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Shamai Leibowitz

Jun 25, 2026, 10:54 PM

From Czar to Civil Rights

For centuries, Jews took the Mishnah's instruction literally: "Pray for the stability of the government..." (Pirkei Avot 3:2) Across Europe, communities recited a special prayer for the ruling monarch, Ha-Noten Teshuah ("He Who grants salvation to kings..."). Originating in 11th-century Germany, its purpose was survival:...

Jun 25, 2026, 10:09 PM

A Story Not About Jews

It is a story all about the Jews, yet the Jews play no role in it. It contains some of the most common phrases in Jewish life, yet they are not the words of any Jew. This week's Parasha...

Jun 25, 2026, 10:39 AM

Book review – Heart of Wisdom: The Teachings of Rabbi Moshe Chalkowski

Some of the world’s most dangerous physical jobs include commercial fishing, logging, and mining. In the spiritual world, the role of mashpia or mashgiah carries its own unique set of dangers. The role of these individuals is to provide...

Jun 23, 2026, 5:23 AM

Are we ready “when the time comes?”

Kohler, 1974

My mom died in April. Her name was Nan. She was 75 years old, and her love for a good game of "Jewish Geography" could make you think she hadn't spent her whole life in New York. She'd been living...

Chaim Y. Botwinick

Jun 22, 2026, 6:55 PM

The Core Qualities of Effective School Leadership

Highly effective schools, are almost always led and inspired by highly effective leaders. The inverse is also true. Poor and ineffective schools are led primarily by those who are either mediocre or ineffective. I use the term "almost" or "mostly"...

Charles E. Savenor

Jun 21, 2026, 9:12 AM

To infinity and beyond: The wisdom of Toy Story

Like Woody the cowboy, I used to worry my kids would outgrow me. Instead, I have new assignments

Jun 18, 2026, 10:32 PM

Confronting The Snake

It takes us just a week to read a story that spans almost forty years. Punished for ingratitude and lack of faith, the Jews were forced to wander in the wilderness. Parashat Chukat describes thirty-eight years of those travels....

Jun 16, 2026, 8:47 AM

I spent a day trying to break the OU’s Torah AI

I got it to make a few errors, but where it got me was its propensity to plead ignorance rather than hallucinate falsehood. What other chatbot does that?!

Barry Mellinger

Jun 16, 2026, 5:44 AM

Our Eternal Love

Mike Leven knows the answer. He published it in eJewish Philanthropy on June 3rd, calm and confident and almost entirely without alarm. Tamim Academy schools work. The data is unambiguous. The economics are scalable. Eighty schools for fifty million...

Chaim Y. Botwinick

Jun 15, 2026, 7:24 PM

How Educational Leaders Go From Good to Great

The popular phrase "going from good to great" is the title of an amazing best seller management book authored by Jim Collins in 2001. As a result of its popularity, the phrase and concept is now used often to describe...

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