An Interview with Menahem Kahana This interview originally appeared in Hebrew in Meimad, Vol. 17, August 1999. Translated by Rachel Schloss. Menahem Kahana, Professor of Talmud at Hebrew University, explains the difficulties inherent in learning Gemara:...
This article originally appeared in Hebrew in Meimad, Vol. 17, August 1999. (Translated by Rachel Schloss) The study of Talmud is at the very core of Jewish identity, which is why in yeshivot of all types, national-religious included, Gemara-learning is the...
The synopsis of this debate originally appeared in Hebrew in Meimad, Vol. 17, August 1999. (Translated by Rachel Schloss) About a year and a half ago, a few hundred men and women (mostly yeshiva and Midrasha students) gathered in Jerusalem’s “Yakar” Beit...
From Tradition, Vol. 18 No. I, Summer 1979 "…uphold… ideas long enough, frequently enough, and with inspiration, and some young people are not only going to believe in them, they are going to believe in them with the fervor of the young and even arrange...
Ten Da'at Index: Contemporary issues in Jewish education Achiman, Hanoch, The Use of "Behirah" in Education, 1, 1, 1987, p. 12. ADMINISTRATION Altshul, William, Child Abuse: A School Meets a Crisis, 2, 3, 1988, pp. 13-14. Bernstein, Louis, Boards of Education and Day...
Reprinted from Ten Da'at 5/2 1991, pp. 22-23. Recently my family celebrated two semahot; my oldest son, Yonah, became a bar mitzvah, and my middle son, Dovi, began learning Humash. Throughout the bar mitzvah preparation I was struck by the fact that preparing the...
Reprinted from Ten Daat Vol. III No. 3 pp. 9-11 Formal Jewish education for women is a twentieth century phenomenon initiated by the courageous, dedicated, and tireless efforts of Sara Schnirer. Since her founding of the Beth Jacob Movement in Poland,...
This article discusses the obligation of women to light the Chanukah candles. It is in Hebrew. To read the article, click here.
Originally appeared in Tradition 19(2), Summer 1981 pp.122-129. Reprinted with permission. For my five-year-old daughter, Noa Eve I "A man should never cast his reason behind him," writes Maimonides in his Letter on Astrology, "for the eyes are set in the front not...
This article describes the story of a synagogue in Poznan, Poland that was turned into a swimming pool by the Nazis, during the Holocaust. To read the article, click here.
