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And the Grinspoon-Steinhardt Award Goes to…
by Deborah Fishman | Jun 19, 2012 |
Tamar Rabinowitz has received this year’s Grinspoon-Steinhardt Award for Excellence in Jewish Education, presented by the Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties at their Annual Meeting on June 10. Tamar is a graduate of...
Shavuot, Jewish Ethics, and a Rebuttal of Thomas Jefferson
by Deborah Fishman | May 22, 2012 |
By: Yossi Prager As Shavuot approaches, I think of the multi-faceted nature of the Torah. It tells the stirring story of a small, complex family that grew into a great nation. It sets out the constitution for that nation. And it contains a detailed set of laws for...
The Moral Costs of Jewish Day School
by Deborah Fishman | May 16, 2012 |
This piece is cross-posted from Jewish Ideas Daily. By: Aryeh Klapper There is a lot of hand-wringing these days about whether the rising costs of Jewish day schools are sustainable. The discussion has been about money: How can we get more? How can we spend less? ...
Middle Income Day School Affordability: A Case Study
by dperla | May 10, 2012 |
By: Dan Perla The Solomon Schechter Day School (SSDS) of Greater Boston observed an interesting financial anomaly among the 28 families sending three children to the school (there were no families with more than three children): only one was middle class. By middle...
What's in an ELI talk?: Recipe from a Talker
by Deborah Fishman | May 8, 2012 |
This Monday, May 14, we will hold the first New York ELI talks (see event details here). But what’s in an ELI talk? ELI talks: Inspired Jewish Ideas are 10-15 minute talks in which commitments to Jewish literacy, Jewish religious engagement, Jewish peoplehood, and...
It's Looking Like a Brainstorm: Our Day School Enrollment Cloud
by Deborah Fishman | May 7, 2012 |
We were pleased to see the lively discussion here on the AVI CHAI blog around the question of, “What would make day school a more attractive option for parents not currently considering it?” This Wednesday, The AVI CHAI Foundation in partnership with the Steinhardt...
Soul of Parenting: The Yom's Season
by Deborah Fishman | Apr 19, 2012 |
This post is part of a regular series written by Rabbi Jay Goldmintz, Headmaster of Ramaz Upper School, and sent to the parents of Ramaz students. I was teaching a class a few months ago about Migdal Bavel, the Tower of Babel mentioned in the Torah, which according to...
The Day School Financial Enterprise and Its Systemic Underfunding
by dperla | Apr 3, 2012 |
By: Dan Perla A traditional Shabbat lunch is usually book-ended by well- established rituals—kiddush and motzei at the beginning of the meal and birkat hamazon at the end of the meal. These days it appears that a new "ritual" is emerging as a focal point for the...
The Case for National Jewish Philanthropy
by Deborah Fishman | Mar 29, 2012 |
This piece is cross-posted here on eJewishPhilanthropy.com. by Yossi Prager Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill once said, “All politics is local.” Should philanthropy be the same? AVI CHAI’s spend-down goals include building funding partnerships with others whose values...
Startup Pre-K at Boston's Solomon Schechter
by Deborah Fishman | Mar 27, 2012 |
In February of 2010, the Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Boston (SSDSGB) had an opportunity. A Jewish early childhood education program which was located on the school’s property abruptly decided to close. Although unaffiliated with SSDSGB, this program had...