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  • An Examination of the Impact of Critical Theory on Jewish Education

    Sitting at the Birthright NEXT #NEXTwork gathering in the SouthEast and the conversation about young Jewish adults feeling like they are “bad Jews” or “not Jewish enough” just emerged – prompting me to repost AGAIN. This was originally written as a paper for my EdD program for my course on Theoretical Foundations of Education Research &…

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  • The Death of Osama bin Laden

    The following is a Response Lesson that can be used with learners to better understand the Jewish response to the death of Osama bin Laden.  Ideally it would be used over a 2-hour time frame, but please feel free to modify it for your needs.   Additionally, due to the immediacy and time limit, the…

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  • Thinking About Critical Questions

    This blog post was originally published on Davar Acher. I am about halfway through coursework for an EdD in Jewish Education Leadership. About 75% of my coursework is actually in secular K-12 education. As such, I am often pausing in my readings and asking myself, “How does this apply to Jewish education?” The following are…

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