In our tefillot and Torah readings during Elul and the Yomim Nora’im, the trait of areyvut was a prominent theme. Areyvut, which speaks to the

Part II Do children in a keyboard world need to learn old-fashioned handwriting? There is a tendency to dismiss handwriting as a nonessential skill, even

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A new school-wide initiative has come to life in RYNJ this year. As we continue to promote and nurture the values and middot our yeshiva

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Developing a relationship with God is a foundational goal of Jewish education, and as children get older, this goal becomes more challenging, complex and nuanced.

Moments after reading the final pesukim of the Torah, we begin again from Bereishit. Rejoicing in what we have accomplished, we renew our study from

Walk around the Rae Kushner Yeshiva High School building after morning tefillah, during lunch or pretty much any free moment of the day and you

As a rabbi, certain experiences or news alarm you. I’d like to share three of them that alarmed me in the past few years. First,