Ruth Schapira
One minute, three reasons why Jewish education helps teens focus on what’s important
One minute. Three reasons. Why just three reasons? Simple. Your time is valuable. Plus everyone’s way too busy getting ready for the...
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Ruth Schapira
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Teens Report What Really Happens In Classrooms
Teachers and Classroom Behavior Photo credit: tim ellis I read an eighth grader’s blog (!) today that resonated with me, and it triggered...
Ruth Schapira
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Parents, Social Media & Boundaries: Read These Hard,Cold Facebook Facts
Lack of Parental Controls on FB? Implications for Teens? For parents, it’s becoming harder and harder to create boundaries of safety...
Ruth Schapira
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Let’s hope Jewish parents are smarter than this
Are we just being stupid or stubborn? There are some obvious signs that parents might not be as smart as we’d like them to be. Do you...
Ruth Schapira
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A Short List of What the Jewish Community Should Do for Teens
Check out the really short list In what seems a long time ago, I wrote a post about the Jewish community’s ‘in-the-box-thinking.’ As a...
Ruth Schapira
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For Teens: Worrying About Being Normal? Don’t.
What’s the new normal anyway? I recently read a great post called Approaching Normal. It got me thinking about how teens today think...
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Helicopter Parents Go to College
This news came to my Inbox today:”Today’s Campus is launching a new publication designed as a resource for the parents of the entering...
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‘Wow, You’re Soooo Jewish!”
Is it the consummate Jewish nebbish, portrayed here by Woody Allen? The words “You’re soooo0 Jewish”, said in that tone of voice, from...
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Current Events: did your teenager’s eyes just glaze over?
Mention “Current Events” to a group of teens and just watch what happens. Their eyes seem to glaze over. As if talking about...
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Talking Tech With Jewish Teens
By now, I think most educators have figured out that technology is not something that can be isolated from educational endeavors, but...
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Teens: Got a bad grade? Work it!
Image via Wikipedia Getting a bad grade, especially when you expected something else entirely, pretty much stinks. It’s hard enough being...
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Five Things Jewish Parents Should Know
Imagine that you’re on a boat in the middle of the ocean in a thunderous storm. Waves are coming fast and furiously. Water is...
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Jewish Teens:The Young and (thankfully) Restless
Image via Wikipedia With a nod to the TV show, I recently encountered a unique version of the restless young; amazing and energetic young...
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“Jewish Education? I’m Done!”
You gotta read it to believe it. The following is an actual dialogue (with a name change) I had a few days ago with a student, now a...
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Why Do We Hate Teenagers?
Image via Wikipedia Did this headline grab you? You’re not unique. It’s what seems to work for newspapers and television. This is what I...
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What today’s Jewish teens are ‘okay’ with
My weekly experience working with a class of 8th graders serves as a counterpoint to the doom and gloom I’ve read about lately in studies...
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The 500 word college essay
My blog posts rarely ever make the ideal 250 word count mark. I read somewhere that the perfect blog contains just that amount for...
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what I learned about marketing from working at a Jewish Community High School
You would think it would be easy to market a product that has intrinsic long-term value, is priced well, offers tremendous flexibility,...
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When Parents Say: “Jewish Education On The Side, Please”
Image via Wikipedia Some parents are guilty of treating Jewish education like a side dish, something that will never star as the main...
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Ethical Issue: When Teens Cheat
What are the obligations of a Jewish supplementary high school in raising the ethical level of its students? How do we hold our students...
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