Judd Kruger Levingston

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Rabbi Judd Kruger Levingston PhD serves as director of Jewish studies at Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy in the Philadelphia area. He is the author of the books A Moral Case for Play: Advancing Moral Ecologies in K-12 Schools and Sowing the Seeds of Character: The Moral Education of Adolescents in Public and Private Schools.

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Creative Tensions Around Pluralism

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Professional Leadership, School Policies and Procedures, Teaching and Learning
“Rabbi Lev, how come we have to go to Shaharit services? It’s a pluralistic day school!” “ Rabbi Lev, why can girls

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Moral Relationships in Jewish Schools

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Moral Education in the Time of Covid

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The coronavirus pandemic has inspired our pluralistic school to place a higher priority on moral education than ever before. While it isn’t

Ultimate Frisbee: Ultimately Fun, Ultimately Jewish

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By Benji Joffe Sitting on my bed on a Wednesday afternoon, I was itching to walk out the door into the spring

A Creativity Rubric

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When our students purchase new technological devices, often they quickly become capable of creating professional looking slide presentations, videos and musical compositions

What Day Schools Need Is... More Cool Teachers

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Levingston offers yet another perspective on modeling: a “cool” teacher is a good listener, receptive to the initiative and energy of students

The Derekh Eretz Committee

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"Everybody put your heads down with your eyes closed. Raise your hand now if you have ever copied a homework assignment from