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Torah Comes to Silicon Valley

Something strange is happening in Silicon Valley. A growing number of Jews living at high-tech industry’s doorstep are dramatically changing…

EDUCATION

Who’s Afraid of Change? Rethinking the Yeshivah Curriculum

Why do so many students leave yeshivah without fluency in Hebrew, Nach, or Mishnah? Rabbi Berel Wein makes a passionate…

EDUCATION

Grade Expectations Or Why Do Our Children Learn So Much and Know So Little?

We are all familiar with the Chazal that tells of the angel who touches each child on the lip just…

EDUCATION

The Zilberman Method

The past few decades have witnessed the rapid growth of Yeshivot that adhere to what is known as “The Zilberman…

EDUCATION

A New and Potent Curriculum for the Jewish Day School

Marvin Schick’s recent study, A Census of Jewish Day Schools in the United States 2008-9,1 clearly demonstrates growth in the…

EDUCATION

Gemara and the Ba’al Teshuvah

“Why learn Gemara?” is a question most ba’alei teshuvah will ask themselves in the course of their Torah study. It…

EDUCATION

Painting from the Soul: New Women Artists Group Explores Art Through a “Different Lens”

View Slideshow In 2002, Ita Mond’s youngest child entered kindergarten, marking a significant milestone for him—and for his mother. Finding…

EDUCATION

A “Stuyvie” Reminisces

Stuyvesant High School has long been regarded as the jewel in the crown of the New York City public school…

EDUCATION

The Tuition Squeeze: Paying the Price for Jewish Education

Jewish schools, in partnership with Jewish homes, have been responsible for the extraordinary and glorious continuity of Jewish tradition for…

EDUCATION

Vouchers: A Case Study

The struggle to pay day school tuition is an albatross around the neck of the Jewish community. But a new…

EDUCATION

In Defense of Tuition

The Cincinnati Hebrew Day School Board, like all school boards, is charged with an important duty: making sure that there…

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