I’ve been thinking about the implied economy in educational institutions, especially as it is understood in the financial aid/tuition assistance process. Ostensibly, […]
In Israel, the women’s learning movement preceded the Orthodox feminist movement. It was not viewed as threatening, but rather as a natural […]
For many people, the texts of Torah learning are themselves the biggest obstacles. They are dense, difficult, often unpunctuated and written in […]
I asked the new president of a growing synagogue about their brand. “Young couples are our brand,” she said. “Young couples with […]
The prevalence of “cafeteria Judaism” is part of what frustrates so many Jewish professionals in their search for how to promote a […]
We must promote rigorous study with honest and critical analysis, making it accessible to all and moving away from unchecked centralized rabbinic […]
We are ingenious in fund-raising, which is good; we are shipwrecked in raising our children, which is tragic. We give of our […]
“Rabbinic texts and biblical texts were initially written for an elite, adult community,” he said. “To create a pathway for children and […]
When I poll Bais Yaakov graduates about their emotional associations with certain mitzvos, I often find that they feel very warm about […]
Given what we now know about this pervasive sense among secular Jews, it is time to invest more seriously in educational endeavors […]
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