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New Jewish Education: Wicked Good?
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A collaborative resource for thoughtful (and possibly frustrated) folks interested in trying to do things just a little better. Tuesday, April 03, 2007. What should we think of the wicked child, who challenges all of us gathered around the seder table at Passover with the question "What does this practice mean to you? First, you might not realize that the wicked child is quoting from the Bible - Exodus 12:26. Two recent books use the wicked child's question as the jumping off point for treatises on the a...
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New Jewish Education: May 2015
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A collaborative resource for thoughtful (and possibly frustrated) folks interested in trying to do things just a little better. Friday, May 29, 2015. A Joke with a Yiddish Punchline. This past March, the Emanu-El Skirball Center. Hosted a book release party for " A Fire Burns in Kotsk. A translation by Jonathan Boyarin of Pshishke in Kotzk. If you enjoyed this, go ahead and watch the full video of the event. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Contact and Biographical Information. Team Liz in America. Technology...
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New Jewish Education: What does it mean to live a life that is "authentically Jewish?"
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A collaborative resource for thoughtful (and possibly frustrated) folks interested in trying to do things just a little better. Friday, January 24, 2014. What does it mean to live a life that is "authentically Jewish? Identity theorist Elli P. Schachter. To be authentically Jewish is to. Take a stance on our values and behaviors. And to articulate how they relate to our inherited traditions. I say stance, rather than commitment, because I believe our values and behaviors must be constantly reaffirmed,.
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New Jewish Education: Tzedakah: Building a Culture of Equity
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A collaborative resource for thoughtful (and possibly frustrated) folks interested in trying to do things just a little better. Friday, June 06, 2014. Tzedakah: Building a Culture of Equity. I posted a personal vision statement for Jewish education. Over the coming year, I will offer suggestions as to how this vision can be implemented based on examples from my work at Congregation Emanu-El of the City of New York. I begin with a look at how we teach about tzedakah. 8221; “ altruistic love. That our achi...
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New Jewish Education: A Joke with a Yiddish Punchline
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A collaborative resource for thoughtful (and possibly frustrated) folks interested in trying to do things just a little better. Friday, May 29, 2015. A Joke with a Yiddish Punchline. This past March, the Emanu-El Skirball Center. Hosted a book release party for " A Fire Burns in Kotsk. A translation by Jonathan Boyarin of Pshishke in Kotzk. If you enjoyed this, go ahead and watch the full video of the event. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Contact and Biographical Information. Team Liz in America.
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New Jewish Education: Best Practices: Holocaust Memorials
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A collaborative resource for thoughtful (and possibly frustrated) folks interested in trying to do things just a little better. Friday, April 17, 2009. Best Practices: Holocaust Memorials. In honor of Yom Ha-Shoah, this is a guest post from Leah Zimmerman, the Director of Education at Beth Chayim Chadashim. In Los Angeles, California and Temple Beth Israel. Two of the most active and distracted boys in my Kitah Zayin (7. Why did they take it to heart and create something genuine? For another group of stu...
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New Jewish Education: Why do we bless our bread? (Part IV)
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A collaborative resource for thoughtful (and possibly frustrated) folks interested in trying to do things just a little better. Tuesday, September 23, 2014. Why do we bless our bread? Tomorrow evening we enter into the sabbatical or shmita year. And so once again I share with you a section from my master's thesis on Birkat Ha-Mazon. The grace after meals. In my three previous posts, I discussed the significance of sanctifying the act of eating. Arthur Waskow analyzes the problem, asking whether “in...
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New Jewish Education: Synagogue Schools and Congregational Agendas
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A collaborative resource for thoughtful (and possibly frustrated) folks interested in trying to do things just a little better. Friday, February 09, 2007. Synagogue Schools and Congregational Agendas. Appearing in the January 2007. On the topic of Synagogue Organizing, is an article that I authored entitled " Synagogue Schools and Congregational Agendas. In many congregations, bar and bat mitzvah has become the point at which students end their participation in the school and the synagogue, and often, Je...
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New Jewish Education: How to ask a question (?) (!) (?)
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A collaborative resource for thoughtful (and possibly frustrated) folks interested in trying to do things just a little better. Thursday, July 31, 2014. How to ask a question (? The following is a excerpt from the article " Active Learning in the Halakha. Which first appeared in the Lookstein Center's journal Jewish Educational Leadership. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Contact and Biographical Information. Team Liz in America. Team Liz in Jerusalem. My Statement of Jewish Educational Philosophy.
