Ruth Schapira
Jewish Teens: Thinking About Religious Truths and Scientific Lies
Science and Religion: Not a good fit Among students I’ve worked with, the majority are really not comfortable talking about Religion, at...
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Ruth Schapira
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Jewish Teen: A view of rights, responsibilities, and radicalization
The Ten Commandments, In SVG (Photo credit: Wikipedia) A while back, I was listening to a televised lecture by Joseph Telushkin on Shalom...
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Parent Conversations With Teens
We need to tune in to teens Life is busy, so how do we get the time to interact with teen-aged kids when everybody is literally on the...
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“But I’ve already been to the museum!”
Negotiating with teens when they say “been there, done that!” The entire school was taking a trip to the relatively new National Museum...
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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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Catching Catfish: Real and Unreal Life for Jewish Teens
Just when you think you can keep pace with the bizarre events of the everyday, you find yourself having a discussion with Jewish teens...
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“After my Bar Mitzvah, my Dad decided to convert. Will he be a real Jew then?”
Some labels might be useful. Others, not so much. I wasn’t prepared for such a troubling question by this earnest 8th grader in my class....
Ruth Schapira
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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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Jewish Culture: Enough For Our Teens?
What Will Keep Jews marrying Jews? At a recent holiday party, I had been speaking with a Pastor of the Calvary Full Gospel Church. He...
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Three Jewish Teens: Tons of Time? Not
What clock do these teens use? I’ll paint the picture. Last night I chatted with a group of three 9th grade teenage boys, hanging out in...
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Does the Jewish Community Connect Teens to a Jewish Network?
Are we reaching high enough? I doubt that anyone would say that mentoring teens during the coming-of-age years is not a good thing. It’s...
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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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These Questions Weren’t Answered in Hebrew School
Will Jewish Teens Find Answers Here? Hebrew School may answer questions like “what do I need to know for my Bar/Bat Mitvah” but there are...
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Parents: Will your teen ‘do’ Jewish in college?
Campus Hillel: Will this be the place where your teen ‘does’ Jewish? What is the college campus like today? How does it differ from when...
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Selling Tomorrow Today to Parents of Jewish Teens
Long-term or Short-term: Pick one Marketing and Selling. Terms that were not very much used in the Jewish community just a few short...
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Are we reaching middle school students?
When did things get so serious for middle-schoolers? A new Gallup poll studied factors related to student engagement, optimism, and...
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