Education

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The Four Questions of Jewish Education

Rabbi Jay Kelman

I write these words just days before Pesach, the holiday that, more than any other, focuses on children. We are mandated to ensure that every child—the wise and the wicked, the simple and the ignoramus—be given an education, each…
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The Long Road: Children On and Off the Derech

Dr. Ruby Wolbromsky, Leah Malamet, Rabbi Jeremy Stavisky and 1 more

Recent studies have indicated that a significant number of children raised in dati homes eventually leave the path of religious observance. Some estimates range from fifteen to twenty percent per year of the students in the religious high…
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Pushing the Door on Tuition Wide Open

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Between the time of my writing my last article on making Jewish high school free and its appearance in the paper, I was thrilled to see the announcement that Robbins Hebrew Academy (RHA), UJA Federation of Greater Toronto and the Avi Chai Foundation…
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Let's Make Jewish High School Free

Rabbi Jay Kelman

The recently released Pew report on American Jewry has generated anguished discussion on the future of American Jewry. Some of its key findings include an intermarriage rate of 58%, a percentage that rises to 71% if the Orthodox are excluded (in…
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Hazal's Theory of Probability (Renewing Our Spirit 2013)

Dr. Moshe Koppel

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MaTaN Mother & Daughter Bat Mitzvah Program: Jewish Women Through the Ages 2013

Pnina Weintraub

Please download the registration form here  A Bat Mitzvah is an opportunity for a girl to prepare for her entry into Jewish adulthood by exploring what it means to be a Jewish woman. The aim of the MaTaN Bat Mitzvah program, Jewish Women…
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Day School Tuition Is In the News, with the Canadian Jewish News Reporting on Two Recent Initiatives

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Once again, the issue of day school tuition is in the news. The Leo Baeck Day School (North Campus) has announced plans for grants up to $5,000 per child, if the family commits to at least three years there. Most appropriately, they have defined…
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Educating Our Children in a Complex World: Making Judaism Compelling for Our Students

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Educating Our Children in a Complex World: Keeping Our Children Safe

Rabbi Yakov Horowitz

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Dead Foundation Money

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney recently called on Canadian corporations to start spending the over 500 billion dollars of cash, “dead money” as he called it, sitting on their balance sheets. “Their job is to put money to work…
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