I want to help. I am currently involved in hiring talent. I say talent because I’m not interested in hiring just anyone. Ideally, the...

Milkshakes taste good. Jewish education is good. But what job are we really doing for Jewish Teens? I read an article about marketing...

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...

Is it the consummate Jewish nebbish, portrayed here by Woody Allen? The words “You’re soooo0 Jewish”, said in that tone of voice, from...

Mention “Current Events” to a group of teens and just watch what happens.  Their eyes seem to glaze over. As if talking about...

I just came back from visiting a synagogue with an enviable number of teens in their Confirmation Program. What number, you ask, counts...

Secretly, I hope they’ll do something about what I’m telling them, but that hasn’t happened yet.  So, here I am, blogging to you. At...

By now, I think most educators have figured out that technology is not something that can be isolated from educational endeavors, but...

A friend of mine who works for a collectibles company sent me an e-mail last week with a curious query. The company is considering...

Last week I was figuring out a way to teach eighth graders the value of Shalom Bayit (Family Harmony–Peace in the Home).  With teens...

I’m so lucky.  We Jewish educators trudge uphill a lot of the time, just to keep pace. Yet, every week I get inspired from the Jewish...

Jewish communal organizations have been in consumer mode for some time.  As individuals progressively decrease their involvement in...

Image via Wikipedia Picture this: a class of freshly minted teenagers, not even a year after becoming b’nei mitzvah, who attend an...

"Adolescence" by Giacomo Manzu Image by Ko:(char *)hook Let’s play a game. Read the quote below and try to guess who said it. Ready? No...

Image via Wikipedia With a nod to the TV show, I recently encountered a unique version of the restless young; amazing and energetic young...

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...

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...

We need to define Judaism more broadly. The Jewish teens I work with in a Jewish community high school are looking for more ways to...

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...

My blog posts rarely ever make the ideal 250 word count mark. I read somewhere that the perfect blog contains just that amount for...