This article originally appeared in Tradition Volume 33,2 (1999). Reprinted here with permission. The Rabbis long ago endorsed the idea that the written Torah contains more than one level of meaning.[1] This is not surprising given, on the one hand, the rich...
Excerpts from "Democratic Classroom" Workshop sbailey@moriah.nsw.edu.au Administrators and classroom teachers acknowledge that effective, successful teaching requires two dynamics: process and structure. By process, we mean the interpersonal relationship...
We will be spending three hours together each week.I want to use the time to teach, and you want to use the time to learn -- so you can gain knowledge and skills as well as earn a good grade for your own satisfaction. I don’t want to spend our limited time together...
Reprinted here with permission. Every school has a mission. Sometimes that mission is fairly unique to the individual school. Often, though, that mission is shared by all Jewish day schools. For example, all of us talk about academic excellence in both Judaic and...
An interview with Shalom Carmy This interview with Rabbi Shalom Carmy appeared in Hamevaser Vol. 38 No. 1, and is reprinted with permission. Asher Friedman: Our growing sensitivity to psychological and moral complexities gives us great tools for analyzing...
Musical Intelligence: Remarkably, musical intelligence emerges earliest in life . People with musical intelligence have an ability to "produce and appreciate rhythm, pitch, and timbre; [they have an] appreciation of musical expressiveness ." Musicians translate their...
Ma’ayanot is a Yeshiva and College Preparatory High School for girls dedicated to the following objectives: To foster the development of a Torah personality: whose life decisions are guided by the values and traditions of a halakhically committed community who strives...
Mission Statement The mission of Fuchs Mizrachi School is to educate each child to be an Orthodox Religious Zionist Jew, imbued with the love of the God of Israel, the Torah of Israel, the people of Israel and the land of Israel. Academic excellence i
THREE TRACK CURRICULUM FOR JUDAIC STUDIES - A PILOT PROGRAM Students are selected for each track based on previous academic records, a personal interview with a designated member of the Torah staff, and a consultation with parents. CTA offers three options within its...
The philosophy of the Yeshivah of Flatbush Joel Braverman High School is to provide an education in which Jewish Studies are taught in Hebrew and which encourages and helps its young men and women to grow as benai and benot Torah, full human beings committed to a...
