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Pesah Panic Time
by Laurie Bellet We have now entered into the time frame that I call “Pesah Panic” time. Pesah Panic Time...
I Know More About Glue…
Several years ago, my teaching assistant couldn’t make it. Our Cantor/Educator stepped in to fill the role. When asked by...
More About Hanukkah
by Laurie Bellet The approach of Hanukkah sends even the least crafty of teachers to the drawing board. In addition...
Quickie Hanukkah Project Ideas
by Laurie Bellet The approach of Hanukkah sends even the least crafty of teachers to the drawing board. In addition...
Jewish Classroom Management
by Joel Lurie Grishaver The following e-mail came in: Many of us in small schools end up teaching our own...
Let Me Count the Ways: Being A Jewish Professional — 5 Thing...
by Carol Oseran Starin Sometimes things come together in interesting ways. Last week I was invited to talk with a...
If Mary Poppins Taught Hebrew School, She Would Have…
by Fran Pearlman One of the greatest challenges of the congregational school is our setting (and of course our timing)....
Let Me Count the Ways: Index Cards — Don’t Leave Home withou...
by Carol Oseran Starin Just before Simhat Torah my colleague Rivy Poupko Kletenik burst in on a Monday morning with,...
Where to Find Hanukkah Art Supplies
by Laurie Bellet With Hanukkah approaching, I am asked questions daily, all beginning with the same introduction: “I’ll bet you...
Jewish Classroom Management: A Good Offense (part two)
by Joel Lurie Grishaver (To read Part One of this series, click here.) Last time we talk about “sever panim...
Old Greeting Cards Make Great Art Supplies
by Laurie Bellet Heshvan is a month I love. In Heshvan, families shower me with their used greeting cards, a...
Let Me Count the Ways: Hebrew Names
by Carol Oseran Starin Names are important in Judaism. Our names connect us to previous generations, to the Torah, to...
Jewish Classroom Management: A Good Offense (part one)
by Joel Lurie Grishaver To be a little crass, classroom management has both offense and defense. Defense is when we...
Let Me Count the Ways: 5 Ways To Create A Joyful Jewish Clas...
by Carol Oseran Starin In the Talmud we learn that Torah is acquired by 48 means or qualities (Pirke Avot...
Around the Office
We are proud of this one. Two college kids called the office today and asked to be reminded of the...