Posts Tagged: Jewish education
Making a Shidduch: Nobel Prize-Winning Jewish Economist Alvin Roth Discusses Matching (INTERVIEW)
Alvin E. Roth and Lloyd S. Shapley were awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science in mid-October for their work in market design....
American Jews: Romney or Obama?
There has been a lot of talk about which candidate in the upcoming presidential election is best for the Jewish community. Some have said, rightfully,...
British Court Rules in Orthodox Jewish Battle Over Children’s Education
In a legal battle over the education of their children, a British court has ruled in favor of the mother, who opposed her ex-husband's request...
Saving and Educating Jews are Acts of Holiness
In the book 'Defiance' (which was later made into a Hollywood film staring Liev Schreiber), the wife of a partisan says following World War II:...
The Hidden 36 – Zev Wolfson’s Powerful Lessons in Jewish Leadership
Do you believe in the Kabalistic Jewish tradition of the 36 hidden Tzadikim - saintly Jews who sustain the Jewish people with their...
Reform Leader Seeks to ‘Go Beyond Denominations’
During a recent visit to three synagogues (two Reform, one Orthodox) on eastern Long Island, Rabbi David Ellenson, PhD—president of Hebrew Union College-Jewish...
America’s First Female Rabbi: 40 Years Later
Rabbi Sally Priesand, America's first seminary-ordained female rabbi, decided at age 16 to pursue her calling. "I always wanted to be a teacher of whatever was...
Learning From Everything
Jonah Lehrer's latest book, Imagination: How Creativity Works, challenges us to rethink our ideas about innovation and the limitations we so often place on ourselves. We buy...
Kosher or Not, Life is a Journey
Laurel Snyder, an accomplished poet and author of children's books recently published a piece on CNN's "Belief Blog", examining her journey raising religious (but not...
Encyclopedic Wisdom: Britannica and the Talmud
Many of us marked with sadness the recent news that after 244 years, the Encyclopaedia Britannica will no longer be available in hard copy. It...
French Authorities Launch Manhunt for Killer of 4 at Jewish School (VIDEO)
Following Monday's brutal attack at a Jewish school in Southern France, in which 4 people were killed and two were critically injured, new details are...
Bat/Bar Mitzvahs: More Than Just Collecting Checks From Family Friends
At age 12, Sally Gottesman—now a not-for-profit consultant, largely in the Jewish community—was attuned to feminism in ways that other girls at her...
What Are You Teaching Your Children?
There are two ways to raise your children: you either shut them down or you open them up. If you shut them down you raise...
Mayor Michael Bloomberg Presides Over Naming of Ed Koch Center (PHOTOS)
Oh what a night! Mayor Michael Bloomberg presented (former) Mayor Edward I. Koch to an admiring crowd gathered in New York City January 25...
