Ruth Schapira
One odd recommendation to help #Jteens reduce the academic pressure they feel
Enlightened teen education What I’m about to write is counter-intuitive, fair warning given. The phenomenon I’m about to describe has...
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Ruth Schapira
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What 7 of today’s top headlines tell you about teens today
Where’s the good news? When it comes to teens, it seems that “Headlines” are usually “Dead Lines”….yes….news about deaths, teenage thugs,...
Ruth Schapira
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You won’t believe these words trending for #teens
Guess what’s trending for #teens? I discovered a helpful tool for twitter, a free site called hashtagify.me that lets you search trending...
Ruth Schapira
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“You’re Not Invited”: Teen Victims of the Bar/Bat Mitzvah Years and What To Do Abo
Party time (for some) We know that many Bar/Bat Mitzvah Celebrations have gotten way out of hand. Thousands have seen Rabbi Wolpe’s...
Ruth Schapira
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Why Should Our Teens be Jewish?
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...
Ruth Schapira
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Teens: Cheating on Standardized Tests?
No digital devices in sight The Los Angeles Times reported that California is coping, almost feverishly it seems, with new measures that...
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...
Ruth Schapira
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Teens: Watch Your Social Media Presence
twitter logo map 09 (Photo credit: The Next Web) “Treat every conversation you have on Twitter or Facebook as if it were a nationally...
Ruth Schapira
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Betrayal, Abandonment, and Jewish Teen Education
This past Sunday I met with a group of parents interested in checking out options for their teens’ Jewish education. They were committed...
Ruth Schapira
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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...
Ruth Schapira
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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...
Ruth Schapira
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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?...
Ruth Schapira
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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...
Ruth Schapira
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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...
Ruth Schapira
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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...
Ruth Schapira
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Who are you on the web? If you’re applying to college, you should know
Should colleges check you out on Facebook? For Teens, Their Parents, and Jewish Educators: An article in Education Week noted what most...
Ruth Schapira
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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...
Ruth Schapira
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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...
Ruth Schapira
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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...
Ruth Schapira
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Parents of Teens: Do You Miss Those Parent-Teacher Conferences?
I just read a quick blog about how elementary school parents should prepare for Parent-Teacher conferences. For parents of teenagers:...
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