by Guest Voices | May 15, 2018 | Uncategorized
Three donors and a stem cell transplant recipient speak about curing cancer by Rabbi Yigal Sklarin, 12th Grade Dean, Ramaz Upper School As the 12th Grade Dean at Ramaz Upper School in New York City, I had the privilege on April 24, 2018 of leading a Gift of Life...
by Guest Voices | May 10, 2018 | Inside Jewish Day Schools Conference
by Elliott Rabin Last week, I had the luxury and privilege of spending a couple of days with some 60 educators, administrators and professors at a remarkable conference on Jewish day school education, hosted by the Mandel Center at Brandeis. Many things about the...
by Guest Voices | May 3, 2018 | Inside Jewish Day Schools Conference
by Rabbi Judd Kruger Levingston, Ph.D. “Rabbi Lev, how come we have to go to Shaharit services? It’s a pluralistic day school!” “Rabbi Lev, why can girls wear leggings, but the boys have to wear khakis? It’s a pluralistic school!” “Why do boys have to wear a kippa...
by Guest Voices | May 3, 2018 | Inside Jewish Day Schools Conference
by Rav-Hazzan Scott M. Sokol, PhD I’ve spent the last two days immersed with colleagues from academia and the Jewish day school world at a unique conference titled “Inside Jewish Day Schools.” My own background is as an academic who now finds himself Head of School of...
by Guest Voices | May 3, 2018 | Inside Jewish Day Schools Conference
By Dr. Sarah Levy Sitting next to Jon Levisohn, a co-chair of the conference and the director of the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Studies in Jewish Education, we commented after the first roundtable, a session called “Embracing Diversity, Teaching Equity:...
by Guest Voices | Apr 23, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Bethany Strulowitz Gathered around a pristine lake in the Poconos last summer, far away from the noise of late bells and midterm exams, I sat with a group of female high school students representing diverse Orthodox Jewish high schools all across the...
by Guest Voices | Mar 27, 2018 | Jewish Learning
by Zak Lempert What are the possible halakhic approaches to an accident involving a self-driving car? Who is at fault, and who is liable to pay for any damages? Could Jewish law even matter when dealing with this? With the recent accident involving an Uber vehicle in...
by Guest Voices | Feb 12, 2018 | Uncategorized
by Lianne Heller Sitting across from me is a mother with tears welling in her eyes. Her son, Max, is struggling to keep up in school. He is in third grade and has recently been diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder, ADHD and anxiety. His teachers are saying he is...
by Guest Voices | Jan 26, 2018 | Innovation
By: Nadav, JCDS 7th grader As part of the Jewish Community Day School’s annual STEM Day we held an Adaptive Technology Design Challenge. First we met with Mohammad Sayed, who has been wheelchair-bound since his childhood in Afghanistan. He now lives in the U.S. and is...
by Guest Voices | Jan 12, 2018 | Innovation
by Dr. Danny Aviv STEAM Director Schechter Westchester As a capstone to their four-year experience in our Engineering and Entrepreneurship (E2) program, our seniors hosted a Tikkun Olam Makeathon, in partnership with TOM Global. The students utilized the skills they...
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