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May 2, 2013 | Category: Community News
May 2, 2013—A new installment of Jewish Food for Thought – a series of animated shorts created by New York-based film and video artist Hanan Harchol – is now up on the web and on social media sites. [More]
Apr 26, 2013 | Category: Community News
Apr 26, 2013— Facing History and Ourselves ’ latest innovative educational resource, a five unit collection designed specifically for educators in a Jewish setting, is now available in print and electronic format. [More]
Mar 20, 2013 | Category: Community News
Mar 20, 2013—Taking the Haggadah personally, Rabbi David Silber, working with Rachel Furst, has published A Passover Haggadah: Go Forth and Learn. Essentially, two books in one: the Haggadah itself, in English and Hebrew, with Seder commentary and a collection of essays that inform Seder-night traditions and narration. [More]
Dec 13, 2012 | Category: Community News
Dec 13, 2012—A new app designed for young children (and even their parents) to learn basic Hebrew is now released for many mobile devices. [More]
Dec 12, 2012 | Location: New York, NY | Category: Community News
New York, NY, Dec 12, 2012—Nearly 30 Jewish educators from across the country gathered at a Jewish Women’s Archive retreat just before the start of the current academic year to dive into the new Living the Legacy curriculum and explore ways to maximize its use. Claire Solomon, Program Associate at The Covenant Foundation, was there, and shared some insights. [More]
Sep 4, 2012 | Category: Community News
VIDEOSep 4, 2012—A new installment of Jewish Food for Thought - a series of animated shorts examining universal themes present in Jewish texts and liturgy – is now up on the web and social media sites. [More]
May 23, 2012 | Category: Community News
May 23, 2012—It’s not Mount Sinai, it’s Chabot Regional Park in the Oakland Hills east of San Francisco. There, more than 150 people will converge for Shavuot to mark Moses’ receiving the Ten Commandments. [More]
Feb 28, 2012 | Category: Community News
VIDEOFeb 28, 2012—The third installment of Jewish Food for Thought - a series of animated shorts examining universal themes present in Jewish texts and liturgy – is now up on the web and on social media sites, and like its predecessors, is getting wide notice, attention and buzz. [More]
Rare Finds
Feb 21, 2013
New Best Practices for Families
Creating a family culture that is resilient, happy and supportive for the long run isn’t so easy, says author Bruce Feiler, but it’s doable with some heavily researched approaches that turn some long-believed theories on their heads.[More]