I just came back from visiting a synagogue with an enviable number of teens in their Confirmation Program. What number, you ask, counts...

Secretly, I hope they’ll do something about what I’m telling them, but that hasn’t happened yet.  So, here I am, blogging to you. At...

I’m so lucky.  We Jewish educators trudge uphill a lot of the time, just to keep pace. Yet, every week I get inspired from the Jewish...

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...

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 I kid you not.  The headline is exactly what the large billboard sign posted on the edge of the synagogue’s property...

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

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