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Let Me Count the Ways: Jewish websites for Jewish teachers
by Carol Oseran Starin If you’re an avid web browser always looking for the coolest stuff online, reading today’s column...
The Consortium for the Jewish Family Conference within a Con...
Looking for a way to learn more about working with Jewish families? Here’s your chance. Be a participant in the...
Learning About Autism
by Josh Barkin My commute to the Torah Aura Productions Headquarters (in beautiful Vernon, CA) is kind of long. Or...
When We Teach Israel, There’s Often a Gap
In honor of Israel’s 60th birthday, we’re going to be taking some space in the TAPBB to talk about some...
Pesah Art That Goes Beyond the Seder Plate
by Laurie Bellet The other day, I gave a group of early childhood teachers a wonderful way to make charoset...
Free Teacher Resources Now Available
Are you thinking of using God: Jewish Choices for Struggling with the Ultimate in your school? We now have resources...
Let Me Count the Ways: Jewish Art and the Jewish Classroom
by Carol Oseran Starin This column is not about art projects. It’s about understanding art as a way of expressing...
Kids Don’t Benefit from “Dumbed-Down” Torah
We recently got this note from Rachel Margolis, a new educator at University Synagogue in Los Angeles. This year, she...
Have Fun with Your Stools (or Chairs)
by Laurie Bellet The 7th grade student, scanning a book, called out to her classmates, “Is anyone sitting on Frida?”...
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Musings on Purim Art
by Laurie Bellet I write this as I am flying home from my holiday weekend, spent directing the Art Studio...
Let Me Count the Ways: Jewish Artists — Jewish Art
by Carol Oseran Starin In 1962, when the twelve stained glass windows he created for Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center...
What’s New at Torah Aura?
The Torah Aura Productions offices have been busy lately. Josh and Jane were in Chicago last week for the Jewish...
Making Meaningful Connections
In our last issue, Idie Benjamin wrote about report cards and progress reports. Soon after, we got this note from...
Jewish Dollhouses Bring Learning Alive
by Laurie Bellet What makes a house a Jewish home? This question is frequently posed to children in religious school...