guest post by: Eli Ungar-Sargon More than anyone in recent memory, Matthew Hess is testing the old adage that there’s no such thing as bad
This post is the first in several dedicated to an analysis of Jewish Jumpstart’s 2010 survey and report, “The Innovation Economy: An Emerging Market for
Every once in a while, somebody accuses Jewschool contributors of ignoring or belittling anti-Semitism. For those who found Borat to be a hilarious take-down of
Tablet Magazine and Marc Tracy did well with this parody of the instant classic Go the Fuck to Sleep.
Jewish Week reports on the growing phenomenon of Modern Orthodox teens keeping ‘Half Shabbos’ and texting on Shabbat both in private and also in full
On June 16 the California legislature passed SB 104—the Fair Treatment for Farmworkers Act. The United Farm Workers have been organizing a series of actions
Founded 1897, The Jewish Daily Forward is the only publication that I can safely say that I have read with the same regularity as my
In the lobby of the Walter Reade Theatre, where the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival is being held, waiting to see the New York
by Jonah Geffen, Rabbinical Student Kelly Cohen, Jewish Educator We are trapped in a discourse that has no logical end. It has been asserted that
It seems obvious to say we can’t address Jewish education challenges with simple solutions, but the stream of such claims appearing in major Jewish publications makes me think it’s not as obvious as it should be. We need to find ways to bring more children into formal Jewish education, starting at young ages. We need to work together to improve the quality of Jewish education for children in all forms of educational programs. We need to innovate, document, and evaluate new models of Jewish education to increase the quality and content of Jewish education for children inside and outside day schools.
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