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The State of the Obvious

Joel Grishaver Hebrew School is supposed to teach Hebrew. For a short period after the 6-Day war and in sporadic...

Modalities for Teaching Tefillah with PrayerTech

Joel Grishaver has been spending some time on the phone talking to educators who have adopted PrayerTech for their schools....

Happening on JEDLAB

  Peter Eckstein With close to 5700 members, JEDLAB is evolving. When it formed over 2 years ago, its mission...

The History of American Hebrew Teaching—How We Got Here

Joel Lurie Grishaver Shandeh School and Talmud Torah From the mid-twenties forward, there were three kinds of Jewish education for...

I Wanna Start a Fad

Joel Lurie Grishaver There are a lot of places to look for what is hot in Jewish Education. You can...

The Last Pew

Joel Lurie Grishaver MY FATHER (z”l) once designed what he considered to be the ultimate North American synagogue. It had...

Hebrew School: On the Frontlines

Joel Lurie Grishaver This piece was motivated by a new essay, “Yes, Something Can Be Done, A ‘Purple’ Solution to...