Over breakfast in Yerushalayim a few weeks ago, I was talking about the state of American Jewish education with a friend who teaches graduates of
It is axiomatic that if day schools were run like businesses, with only a goal of operating in the black, most day schools would close.
I few weeks ago I visited the settlement of Gevaot in the Gush Etzion area, not far from Jerusalem. The settlement of Gevaot was founded
Over the past 40 years working with parents, teachers, administrators and children, I have developed some ideas and theories about parenting, and approaches to dealing
It is my firm belief that principals and heads of school need to be educators and educational leaders first and foremost. They need to be
Day school education in America is an evolving revolution. In the early 20th century there were very few schools offering limudei kodesh and general studies.
The appalling spectacle of professional athletes taking a knee during the playing of the National Anthem is both revolting and disingenuous. It also sends the
Large numbers of Israelis live in Bergen County, especially in Tenafly and Fair Lawn. Israelis have settled in very large numbers in many countries outside
The sounds of the shofar pierce the early-morning hours in shuls around the world this month. It is a clarion call to action. A wake-up
I spent 20 years on the Yeshiva University campus. I entered what was then MTA in 1958, graduated Yeshiva College in 1966, received semikha in
A recent article on Huffington Post by a rabbi, a blog by Rabbi Efrem Goldberg and some exchanges on Facebook have re-opened the discussion about
I have always felt very strongly that Judaism is caught more than it is taught. Children learn very early on what is important by the
