Ruth Schapira1 minWhy some teens ‘get it’ but their parents don’tI just came back from visiting a synagogue with an enviable number of teens in their Confirmation Program. What number, you ask, counts...
Ruth Schapira3 minJewish Teens Need Us to Work as a TeamSecretly, 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...
Ruth Schapira2 minJewish Teens Reinvent the SynagogueI’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...
Ruth Schapira2 minA young and energetic Hebrew School teacher writes….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...