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Shana Tova from Prizmah: A Message from the CEO

Whether in person, via zoom, or some hybrid of both, Jewish day schools and yeshivas have, over the last month or so, started the new semester. We...

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Mental Health in Day Schools On Our Minds

By Paul Bernstein

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Flexibility in Action

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Building Capable Leaders

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Assuming Board Leadership Amidst A Pandemic

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Restoring Our Sense of Agency with the Return of School

By Carly Namdar

The exuberance that each new school year brings for the children we greet through our doors is palpable throughout the school in the weeks leading up...

The Same and Entirely Different

By Elliott Rabin

The Book of Devarim that we are reading in synagogue during these weeks is a recap of the previous four books; the material is largely familiar, but...

Preparing Versus Planning: Lessons from Warfare On Opening Schools During COVID-19

By Rabbi Dr. David Hertzberg

As school leaders, we find ourselves dealing with a unique situation none of us could have imagined other than as a summer science-fiction...

Our Bodies are our Temples: Reflections on Mental Health and the Destruction of the Temples

By Guest Author

by Lisa B. Ziv Tisha B’Av is the saddest day on the Jewish calendar, commemorating the destruction of the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem in...

Why School?

By Guest Author

Why School?by Rabbi Laurie Hahn Tapper I was walking up the steps of our garage with my groceries freshly picked up from the curbside of our local...