Abstract: The article argues for three pedagogic uses of the Ramban al hatorah which the author believes are not currently being employed. The first use is viewing the Ramban al hatorah topically, as a sugya, both where Ramban brings in other sources himself and when...
Judy Klitsner, winner of the National Jewish Book Award, looks at leadership in Bereshit and Shemot. The sourcesheet is available here. Video courtesy of The Lookstein Center of Jewish Education in partnership with Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School.
Shmuel Klitsner of Midreshet Lindenbaum undertakes a literary analysis of the text of Yehuda and Tamar and the text of Brit Bein Habetarim. Video courtesy of The Lookstein Center of Jewish Education in partnership with Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School. 59...
Click here to read this very interesting article about Jewish identity.
In this session, Eli Kohn examines the theory and practice of diagnostic tests in Judaic Studies. The session focuses primarily on Tanakh, but the approach can be applied to all subject areas. Rabbi Dr Eli Kohn is the Director of Curriculum Development at The...
Much can be done to make the Seder more relevant to contemporary needs and simultaneously truer to the spirit of the Rabbis as educators. Noam Zion presents the Hagaddah as an educational dialogue between parents and child, leader and participant. He offers stories...
Introduction There is nothing new about the depiction of Biblical stories and Biblical characters in theater, film, and opera. Cecil B. De Mille’s Ten Commandments and Camille Saint-Saens’ Samson and Delila immediately come to mind as successful examples. While...
This checklist assesses how much a teaching student (madrich or madricha) implements the learned competency with ease and fluidity, and makes smooth adjustments to different classroom situations. See more here.
Abstract: All things on earth, be they animate or inanimate, are affected by time. However, only man is keenly aware of time. While animals may react instinctively to a time or seasonal change, only human beings are conscious of time's passage and actually measure...
Abstract: As my months of teaching Sefer Iyov came to a close, I began to reflect on how happy I was that I had followed through on my decision to teach Iyov. Although Iyov is not a part of most high school curricula, there are many reasons to include it in a high...
