jewish education
Making Menorah-Oil… Maccabee-Style!
Today’s post is from guest writer Joanna Brichetto, Experiential Educator at Nashville’s West End Synagogue, who also runs the website Bible ...
Cheesin’ For a Reason!
Be it brie, mozzarella or feta, I, like just about everyone, love cheese.There are so many reasons to love cheese, ...
A Letter to Students: The Lesson of Elijah
Dearest Students,Early on in the academic year (and the Jewish New Year!), I thought it would be a poignant time ...
Seekers and Unaffiliated: An Opportunity
I recently met a woman who I really liked. We have a lot in common, being professionally accomplished Jewish women ...
Why Do I Exercise? Two Words: “B’Tzelem Elohim”
As a Jewish professional, I am always looking for ways to connect Judaism to our lives. “Professional” Jews know that ...
Patrilineal Jewish Descent: An Open Orthodox Approach
This week there has been much conversation online and offline on the Jewish status of people of patrilineal Jewish descent. ...
Gorillas, Bananas, Jewish Education
Sometimes, being a Jewish organization in the Deep South means being perceived as an “outsider”– outside the major metropolitan areas, ...
But what have you done for me lately?
A couple of weeks ago, Michal Kohane caused a few ripples in the blogosphere by getting fired over the column ...
What Matters More: Our Day Schools Or Our Commitment To Religious Neutrality?
I am an unabashed advocate of Jewish day school education. I attended day school from kindergarten through eighth grade, and ...
Deprogramming our Children as a Means to Jewish Continuity?
I just got back from a weekend “family camp” retreat. One of the most remarkable aspects of the experience was ...