Recently, The Jewish Link wrote about an organization called Shalva (Jan. 4, 2024, p. 31) which stepped up and galvanized their efforts to help children
Rabbi Dr. Wallace Greene Part II According to the UJA Federation’s recent survey(https://jfnnj.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Full-Report-Northern-New-Jersey-Jewish-Community-Study.pdf) more than four in five Orthodox respondents (83%) and about two in
Part II In Part I we described some characteristics of the entitled child (and parent). In Part II we will try to analyze why this
Part I I readily admit that I am a dinosaur and perhaps a bit of a curmudgeon. I grew up at a time when children
The Center for Initiatives in Jewish Education recently hosted a robotics tournament for day schools to promote STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) in
I was recently reading the current issue of HaMizrachi, which is published by the religious Zionist movement. The major part of the issue was devoted
One of my dearest friends and colleagues is Rabbi Yonah Fuld, who, prior to making aliyah, was the principal of SAR Academy in Riverdale for
I am privileged to be one of the presenters (along with Rabbi Benjamin Yudin and Rabbi Andrew Markowitz) at The Naftoli Aaron Torah Enrichment Program
In 1962 I was awarded a scholarship to attend Yeshiva Kol Torah in Bayit Vegan in Jerusalem where there was a promising young rosh yeshiva
A colleague of my wife was bemoaning her daughter’s forthcoming college tuition expense. She became speechless, when my wife informed her that we have been
When non- Orthodox, Jews become ba’alei teshuva (BT), they accept the rules and stringencies of halacha. But they are also immersed in the midst of
Teachers play a critical role in shaping the lives of our children. Teachers not only facilitate learning, but also influence a child’s social and emotional
