TAPBB result Guest Columnist
Was it Really That Bad?
Joel Grishaver A few weeks ago I wrote a blog entry “Redemption or a Service Industry,” One of my friends...
The Day Facebook Took Over Jewish Education
David Bryfman Facebook is possibly the most significant advancement in Jewish education in several decades. In 2011 one needs Facebook...
When Jewish Play is More Than Just Fun
David Bryfman Zechariah the prophet writes about peace and prosperity coming to Zion. Thus says the Lord: Old men and...
Who’s in Charge?
Making Hebrew School More Like Summer Camp David Bryfman I frequently get asked the question of how to make Hebrew...
Bucking the Post B’nai Mitzvah Trend
At Temple Beth-El, kids don’t drop out after becoming bar or bat mitzvah. Here’s how they reshaped their program to...
Making it Cool (and Meaningful) to go to Shul
“Shabbat Club” Engages Children and Families With Unique T’fillah Experiences by Rabbi Rebecca Rosenthal What do colored stickers and ice...
I See You
The Story Behind The New Special Resource Guide V’khol Banayikh by Sara Rubinow Simon Have you seen the sensational new...
Believe It: A Madrikhim Program That Works!
Walk into Temple Beth Israel in Pomona, CA on any given school day, and you’ll find a committed group of...
Tot-Tastic!
Notes from an Editor of our New Tot Shabbat Siddurim. by Timothy Lytton This month, we published A Shabbat Evening...
Creating Torah Citizens
How Our School Develops a Community of Torah Readers by Debi Rowe In my synagogue’s Torah School, our students do...
“Hineini”
by David Singer David Singer, a student at the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies at the American Jewish University, is...
The Art, Fun, and Some Science of Teaching Adults
by Debi M. Rowe I have been teaching adults in congregational settings for over 20 years; I taught in the...
The Language of Inclusion
by Rabbi Kerry Olitzky and Paul Golin Most of us would be embarrassed to learn we’ve been using hurtful or...
If Mary Poppins Taught Hebrew School, She Would Have…
by Fran Pearlman One of the greatest challenges of the congregational school is our setting (and of course our timing)....
Rays of Light: Jewish Life is Just One Big Celebration… NOT!
by Lali Ray Summer is the time for contemplation. There are no holidays to celebrate—well, there’s Tisha B’Av but you...