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Using Whole-School Lessons for Family Education

We got this note from Rachel Margolis, Director of Education at University Synagogue in Los Angeles: I was excited to...

Hebrew Schools Aren’t a Placebo

by Josh Barkin There are people who say that supplementary Jewish education — that enterprise that often goes by names...

Using Cell Phones for Teaching and Learning

Following is a piece written by an educator in the field about using technology in the Jewish classroom. For Joel...

Wrestling With Sandy Koufax

by Josh Barkin In my childhood home, baseball was a religion. Sandy Koufax was the chief deity. My dad is...

A Different Germany

by Josh Barkin Sitting in the Bundestag’s Paul Löbe Building, home to the parliamentary committees of the German government, the...

The Torah Aura Vision

by Jane Golub, Alan Rowe, and Joel Lurie Grishaver Torah Aura was founded with a basic vision. We knew what...

The Language of Inclusion

by Rabbi Kerry Olitzky and Paul Golin Most of us would be embarrassed to learn we’ve been using hurtful or...

Rays of Light: Jewish Life is Just One Big Celebration… NOT!

by Lali Ray Summer is the time for contemplation. There are no holidays to celebrate—well, there’s Tisha B’Av but you...

Joel Grishaver

Joel GrishaverJoel GrishaverJoel GrishaverJoel GrishaverJoel GrishaverJoel GrishaverJoel GrishaverJoel GrishaverJoel Grishaver I know a guy named Joel Grishaver. Isn’t that a...

Rays of Light: Triggering the Mind to Think in New Ways

by Lali Ray Does anyone else’s mind work the way mine does? I can be working on a project and...

Rays of Light: The End of the Year—Whew! or Wow?

by Lali Ray All of the principals and teachers I’ve seen and talked with in the last month are in...