By Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz Whenever I think about my career as a Jewish educational professional, I always turn back to a teaching that struck me as counterintuitively brilliant. It’s a quote from the Talmud, and one that is far too often ignored in the mainstream … [Read more...] about It’s not only About the Children: The Challenge and Potential of Jewish Adult Educational Innovation
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Putting Foster Children on the Jewish Communal Agenda
By Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz One of the great tragedies of the modern world is the startling lack of innovation in the field of adopting and fostering children. Every passing year sees the introduction of more bureaucratic stringencies, international pettiness, and surges in … [Read more...] about Putting Foster Children on the Jewish Communal Agenda
Why Jewish Education Fails
By Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz For many families - Jewish or gentile - the most obvious means by which the next generation achieves a bright future is by ensuring access to a quality formal education. In practice, however, the means to attain such hopes are more complicated. … [Read more...] about Why Jewish Education Fails
Practical Responses to the Need for Adult Learning
By Sherwin Pomerantz Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz’s piece highlighting adult learning as the number one priority for the Jewish future is both edifying and instructive. Here in Israel one of the prime sources providing an answer to the need for adult learning is the Pardes … [Read more...] about Practical Responses to the Need for Adult Learning
Adult Learning is the Number One Priority for the Jewish Future
By Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz At this precarious moment for ensuring a vibrant Jewish future, there are many priorities for sustaining Jewish life. But among the many fine efforts to ensure a sense of continuity of the Jewish experience - Hebrew schools, summer camps, and … [Read more...] about Adult Learning is the Number One Priority for the Jewish Future