Hebrew School’s New Game Theory
Julie Wiener Associate Editor ‘Fun’ teaching tool catching on to engage tech-savvy teens, but development costs may be big hurdle.Like most of her friends, Jenn, a Long Island teen, loves computer...
View ArticleCan Online Portals Transform Hebrew Schools?
Julie Wiener Associate Editor Content providers like Behrman House are looking to take learning beyond the classroom in race to the digital top.Imagine your child’s Hebrew school homework isn’t on...
View ArticleFeeding Frenzy In Brooklyn
Julie Wiener Associate Editors With the weather still hot, summer camp over and the children restless, the last week before school starts can be a challenge for many parents.All the more so for haredi...
View ArticleNew York Education Programs Receive $744,000 From Covenant Foundation
Julie Wiener Associate Editor Six New York programs will receive a total of $744,000 this year from the Covenant Foundation. The grants are among $1.2 million in grants the foundation, which seeks to...
View ArticleJESNA Considers Merger With Jewish Education Project
The Jewish Education Service of North America (JESNA) is considering merging with New York’s Jewish Education Project.read more
View ArticleE-rate Program Dogged By Concerns
Julie Wiener and Hella Winston Government regulators see ‘non-compliance’ among some Jewish schools but no fraud charges.Editor's Note: This is the third in a three-part series. For the other articles...
View Article‘Family Time’ Hebrew School
Julie Wiener Associate Editor Upper East Side temple’s alternative Masa program offers parents and kids flexibility and togetherness. Edward Schnitzer remembers his father dropping him off every week...
View ArticleCultivating A Secret Resource: Parents
Amy Sara Clark Staff Writer Schools finding that the single most effective tactic for increasing enrollment is something only parents can deliver. When Rhonda Rose enrolled her twin toddlers at Beit...
View ArticleUsing 3-D Printing To Bring Jewish History To Life
David Hammershlag Editorial Intern HAFTR teacher, four others, named JEP’s ‘Young Pioneers.’ It is one of the commendable contradictions of Jewish learning that its educators, in the service of...
View ArticleFarm-To-Table Judaism
Merri Rosenberg Westchester Correspondent Learning Torah’s lessons in new way. Putnam Valley, N.Y. — On a brisk, sunny Sunday morning last month, a group of children, ranging in age from 5 to 12, and...
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