Daniel R. Weiss, at The Blogs

Jul 24, 2023, 6:14 AM

It has now been a week since the conclusion of the KKL-JNF World Education Conference. Together with 250 other educators from 22 different countries, I saw a part of Israel that I have not seen on my previous 15...

Apr 25, 2023, 12:00 AM

After Death, We Are Holiness

I have been fortunate to visit Israel 12 times with groups of students and twice as a student myself on Tichon Ramah Yerushalayim and then the One Year Program at the Rothberg School at Hebrew University. Each of these...

Mar 31, 2023, 7:17 PM

Reflections on Another School Shooting

This week was tough to be a Head of School in Tennessee. A colleague lost her life on Monday, together with two other staff members and three young students. They died because they went to school. They died while trying...

Feb 21, 2023, 4:05 PM

Inclusion: the Essence of Jewish Education

Walking through the hallways of nearly every Jewish Day School across the country, can be an enlightening experience. Hallways are decorated with student work, reflecting the diversity of topics taught in our classrooms and the diversity of our students...

Feb 2, 2023, 10:34 PM

Give Them Five: Making the Headship Sustainable

A question that has been asked a lot as of late is, why isn’t the headship in Jewish Day Schools sustainable? I’d like to suggest that a head of school needs at least five years to effectively bring about...

About Me

Dr. Daniel R. Weiss is Head of School at Bornblum Jewish Community School in Memphis, TN. Daniel earned his doctorate from Northeastern University. His dissertation, titled, Becoming a Head of School: A Study of New Heads of School in Jewish Day School, profiles 15 heads of school in their first three years of headship.