The Importance of Jewish Summer Camp
January 24, 2010 by eJP
Filed under New on eJP, The American Jewish Scene
excerpts from an editorial in Cleveland Jewish News:
Jewish camping: Don’t leave home without it
If it’s January, it must be time for summer camp … and camp stories come creeping out of the snow banks.
Many people agonize over»
Around the Jewish Web
January 15, 2010 by eJP
Filed under In the Media
Three stories, three countries…
from Haaretz:
Zionism just ain’t what it used to be
Picture this: Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, who in recent years has caused headlines mainly by issuing inflammatory rulings and statements against Arabs and Reform Jews, invited to»
Current Day School Enrollment: The Glass is Half Full
December 16, 2009 by Dan Brown
Filed under Education, New on eJP, The American Jewish Scene
Yesterday Avi Chai Foundation hosted a discussion on day school enrollment – the data, trends and implications. Drawing on information collected by several organizations, including AVI CHAI, PEJE, RAVSAK, SSDSA and PARDeS, a group of educators, journalists, funders, and communal»
The Day Schools Pressing Need
December 3, 2009 by eJP
Filed under Education, Jewish Philanthropy
by Rabbi Irving (Yitz) Greenberg
The day school movement is embattled. After significant growth over the past two decades, overall enrollment at non-Orthodox day schools has taken a slight downward turn in the past several years. Complaints that day-school education»
Israel Education At the Heart of Every Jew
September 16, 2009 by Monica Rozenfeld
Filed under Education
When word got out about the success of the “Israel at the Center Kallah,” the inaugural program of the iCenter, many wanted to know more about it. What made it so exciting? Who was there? And, why the emphasis on»
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