This is a g'niza/shamot ceremony I created for our school some time ago. Should you decide to go this route, feel free to use as is and/or edit it to suit your personal approach. A colleague to whom I forwarded it chose to add a reading relating to Kristalnacht and...
Marvin Schick, on behalf of the Avi Chai Foundation, conducted a survey relating to the role of principals in American schools. To read the results, click here.
A School of Values, Honesty, Respect Greenfield Day School, a Jewish Day School in Florida, serves children Grades K-8. The school population is composed of a wide range of multi-ethnic Jewish families; within this population, there are varying levels of religious...
Published in Ten Da’at XIX (January 2007). Appears here with permission. Introduction During the last ten years we have had the privilege to develop Jewish Studies curriculum for day schools throughout the Jewish world. This work has been done under the auspices of...
This article discusses two Sidrot that have sparked debate surrounding issues of symbolic purity and impurity. To read the article, click here.
This paper is based on Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences and why it is important for the Tanakh classroom. Click here.
This article explains assessment instruments to measure the professional development of the Pre-service and In-service Jewish teacher. The article discusses several instruments to assess the professional development of the mentee (i.e. pre-service, novice, beginning,...
This article discusses the mitzvoth in Parashat Ki Tetze with a focus on the mitzvah of "sending away the mother-bird.” To read the article, click here.
This article examines the Torah's two portraits of Noach. To read, click here.
This article originally appeared in Ten Da’at 7, 1, 1993, pp. 20-21. Reprinted here with permission. There has been much discussion, controversy and speculation concerning appropriate education for special needs children within the public school system. Frequently,...
