Stuart J. Dow, at The Blogs

Sep 23, 2023, 3:02 PM

It was a few minutes past 5:00 AM – I had just over an hour until I’d wake my kids. I stumbled downstairs & began making myself a very necessary cup of coffee. I love to exercise before work,...

Dec 15, 2022, 10:24 PM

Ritual Modification: Not to Lessen, to Strengthen

It was August 1981 when I got the news. I was really excited — and equally nervous. Because I knew that sharing it with my Dad would mean a clash of two religions — Judaism on the one hand,...

Oct 4, 2022, 9:09 PM

Physical Cues, Spiritual Truths

The body doesn’t lie. When it speaks, it tells a truth – often an uncomfortable or difficult-to-decipher one, but an unvarnished reflection of something real. If eyes are windows to the soul, the stomach is a repository of unprotected,...

Apr 10, 2022, 8:52 PM

Passover Peace

Photo credit: Raphael Ben-Ari, Alamy stock photo

“Stu-baby! Stu-baby!” That's how she's always greeted me, and she's always done so with a sparkle in her eye & her trademark crooked smile. But not on this day. On this day, a chilly afternoon in mid-February, my Aunt...

Dec 11, 2021, 1:19 AM

Teaching with passion, allowing dissent…

...and Why I Oppose Anti-BDS Laws

Oct 15, 2021, 11:37 PM

The Problem with Facebook — and the Solution? Us.

Many years ago, when I was in law school, my friends had a term for when I inadvertently (or perhaps sometimes intentionally) instigated a firestorm of an argument over dinner or drinks – we called it a brushfire. Now...

Sep 17, 2021, 6:01 PM

Foreign & Forgiven? My Yom Kippur Abroad

“I’m just surprised you’re going. I mean it is the Jewish holidays. Plus, it’s kind of insensitive of your friends. Anyway, have a nice trip.” That’s how the conversation shortly before my flight to Greece ended. It wasn’t terribly...

About Me

Stuart is Founding Head of The Emery/Weiner School in Houston -- one of the fastest growing and largest per capita schools of its kind in the country. Before entering education, Stuart practiced law at Susman Godfrey, a boutique litigation firm. Stuart graduated with honors from Yale College, where he won the Cogswell Award for Outstanding Leadership; he earned his J.D. from The University of Texas School of Law, where he garnered several speaking awards, and in 2014, Stuart received his MBA from the McCombs School of Business at UT Austin. He's the proud father of three wonderful children (and a great dog), and loves salty & spicy foods.

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