The following is the statement of philosophy of the Torah Academy of Bergen County: Predicated on Rambam 's dual formulation of the first commandment to believe that there is a G-d and to know that there is a G-d - Torah Academy strives to promote a sense of profound...
"A COMMUNITY OF LEARNERS" Kushner Yeshiva High School - Yeshiva Tichonit Beit Yosef - prepares American Jewish adolescents with the tools necessary to face challenges posed by contemporary society. Fashioned upon the finest principles of Modern Orthodoxy, the school...
Ramaz The Rabbi Joseph H. Lookstein Upper School of Ramaz in the Morris and Ida Newman Educational Center Course of Instruction 1996-97 Table of Contents Course of Instruction in Judaic Studies I Department of Talmud II Department of TaNaKH III Department of Judaism...
Bi-Cultural Day School, Stamford, CT It is true that there is a very limited amount of Jewish educational software especially for grades 3-8. There is much software for learning the alef-bet, but it is only for the early learning levels. There also exists much...
My paper dealt with an issue close to my heart: the traditional neglect of Bible study within yeshivot. I am always intrigued how the so-called People of the Book have no knowledge of that book. The paper studied three areas relevant to the discussion: the halachic...
This article discusses a program designed for a new, more sophisticated method of teaching Tanakh and midrash, so that the standard modern Orthodox Day School student will develop a full appreciation for midrashei Hazal. To read the article, click here.
When a female child reaches the age of twelve years and one day she is halakhically a Bat Mitzvah. A search of literature dealing with religious observance as relating to women indicates minimal sources available to those wishing to mark the occasion. For basic...
Bat Mitzvah: A Challenge for Religious Education Translated by Moshe Sokolow Copyright 1989, Ten Da’at. The religious upper school educational system in the State of Israel, comprised of Torah high schools, Ulpanot, technical and vocational schools, teachers’...
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN JUDAISM By: Alain Attar Today 's ecological awareness and debates on wider global issues are in many cases a result of the detrimental side of industrialization and its effect on the environment. What are Judaism 's views on...
Chazal's Criticism of Moshe Rabbenu Sicha Given By HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l Both sichot that appear here were delivered on Shabbat Parashat Vaera 5755 (1995) - the first on leil Shabbat, and the second at Seuda Shelishit. They were summarized after Shabbat by a...
