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They Shoot Teachers, Don’t They?
Joel Lurie Grishaver Here they are again, folks! These wonderful, wonderful kids! Still struggling! Still hoping! As the clock of...
An Author in the News
Congratulations (and a hearty kol ha-kavod) are in order to Rachel Barenblat, one of the authors of God: Jewish Choices...
Not So Sure About Woocher’s “New Approach”
by Joel Lurie Grishaver Jonathan Woocher is chief ideas officer at JESNA (Jewish Educational Service of North America) and director...
Altneu Non-Shul — The Sunday School for Jewish Studies
by Joel Grishaver Started around 1970 by some Harvard professors, just about the same time some other Harvard faculty started...
Helping to Make Schools That Work: A Publisher’s Response to...
In the last couple months, you may have noticed Torah Aura Productions using a new mission statement: “Making success in...
NEWS2USE: Israeli Election Special
by Adrian A. Durlester Here’s the roundup of this week’s Jewish news for use in your classroom. Follow the hyperlinks...
Teaching Israel When Israel is at War
by Joel Lurie Grishaver Crossing the internet are two prayers. One is a prayer for Israel’s soldiers. The other is...
News2Use: Elections, Mashups, and the Economy
by Adrian A. Durlester What Jewish Problem? Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz reports that, according to exit polls, Barack Obama received 77%...
News2Use: Green Shofars, Tzipi, Baseball, and Honey
This week, we’re debuting a new feature in TAPBB. It’s called News2Use, and it’s by Adrian Durlester. Each week, Adrian...
Beyond Distancing: Lessons About Our Success at Teaching Israel
In honor of Israel’s 60th birthday (and the upcoming publication of Artzeinu: An Israel Encounter) we’re going to be taking...
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