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Isaac Steven Herschkopf

Oct 29, 2026, 1:23 AM

The Broken Glass: Letting Go of Their Hands

"Any who have heard that sound will shrink at the recollection of it; it is the sound of English county families baying for broken glass." - Decline and Fall, Evelyn Waugh (1928) The sound of glass breaking can be terrifying, evoking...

Silas Anastacio

Oct 22, 2026, 3:08 AM

Children’s Day Celebration at the Fortunée de Picciotto Israelite Association

The Fortunée de Picciotto Israelite Association held its traditional Children’s Day celebration on October 16. The event featured recreational activities and treats that delighted the children. Afterwards, they took part in an oral hygiene activity guided by dentists, since...

Ibrahim Mukherjee

Oct 17, 2026, 9:19 AM

Children need more than parental controls

What psychology, Islamic teaching, and age-appropriate guidance can tell us about raising children in a digital world. A child receives a tablet. The parent sees books, lessons, games, and a way to call grandparents. The child enters an environment of...

Lisa M. Pollack

Oct 15, 2026, 10:42 PM

Neve Hanna: Books. Bread. Brighter Futures.

Neve Hanna Children's Home, Israel.
Photo: AFNH staff. March 2025.

Learning Today. Building Brighter Futures. Two different classrooms. One shared purpose. At Neve Hanna Children's Home, education isn't limited to the classroom. Some of life's most important lessons are learned by doing—discovering new abilities, developing practical skills, taking responsibility, and gaining the...

Oct 13, 2026, 4:58 AM

Acharei HaChagim: Our Children’s Recovery Can’t Wait for Next Year

Long-term recovery requires ongoing support: A family engages in a therapeutic session at ELI - Israel Association for Child Protection.

Every Israeli knows the phrase. Acharei hachagim. After the holidays. It is the answer to almost every question asked in September. When will the contractor finish the kitchen? Acharei hachagim. When does the new project launch? When will I finally...

Oct 12, 2026, 11:40 PM

When Education Becomes Political, Everyone Loses

For months, about 100 Jewish early childhood educators from the United States and Israel prepared for a study trip to Reggio Emilia, Italy. This was not a political event or a demonstration. It was a professional development journey to...

Janet Bond Brill

Oct 12, 2026, 10:59 PM

Why Did the Nazis Target Jewish Children?

Across Europe, roughly one and a half million Jewish children were murdered in the Holocaust. But I want to narrow the lens to Poland, because Poland was Edna’s world. Before the war, nearly one million Jewish children lived there. When it ended,...

Oct 11, 2026, 4:45 AM

Jewish Educators: Everyone Deserves to Learn

Rafi speaks with a group of students at Temple Emanu-El of Closter, January 2026.

To protect the anonymity of all professors and teachers in the article, they will be referred to with they/them pronouns and will not be identified by the subject they teach. Their actions, whether good or bad, should serve to...

Priyanka Chandel

Oct 8, 2026, 11:52 PM

Children of Israel-Gaza: War, Trauma & Healing

The third anniversary of 7 October 2023 arrives this week. On that day Hamas-led militants killed some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and took 251 hostages, children among them. The last hostage was returned to Israel on 26 January 2026,...

Walter Estever Gonzalez

Oct 1, 2026, 6:10 AM

The Shooting Lasted Ten Minutes

W. E. Gonzalez with his nieces Luna and Estrella at the Philadelphia Marathon in November 2012, during the years when distance running was a regular part of his life.

The shooting lasted about ten minutes. It took me seven to finish breakfast. My wife, my mother-in-law, and my father-in-law were sheltering in the safest part of the house while gunfire echoed outside. I had found the spot for them...

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