By Sarah Kass Today’s e-Jewish Philanthropy reports JDub is closing up shop despite a 9 year history of innovation and success. The reason? Financial pressures. The article notes that “among the reasons stated for closing are [an] ‘aging out of the cohort of Jewish...
By Sarah Kass In a few weeks time, when we read Parshat Eikev, we will once again be invited to contend with the warning in Devarim Chapter VIII against building big houses and amassing great physical assets, lest we “become haughty and forget God” and foolishly...
(My remarks to the 10th Graduating Class of the Pardes Educators Program)[i] Sarah Kass When I was asked a few days ago to step in for AVI CHAI’s chairman and say a few words to you on behalf of the foundation, I began to think about what I might say to young people...
This new video is a beautiful celebration of teachers and their power to make a difference. The Pardes Institute in Jerusalem is a unique institution that nurtures each student’s own attachment to and passion for Jewish texts and the Jewish people. Teachers in the...
How Technology Can Humanize the Classroom Posted by Sarah Kass When we think of educational technology, we imagine machines replacing what we regard as the human elements of schools. We picture Google searches replacing librarians. We imagine remote lecturers...
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