Ruth Schapira
For Teens: Worrying About Being Normal? Don’t.
What’s the new normal anyway? I recently read a great post called Approaching Normal. It got me thinking about how teens today think...
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What is the real job we’re doing for Jewish Teens?
Milkshakes taste good. Jewish education is good. But what job are we really doing for Jewish Teens? I read an article about marketing...
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Helicopter Parents Go to College
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...
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Current Events: did your teenager’s eyes just glaze over?
Mention “Current Events” to a group of teens and just watch what happens. Their eyes seem to glaze over. As if talking about...
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Teens: Got a bad grade? Work it!
Image via Wikipedia Getting a bad grade, especially when you expected something else entirely, pretty much stinks. It’s hard enough being...
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Guiding teens without a moral compass. Hint: they cheat!
Image via Wikipedia Picture this: a class of freshly minted teenagers, not even a year after becoming b’nei mitzvah, who attend an...
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Five Things Jewish Parents Should Know
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...
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Why Do We Hate Teenagers?
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...
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Jewish Teens Need More
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...
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Today I am a Brand
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...
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“The Truth About Youth”: What we can Learn
The world in mosaic tiles, courtesy of Genista. I recently visited a blog on manufacturing (not my usual topic for browsing) because it...
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Teens and the Road to College
Finding your path This year, thousands of high schoolers will be entering college. Sometimes I think they have things way too figured...
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Classroom and Community: Making It Real for Teens
courtesy of katerha's photostream Recently I was teaching a class the Jewish value of G’milut Hasadim (acts of loving kindness). I asked...
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Talented Teens and Performance Highs
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...
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Jewish Teen Engagement: Don’t ask me for a tissue
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...
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Jewish Programs that Miss the Mark
Last month a new blog from the Mandel Center for Jewish studies at Brandeis University said that ” Some of the most talented,...
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Safe Haven
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...
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Not Wanted: Parents?
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...
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What Jewish teens want us to know
Image via Wikipedia A panel of teens expressed their opinions in a workshop at a Jewish educator’s conference in Philadelphia called...
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