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Making Jewish Calendars
by Laurie Bellet Every lesson, throughout 4 years of high school French, Madame Jarman began by requiring us to recite...
Let Me Count the Ways: 5 Great Tzedakah Projects
by Carol Oseran Starin Maimonides’ ladder. Siegel’s mitzvah heroes. The little brown envelope. Every school has tzedakah programs and fairs....
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...
Rant of the Week
by Joel Lurie Grishaver I hate model programs. If you live anywhere in the world of Jewish life, model programs...
Rays of Light: Was What You Thought You Heard What I Thought...
by Lali Ray My husband, Eric Ray (author of Sofer: The Story of a Torah Scroll) had a lovely experience...
Joel Grishaver
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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...
Educational Reflection: Tru-Religion
by Joel Lurie Grishaver It amazes me that no one has gotten it! Everyone has been talking about The Truman...
Announcements!
As we mentioned last week, Joel recently won the prestigious 1998 Covenant Award, which recognizes the finest Jewish teachers in...
Educational Reflection: On seventh and eighth graders.
by Joel Lurie Grishaver David Elkinds, a professor at Tuffs University and the author of All Grown Up with No...
Announcements!
Some very exciting news…Joel has won the prestigious 1998 COVENANT AWARD! Presented yearly by the Covenant Foundation in New York,...
Let Me Count the Ways: 5 Shavuot Projects
by Carol Oseran Starin For those of us in the Jewish school business, Shavuot gets little attention. It usually comes...
Let Me Count The Ways: 5 Things You Can Do To Energize And R...
by Carol Oseran Starin It’s the time of the year when kids are looking out the window. Winter doldrums are...