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Derekh Eretz—The Power of Please and Thank You

Idie Benjamin and Dale Sides Cooperman Adults often refer to “please” and “thank you” as the magic words. They are...

Homework “in” Hebrew School?

Debi Mishael You might be surprised to learn that homework is done in my Religious School classroom. Before you dismiss...

Tech-i-ya 4.2

by Adrian A. Durlester As I mentioned in my previous column, this year we’re trying something different: highlighting just one...

Designing Siddur Covers for Chaggigat haSiddur

Laurie Bellet Last week at Oakland Hebrew Day School, we celebrated one of the most charming rituals of our year...

An Attitude of Gratitude—The Tzedakah Connection

Dale Sides Cooperman and Idie Benjamin  “A person’s a person, no matter how small.” Dr. Seuss, Horton Hears a Who...

Temple Bulletin

Roberta Louis Goodman Every summer I think about icebergs, sounds a bit like an oxymoron. The Goodman Center for Jewish...

Which Way is East?

Laurie Bellet At Oakland Hebrew Day School, no one ever needs to ask this question or even wonder. In every...

Bubbling up in JEDLAB

Peter Eckstein If the conversations found on JEDLAB, that Facebook based community of close to 2000 Jewsh educators, technologists and...

Keva & Kavanah in the Classroom: The Real Lesson Learned

Debi Mishael קבע וכונה We’ve just concluded the busy month of Tishrei תשרי and for many of us, the Religious...

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...

What I am Reading

Vicky Kelman Alone Together: Why We Expect More From Technology and Less from Each Other by Sherry Turkle ” I-Thou”...

November Is Coming! And It Is Going To Be Okay

Idie Benjamin and Dale Sides Cooperman True story. A number of years ago, before we had heard of emergent curriculum...

JEDLAB – THE NEW PLACE IN THE CLOUD

Peter Eckstein One of the hottest properties in the Jewish world doesn’t exist on earth. It’s in the cloud, located...

Hiddur Mitzvah…Glory, glory, Hallelujah!

Debi Mishael I remember a saying my father would use as a mantra, “Anything worth doing, is worth doing well.”...