Ruth Schapira
Why Jewish Organizations Need To Be More Like The Food Industry
Fresh and Appetizing! Fortune magazine recently published The Food Issue and I was struck by how the CEO’s of major food corporations are...
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The Truth About The Jewish Rite of Passage That Fails Our Teens
The Confirmation Ceremony Might Not Be Relevant Today What were you thinking about when you were in 11th grade? Were you thinking about...
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Redeem the Passover Seder from Stereotypes
Free these sons from the bondage of labels. The apocryphal story of the “Four Sons” has been a part of every Passover Seder I’ve ever...
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Jewish Parents: How to decide the best option for your teen this summer
Summer: a time for choices Jewish summer camp. Arts classes. Internships. Specialty Sports Camps. College Prep Programs. Travel...
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Hiring Jewish teen aides? Five things you should know
I promise, keep reading, and you’ll get to my five suggestions. But first, some advice…..for a student named Rachel. Here are some things...
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Jewish Teen Engagement: Do We Want to Win or Lose the Game
Place your bets on teens! The Jewish community is the throes of change that at times seems to be at a dizzying pace, yet there are still...
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Jewish Teens Cross Boundaries to Enhance Engagement
Are the fences coming down? The desire to engage as many teens as possible in the Jewish community is part of the reason that two youth...
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Do Jewish Teens Need an Ethical Tune-Up?
How ethical are today’s teens? When given the chance to cheat, what would the teenagers you know do? A recent New York Times article on...
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For our teens: what does it really mean to be Jewish?
Is this what it means to be Jewish? A portion of this post can be a lesson plan for Jewish teens, with the image above as the trigger. It...
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the challenge of raising teens in a country missing moral clarity
Ethical clarity? Clueless The year is newly born, yet through the lens of ethics things feel quite stale. The clarity that should come...
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Surprisingly Simple Strategies: How a Presbyterian Church Reaches its’ Teens
All Teens Welcome What might other faith communities teach us, as Jewish educators, about engaging large numbers of teens in religious...
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Top Ten Questions You Should Ask When Visiting College Campuses Through a Jewish Lens
Finding your Jewish path in college For my family, when selecting college options, it was never solely about the numbers of Jewish...
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2014 in review
Thank you for visiting Jewish Teens this year and reading my blog! Below are interesting stats from the 2014 annual report prepared by...
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Read the Scoop on What Bar and Bat Mitzvah Bios Actually Reveal
What happens after dessert? Synagogue newsletters: not everyone’s optimal reading material when finding a treasured bit of rare, spare...
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The New Pew Report on Parenting, Priorities, and Faith
A Pew research study says that families have much in common when it comes to values about parenting. According to the website the...
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Teens Lose Out When Jewish Education Becomes an Activity
How Much Time Is There to Spend on Jewish Education? People are setting into new routines and school is still in its start-up phase....
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Guest blog post by Zach Schapira
When the dust settles With the latest flare-up in Gaza now seemingly coming to a close, this darling conflict of the media will…… Source:...
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Three Jewish Teens: Lives Lived and Lost
We lost three teenagers today, Eyal Yifrah, Gilad Shaar, and Naftali Fraenkel…Baruch Dayan HaEmet…Blessed is the Righteous Judge… In the...
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what parents of Jewish teens told me
I recently had the privilege of meeting with parents who attended informal meetings designed especially for them in locations across...
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Jewish Teen Education by the Hour
How much time is too much? How many hours does it take to become knowledgeable about something? I know, it’s a very broad question….but...
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