Ruth Schapira
Five Reasons Not to Substitute Convenience for Expertise with #Jteens
Ever have bad sushi? Don’t compromise with sushi or Jewish education A Hat Tip to Seth Godin, marketing guru, for this post’s idea–my...
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Ruth Schapira
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One odd recommendation to help #Jteens reduce the academic pressure they feel
Enlightened teen education What I’m about to write is counter-intuitive, fair warning given. The phenomenon I’m about to describe has...
Ruth Schapira
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“What if I don’t believe in God—am I still Jewish?”
what are we teaching teens about belief? A confident, tall, yet boyish 11th grade teenager asked this question of Rabbis who were...
Ruth Schapira
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Dealing with Anti-Semitism on the College Campus: What Jewish Teens Think
An event taking place on many college campuses The post title refers to Anti-Semitism, while the poster above references anti-Israel...
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Some important questions you need to answer about Jewish teens
Wandering Jew (Photo credit: pellaea). I’m a wondering Jew A while ago, I reached some kind of milestone. I’ve been writing...
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One comment I never hear as a Jewish educator
There’s data, and then there’s what I know I’m lucky. I regularly interact with a cohort of individuals that others write reports about...
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Jewish Parents Who “Get It” and Why: Generational Gifting of a Jewish Education
Why do some parents understand that continuing their teen’s Jewish education after Bar/Bat Mitzvah is essential, while others don’t make...
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“You’re Not Invited”: Teen Victims of the Bar/Bat Mitzvah Years and What To Do Abo
Party time (for some) We know that many Bar/Bat Mitzvah Celebrations have gotten way out of hand. Thousands have seen Rabbi Wolpe’s...
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Seven Things to Do When Teens Come Home from Jewish Summer Camp
How to Bring Camp Home Soon, thousands of Jewish teens will arrive to their home communities, having spent an amazing immersive...
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How We Are Shortchanging Jewish Teens
Teens need to be with other teens. Lots of them. Some time ago, I wrote a post called What I learned about marketing from working at a...
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How to Make Jewish School Cool for Jewish Teens
Judaism: Where’s the cool? Over 70 seniors recently graduated from a supplementary Jewish community high school. Why was attending cool...
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Betrayal, Abandonment, and Jewish Teen Education
This past Sunday I met with a group of parents interested in checking out options for their teens’ Jewish education. They were committed...
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Doing a 360 on Attendance in a Part-Time School
Class Clowns: Not That Funny Recently, I participated in a webinar, sponsored by JESNA, on issues related to complementary...
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Uphill Marketing to Jewish Teens
Maybe a megaphone would work? I am an advocate for Jewish teens, and believe that all teens benefit from a Jewish education past the...
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Writings About Jewish Teens: Annual Review
The WordPress.com team sends me a summary e-mail at the end of the year (complete with fireworks!) that help me learn about what you find...
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Israeli teens use cell phones in class: What we can learn
Cell phones: not an opt-out tool for most teeens According to a recent University of Haifa poll, over 94% of Israeli High School students...
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A Q & A : with a Jewish teen’s cell phone
There’s an app for that? I recently followed a WordPress blog that offers a daily dollop of inspiration to bloggers. What a gift, right?...
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SuperStorm #Sandy: Getting Beyond OMG!
OMG (Photo credit: mac.lachlan) In our terribly connected world, we’re never really far from seeing devastation up close. Like unwilling...
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Jewish Teens: Do you want to be the same or different?
Figuring out where you stand is the challenge I believe every Jewish teen has to make a fundamental decision, especially when getting...
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Outcome-Based Parenting for Jewish Teenagers: What Do You Want for Your Teen?
How are you defining parenting? A recent blog post called “Parents’ Aspirations for Their Children” in Education week posed this...
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