Education
A Republican Jew on Progressive Jews, Israel, and the American Jewish Community
Pin It As a Republican Jew I often find myself in the minority. As someone who is deeply involved in Jewish life this happens quite often. Yet when it comes... Read More »
Jewish Education is Dead: Long Live Jewish Education
Pin It {EAV:d0011d30ff328718} Dr. Jonathan Woocher’s keynote presentation at the Union for Reform Judaism’s Biennial, “Education is Dead: Long Live Jewish Education” was a purposeful road map for Jews of... Read More »
The YU Sex Scandal: It’s About the Yeshiva, Not the Sex
Pin It Keeping things in perspective, the administration of Yeshiva University should look at the “sex scandal†that has spread from the school’s undergraduate campuses, through the Wall Street Journal... Read More »
Is Blogging Good for the Jews?
Pin It Two weeks ago I received a number of frantic phone calls and messages. Â A well-trafficked Jewish blog published a story that was factually untrue. Â The ignorance and hatred... Read More »
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year (for Educators)
Pin It Autumn. That wonderful smell in the air, foliage changing colors, no more lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer. However my love for this time of year is... Read More »
Reading, ‘Riting, and ‘Rithmetic in Retrospect, Part III: Bad Timing
This week, let’s attack something a little more mundane: scheduling of the school day Read More »
Reading, ‘Riting, and ‘Rithmetic in Retrospect, Part II: No Literature Created Equal
Pin It An Analysis of the Clashes Between Judaic and Secular Studies in the Jewish Day School Read More »
Reading, ‘Riting, and ‘Rithmetic in Retrospect, Part I: Introduction
Pin It An Analysis of the Clashes Between Judaic and Secular Studies in the Jewish Day School Read More »
NonProfit 2.0 DC: Embracing the New Web
Pin It While we normally don’t post events or promote outside or inside events here on Jewneric, I think this is appropriate to many of you, our readers. I am... Read More »
Yeshiva University Employs Transgender Professor
Pin It An article published today in the New York Post discusses Literature Professor Joy Ladin, formerly known as Jay Ladin. I implore you to read this article and post... Read More »
The Friendship Jewneric Opportunity
Pin It Hey Jewneric Family, I want to share with you an incredible opportunity to help the Jewish community at large. The friendship Circle in West Bloomfield is holding its... Read More »
Where Zionism Lives
Pin It By: Michael Dickson The despondency that marks the two year anniversary of the recent war in Lebanon is, for me, mitigated by the happy anniversary of my Aliyah,... Read More »
Wordle Shows Visual Representations of Any Text with Cool Biblical Implacations
Pin It Today, someone sent me the link to a new web 2.0 site, Wordle. Wordle gives you a tag cloud of any text you put in. Someone already mashed... Read More »
A Bubble Of A World
Pin It While at work, and in dire need of entertainment, my friend sent me a link to a restaurant review and urged me to look down to comment #25. ... Read More »
My Advice: Buy Renter’s Insurance!
Pin It This past Friday night my wife and I experienced something that we hope no one else ever has to experience in their lives… fire. When we returned from... Read More »
The State of Israel Advocacy on and off Campus
Pin It Yesterday I awoke at 4:30am in New York, to attend a 9:30am meeting in D.C. Not fun. However, the meeting that took place was a lot more enjoyable... Read More »
Genetic Markers to Identify Lost Ones
Pin It There are four letters of the genetic alphabet – A, C, T and G – which pair up and create your DNA. Thanks to modern technology, a scientist... Read More »
What Are Our Priorities In Jewish Education?
Pin It Last night my 4th graders did an exercise where they came up with – and voted on – a list of things they would add to their “Tenaim”... Read More »
MTV Releases Holocaust PSA
Pin It A few weeks ago, MTV posted some interesting new videos as part of their Think Campaign, which tries to make it so that ” you, your friends, and... Read More »
