Professional Development Resources: Student Engagement

Teaching Hebrew as a Second/Foreign Language

This time last year I sat at my desk thinking about what is wrong with the teaching of Hebrew as a second/foreign language. The... Read more

Teaching About Israel

This article originally appeared in Tradition Volume 19 #3 Fall 1981 . Reprinted here with permission. Teaching about Israel today is not merely teaching... Read more

Modern Orthodox Jewish Day Schools and Non-Jews

This article explores the variety of issues and differences between Jewish Day Schools and Non-Jews. To read the article, click here. Read more

Students’ Identification with Israel

Ideas by participants of the “Engaging the Disengagement” Online Discussion and Semadar Goldstein of The Lookstein Center 1. Classroom debates: a) A soldier’s dilemma... Read more

Knowledge and Attitudes of Post High School Jewish-American Orthodox Students in Israel- A Follow-Up

This article is a rejoinder to a previous research article that explored the attitudes and knowledge of Post High School American students in Israel.... Read more

Pe’ninei Torah (Pearls of Torah)

This article compiles some Pe’ninei Torah (Pearls of Torah) from a variety of topics, to provide insights to Torah students. To read the article, click... Read more

Teaching Evolution in Yeshivah High Schools

This article originally appeared in Ten Da’at, vol. 10, 1, 1997. Appears here with permission. Some yeshivah educators find troublesome the section on evolution... Read more