Character Education: what has your teen learned? What are the most important traits to develop in students? At the end of high school,...

Image via Wikipedia Picture this: a class of freshly minted teenagers, not even a year after becoming b’nei mitzvah, who attend an...

I’m by nature an optimistic  person (I’m a Jewish educator, after all). But, there’s no doubt that when I consider the topics I’ve...

Finding your path This year, thousands of high schoolers will be entering college. Sometimes I think they have things way too figured...

courtesy of katerha's photostream Recently I was teaching a class the Jewish value of G’milut Hasadim (acts of loving kindness). I asked...

America’s into talent of all types, and we seem eager to watch, based on show ratings and tallies of millions calling in to vote for...

Sometimes I can’t believe what our kids have to deal with yet they just seem to accept it. Probably none of  the following will be news...

That’s actually the opposite of the way I feel, but before I whine about how I’d like more parents involved in what their teens are doing...

I co-facilitated a workshop a week and a half ago that featured a teen panel (volunteers) who were asked to discuss communication and...