A Crash Course in Hebrew
Jolie Greiff
September 24, 1998
Lorraine Anishban, 38, has been trying to learn how to read Hebrew for years.
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Education
Trading Places
Ruth Stroud
September 17, 1998
In a unique effort to redefine the future relations between Israeli and Diaspora Jews, 14 Israeli 10th-graders arrived last week to participate in what may be the first student-exchange program between Israeli schools and a non-Orthodox Los Angeles Jewish day school.
Back To School Briefs
Jewish Journal
August 27, 1998
Instead of bringing home a Gucci handbag or a recipe for great risotto, Esther Elfenbaum returned from Italy with a host of bright, new ideas that could transform preschools as we know them.
Unlimited Learning
Beverly Gray
July 16, 1998
Benjamin Gampel, a historian at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City, speaks enthusiastically about his Wexner students: \”The Wexner Program is probably the best adult teaching that I can do. They\’re highly motivated; they\’re so successful in their chosen fields, they bring that energy to the classroom. It\’s thrilling.\”
The Meaning of Religious Freedom in Utah
Jewish Journal
July 2, 1998
If you\’re like me, you probably read news reports about religious freedom the way you read the latest news on global warming: plowing dutifully through, eyes half-glazed over, certain it concerns you but not quite sure how.
Building Bridges Through Teaching
John Fishel
June 18, 1998
I thought the readers of The Jewish Journal wouldbe interested in one of the many things The Jewish Federation does tobuild bridges between Israel and our community.
Makor
Jewish Journal
February 19, 1998
When Rabbi Gordon Bernat-Kunin founded an informal group dedicated to bringing together young Jewish adults to celebrate Shabbat, he named it Makor, meaning \”source.\” Makor, which meets one Friday night a month in a participant\’s homes, is described by Bernat-Kunin as a \”pluralistic grass-roots participatory community,\” whose goal is \”to translate the spirit of Brandeis Collegiate Institute, Ramah, and summer camp into the city.\”
A Teacher’s Guide to Parents
Beverly Gray
January 29, 1998
What do Jewish educators think about Jewish parents?
Entrepreneurial Philanthropy, the New Charity
Jewish Journal
November 13, 1997
On a chilly autumn morning in late October, in a rooftop sukkahatop New York\’s Abraham Joshua Heschel School, a small group ofrabbis, Hebrew teachers and millionaire investors joined hands tomark what their leader called a \”defining point in American Jewishphilanthropy\”: an $18 million fund to help create new Jewish dayschools around the country, paid for by a \”partnership\” among a dozenof America\’s richest Jewish families.
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