Binyamin Krauss, at The Blogs

Sep 5, 2024, 9:41 PM

The dangers, challenges, and opportunities around technology for children has been a hot topic for years. Jonathan Haidt’s The Anxious Generation, the Tikvah Fund’s efforts to mobilize parents, and recent tech bans in schools in some states, have all...

Dec 13, 2022, 12:11 AM

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My last kaddish

There's no ritual to mark the close of this chapter of mourning my father, Rabbi Simcha Krauss, but the abrupt stop signifies my unbearable loss

Sep 29, 2022, 9:40 PM

Applying Kavanah/Mindfulness in the New Year

This school year, 2022-2023, we have chosen Kavanah/Mindfulness as SAR Academy’s theme of the year. Kavanah is a term we hear often in halachic contexts, especially around tefilla. Mindfulness has been a buzz word of late, as the challenges of multitasking,...

Oct 1, 2021, 11:18 PM

in memoriam

Rabbi David Eliach transformed American Jewish education

Rabbi Dr. Eliach, z"l, taught so many how to teach, modeled how to lead, and set the standard for excellence and commitment to Jewish education

Mar 4, 2021, 1:04 AM

One year later: Finding hope in a Covid simcha

March 3, 2021 My first wedding. In over six months. Second in a year. Two SAR graduates. During our “anniversary week”. One year ago today, on March 3, we closed the school for what became the rest of the year. At...

Feb 17, 2021, 8:08 AM

Hatov V’hameitiv: Reflections as We Vaccinate

On January 11, 2021, I received my first vaccine dose. On the first day of phase 1b, as an education worker, I, together with other “essential workers,” and residents over 75, was approved to receive my shot. After frantically...

About Me

Rabbi Binyamin Krauss is Principal of SAR Academy, a Modern Orthodox co-educational day school in the Bronx, NY. SAR Academy is dedicated to the belief that every child possesses a divine spark, has unique worth as an individual and should be encouraged to achieve according to his or her ability. Our warm environment promotes confidence, creativity and enthusiasm for learning. In our approach to academics, we nurture students to develop intellectual curiosity, critical thinking skills and a lifelong love of both Torah and Secular studies.