Jewish Music That Doesn’t Kid Around
Julie Wiener Associate Editor With her ‘Shir Fun’ classes and albums, singer Dafna Israel-Kotok is at the forefront of a new type of Jewish children’s edu-tainment.On a Wednesday morning shortly...
View ArticleNewest Brew Offers Ethical Buzz
Julie Wiener Saving the world is something people usually leave for after the day’s first, if not second, cup of coffee. Nonetheless, the American Jewish World Service is urging the Jewish community...
View ArticleIn the Mix: Religion And A House Divided
Julie Wiener Associate Editor My parents’ divorce, a month before I entered first grade, was undoubtedly the great trauma of my life. I say this not to make them feel guilty or even to argue against...
View ArticleYale Researchers Tout Jewish Nursery Program
Julie Wiener An effort to transform Jewish early childhood education has gotten a stamp of approval of sorts from the Yale Child Study Center.The Jewish Early Childhood Education Initiative, which...
View ArticleFor Hebrew Learning, The Skype’s The Limit
Julie Wiener Associate Editor Internet tutoring is on leading edge of use of technology beyond the classroom.Walk around Temple Micah when religious school is in session, and you will see children...
View ArticleA New Act For The Old Bar Mitzvah
Julie Wiener Associate Editor Storahtelling’s Amichai Lau-Lavie is out to revolutionize the ceremony in emerging partnership with families, synagogues.Arguably one of the most memorable scenes in last...
View ArticleYou’ll Appreciate It Later
Eli A. Braun In “A New Act For The Old Bar Mitzvah” (June 4), Julie Wiener articulates how the traditional bar mitzvah ceremony has evolved into a dynamic new-age ceremony replete with actors, music,...
View ArticleIn the Mix: An Orthodox Rabbi Takes A Humanist Turn
Julie Wiener Associate Editor Google the words interfaith, wedding and rabbi together and you get a whopping 1.1 million hits.Perched atop this list (most are about the issues, rather than sites...
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Sara Berman, 35
Hebrew charter school pioneer Julie Wiener Associate Editor Tue, 06/15/2010A quick glance at some of Sara Berman’s vital stats and you could be forgiven for assuming she’s Orthodox. Married at age 20,...
View ArticleThe Making Of First-Time Campers
Julie Wiener Associate Editor Jewish foundation’s Specialty Camp Incubator churns out five new offerings, and enrollment is booming.Rachel Tore was “the mom who said [her] son would never go to...
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