What’s the new normal anyway? I recently read a great post called Approaching Normal.  It got me thinking about how teens today think...

Milkshakes taste good. Jewish education is good. But what job are we really doing for Jewish Teens? I read an article about marketing...

This news came to my Inbox today:”Today’s Campus is launching a new publication designed as a resource for the parents of the entering...

Mention “Current Events” to a group of teens and just watch what happens.  Their eyes seem to glaze over. As if talking about...

Image via Wikipedia Getting a bad grade, especially when you expected something else entirely, pretty much stinks. It’s hard enough being...

Image via Wikipedia Picture this: a class of freshly minted teenagers, not even a year after becoming b’nei mitzvah, who attend an...

Imagine that you’re on a boat in the middle of the ocean in a thunderous storm. Waves are coming fast and furiously.  Water is...

Image via Wikipedia Did this headline grab you? You’re not unique. It’s what seems to work for newspapers and television. This is what I...

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...

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...

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

Finding your path This year, thousands of high schoolers will be entering college. Sometimes I think they have things way too figured...

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...

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...

Last month a new blog  from the Mandel Center for Jewish studies at Brandeis University said  that ” Some of the most talented,...

Sometimes I can’t believe what our kids have to deal with yet they just seem to accept it. Probably none of  the following will be news...

That’s actually the opposite of the way I feel, but before I whine about how I’d like more parents involved in what their teens are doing...

Image via Wikipedia A panel of teens expressed their opinions in a workshop at a Jewish educator’s conference in Philadelphia called...