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The “Do It Like the Public Schools” Fallacy
Joel Lurie Grishaver Somewhere in a box of books I have an early 1950’s book on Sunday school that tells...
The High Distinction of the Melamed
by Joel Lurie Girshaver When I went to graduate school the term was “teacher proofing.” It was thought that such...
Not So Sure About Woocher’s “New Approach”
by Joel Lurie Grishaver Jonathan Woocher is chief ideas officer at JESNA (Jewish Educational Service of North America) and director...
Altneu Non-Shul — The Sunday School for Jewish Studies
by Joel Grishaver Started around 1970 by some Harvard professors, just about the same time some other Harvard faculty started...
Self-Paced, Point & Click: The Jewish Problem with Progr...
by Joel Lurie Grishaver Programmed Instruction There is a growing fantasy in Jewish education that everything will be better if...
Teaching Israel When Israel is at War
by Joel Lurie Grishaver Crossing the internet are two prayers. One is a prayer for Israel’s soldiers. The other is...
Did God Create the Dinosaurs?
by Joel Lurie Grishaver [cross-posted to the Gris Mill] I was doing a workshop on “teaching God” to about sixty...
Invitation and Obligation (or “What I Learned on My Summer V...
(cross posted to TAPBB) by Joel Lurie Grishaver I am getting old. I learned that at the CAJE conference. We...
Israel and Family Education
In honor of Israel’s 60th birthday (and the upcoming publication of Artzeinu: An Israel Encounter) we’re going to be taking...
Beyond Distancing: Lessons About Our Success at Teaching Israel
In honor of Israel’s 60th birthday (and the upcoming publication of Artzeinu: An Israel Encounter) we’re going to be taking...
A Textbook is a Collection of Programs
In honor of Israel’s 60th birthday (and the upcoming publication of Artzeinu: An Israel Encounter) we’re going to be taking...
Teaching Israel without Politics Probably Isn’t Possible
In honor of Israel’s 60th birthday (and the upcoming publication of Artzeinu: An Israel Encounter) we’re going to be taking...
The Reports of Hebrew School’s Death are Greatly Exaggerated
by Joel Lurie Grishaver The word is on the street, “Hebrew School is useless.” While the forces that be have...
Double-Dipping to Disaster
by Joel Lurie Grishaver The Hebrew part of the supplemental school is the part most rapidly sliding into the abyss....
The Torah Aura Vision
by Jane Golub, Alan Rowe, and Joel Lurie Grishaver Torah Aura was founded with a basic vision. We knew what...