Lesson Plan your Seder! The Passover Seder is considered by many to be the consummate family education event. This inter-generational...

Do you want a ‘do-over’? On a weekly basis, I interact with members of a cohort that have been recently featured in a rash of reports:...

See on Scoop.it – Judaism, Jewish Teens, and Today’s World This is for teachers in supplementary schools, particularly those who work...

Hillel has built some stunning buildings. Will your teen walk in the door? What is the college campus like today? How does it differ from...

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...

Enlightened teen education What I’m about to write is counter-intuitive, fair warning given. The phenomenon I’m about to describe has...

what are we teaching teens about belief? A confident, tall, yet boyish 11th grade teenager asked this question of Rabbis who were...

Where’s the good news? When it comes to teens, it seems that “Headlines” are usually “Dead Lines”….yes….news about deaths, teenage thugs,...

What would you say about how to change the world? Why does Judaism value education so much? How are educational values embedded in our...

Guess what’s trending for #teens? I discovered a helpful tool for twitter, a free site called hashtagify.me that lets you search trending...

Free Speech or Hate Speech? “It should be remembered that any group that is willing to treat Israel and the Jewish people differently...

An event taking place on many college campuses The post title refers to Anti-Semitism, while the poster above references anti-Israel...

Wandering Jew (Photo credit: pellaea).             I’m a wondering Jew A while ago, I reached some kind of milestone. I’ve been writing...

Planting seeds for the future of Judaism A recent New York Times op-ed article by Mark Bittman, the well-known chef and author, mentioned...

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...

Why do some parents understand that continuing their teen’s Jewish education after Bar/Bat Mitzvah is essential, while others don’t make...

Party time (for some) We know that many Bar/Bat Mitzvah Celebrations have gotten way out of hand. Thousands have seen Rabbi Wolpe’s...

See on Scoop.it – Judaism, Jewish Teens, and Today’s World After Ben Stern became a Bar Mitzvah at Temple Sinai in Dresher, his parents...

Being Jewish? Too easy! The image above came up in a Google Image advanced search (free to use or share) for “Why be Jewish?”. The image...

How to Bring Camp Home Soon, thousands of Jewish teens will arrive to their home communities, having spent an amazing immersive...