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Michael Bresler

Aug 23, 2026, 3:32 PM

The Best Use of AI in Schools May Have Nothing to Do With Students

Most conversations about AI and schools end up in the classroom. Should students use ChatGPT, Claude, etc? Is it cheating? How should teachers change assignments? Will students still learn to write, research, and think critically? We should be having those conversations. But I we're overlooking...

Avigail Moradzadeh

Aug 22, 2026, 11:17 AM

Deep Jewish Learning Builds Deep Jewish Commitment

Walk into my high school in Silicon Valley, and you will find an air filled with an intense focus on the future. Between color-coded planners and conversations about college applications, internships, and achievements, my peers and I are constantly...

Shamai Leibowitz

Aug 21, 2026, 8:37 AM

The Stranger in Your Tent

What do returning lost property, a desert tent, and the Arabic greeting—adopted by many Hebrew speakers—Ahlan wa sahlan ("welcome") have in common? They all have a connection to the Semitic root: א-ה-ל (A-H-L). While Hebrew kept Ohel (אֹהֶל) as the physical tent, Arabic came to use ahl (أَهْل) to mean the family living inside it....

Aug 20, 2026, 8:42 PM

The Intersection of Jewish Peoplehood & Innovation Nation

The Infrastructure to Connect the Jewish Future Am Yisrael, the Global Jewish People, stand at a historical intersection. The challenges we face on a communal, societal, and national level are familiar yet different. Unlike the challenges we have faced throughout...

Daniel R. Weiss

Aug 20, 2026, 6:53 AM

Ki Teitzei: Belonging Is a Fence, Not Just an Open Door

Why does a home need a fence before it needs a mezuzah? It is a strange question, but it is the one this week's parsha, Ki Teitzei, quietly puts to us. "When you build a new house, you shall...

Aryeh Eisenberg

Aug 19, 2026, 6:19 PM

Celebrating our 18th Aliyahversary!

18 years and counting....

Eighteen years ago, my wife, our two young children, and I left our home in Highland Park, New Jersey, and headed to JFK for a one-way flight to our new home in Israel. At the time, aliyah was still, in...

Silas Anastacio

Aug 18, 2026, 3:04 AM

Jewish Society of Ceará Inaugurates Library Honoring David Rosenthal

Last Friday (14), the Jewish Society of Ceará (SIC) in Brazil, celebrated a special moment of memory, culture, and knowledge with the inauguration of its new library, named in honor of David Rosenthal — a tribute to a life...

Aug 17, 2026, 12:02 AM

Hiding Behind ‘As a Jew’ Will Not Save You

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On Friday evening, August 14, 2026, a man disrupted Shabbat services at Central Synagogue in Manhattan. Police said he struck a 63-year-old congregant, leaving her with a cut lip and an injury to her forearm. He spat at and...

Chaim Y. Botwinick

Aug 16, 2026, 5:02 PM

Unique Characteristics of Exemplary Jewish Day School/Yeshiva Leadership

In my former capacity as head of school, principal and now executive coach and day school consultant, I am often asked to describe the characteristics of an outstanding or exemplary head of school or day school principal. Although there are...

Aug 16, 2026, 12:39 AM

AI and Teaching Jewish Civilization: Is an Enemy Needed?

Teaching Jewish Civilization

The Argument That Needs an Enemy: What happens when you forbid a machine to mention our enemies by Joe Nalven, with Claude Dara Horn reports that most American students, if they learn about Jews at all, learn only that Jews were...

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