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With Covid not yet behind us but with some sense of managed normalcy, I have returned to visiting day schools across North America. While each individual school, community and region differs in approach, I am learning from...
Since Covid-19, schools have been shifting from face-to-face learning to hyflex models as well as technology-enhanced teaching and learning. Teachers are facing rapid change in their teaching methods and are often struggling...
Recruiting and retaining high-quality Hebrew teachers has become a significant challenge for many day schools across the country. For many second-language learners, the key to growth is stepping outside of one’s comfort zone...
By Regina and Andrea Lulka How do our families, children and faculty engage with diverse groups of people in our Jewish schools and communities? How can we, as educators, develop critical consciousness and an anti-bias, anti...
When Moshe came down from Sinai, the Torah tells us, he did not realize that his face was glowing (Exodus 34:29). The radiance frightened Aaron and the Israelites as they greeted Moshe, who ultimately placed a veil over his...
By Chani Rotenberg News coverage of the American government today can be quite disheartening. How can we develop thoughtful public policy within the intense polarization, legislative gridlock and lack of trust that infects...
It seems like our society tries to tackle its biggest challenges with polarized, black-and-white, “my way or the highway” approaches. When it comes to Israel, it’s no secret that narratives are especially polarized and, more...
By Dr. Lesley Litman “Teaching, like any truly human activity, emerges from one’s inwardness, for better or worse. As I teach, I project the condition of my soul onto my students, my subject, and our way of being together.”...