Ruth Schapira
One minute, three reasons why Jewish education helps teens focus on what’s important
One minute. Three reasons. Why just three reasons? Simple. Your time is valuable. Plus everyone’s way too busy getting ready for the...
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Ruth Schapira
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Jewish Education: How to add value for Jewish Teens
Are we selling the right “product”? It used to be that you couldn’t use words like “sell”, “product” or “market” easily when talking...
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Read what one teen says about teachers
From the 1950’s, but great teachers create impact no matter the year This summer I’m working with an intern through a program that...
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Changing some paradigms for Jewish teens
let’s change some paradigms for the sake of JTeens What would it take for the Jewish community to join in efforts to motivate Jewish...
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A Short List of What the Jewish Community Should Do for Teens
Check out the really short list In what seems a long time ago, I wrote a post about the Jewish community’s ‘in-the-box-thinking.’ As a...
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How We Undersell Zuckerberg and Jewish Teens
What are we selling? Why would Jewish teens buy? This morning I read a piece by Reform Rabbi Dana Evan Kaplan titled “We...
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From Jewish Camp to Synagogue: Five No-brainers
The more things change, the more …..well, you can fill in the blank here. This is on my mind as we approach the summer and thousands of...
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What is the real job we’re doing for Jewish Teens?
Milkshakes taste good. Jewish education is good. But what job are we really doing for Jewish Teens? I read an article about marketing...
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‘Wow, You’re Soooo Jewish!”
Is it the consummate Jewish nebbish, portrayed here by Woody Allen? The words “You’re soooo0 Jewish”, said in that tone of voice, from...
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Why some teens ‘get it’ but their parents don’t
I just came back from visiting a synagogue with an enviable number of teens in their Confirmation Program. What number, you ask, counts...
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Jewish Teens Need Us to Work as a Team
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...
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Talking Tech With Jewish Teens
By now, I think most educators have figured out that technology is not something that can be isolated from educational endeavors, but...
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Chanukah Ornaments? How some Jewish teens voted
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...
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what Jewish teens taught me about family values
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...
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Jewish Teens Reinvent the Synagogue
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...
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Five Things Jewish Parents Should Know
Imagine that you’re on a boat in the middle of the ocean in a thunderous storm. Waves are coming fast and furiously. Water is...
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Jewish Teens: Lost?
"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...
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Jewish Teens:The Young and (thankfully) Restless
Image via Wikipedia With a nod to the TV show, I recently encountered a unique version of the restless young; amazing and energetic young...
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“Jewish Education? I’m Done!”
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...
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Jewish Teens Need More
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...
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