become knowledgeable about something? I know, it’s a very broad question….but...

Where’s the good news? When it comes to teens, it seems that “Headlines” are usually “Dead Lines”….yes….news about deaths, teenage thugs,...

The Ten Commandments, In SVG (Photo credit: Wikipedia) A while back, I was listening to a televised lecture by Joseph Telushkin on Shalom...

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

We need to tune in to teens Life is busy, so how do we get the time to interact with teen-aged kids when everybody is literally on the...

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...

Should colleges check you out on Facebook? For Teens, Their Parents, and Jewish Educators: An article in Education Week noted what most...

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

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

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...

From the 1950’s, but great teachers create impact no matter the year This summer I’m working with an intern through a program that...

Lack of Parental Controls on FB? Implications for Teens? For parents, it’s becoming harder and harder to create boundaries of safety...