Hamas in Gaza Claims to Be Protecting Jerusalem by Firing Rockets at It, and Other Ironies of the Current War
Jerusalem of glue.
May 13, 2021
Why So Many Educators Misread a Crucial Biblical Verse about Child Rearing
“Train a lad in the way he ought to go.”
The book of Proverbs contains several verses about how to raise children and shape their character, but the one most popular in discussions of Jewish education today is 22:6: “Train a lad in the way he ought to go; he will not swerve from it even in old age.” From the verse’s first word, ḥanokh, is derived the modern Hebrew ḥinukh, education. But, writes Elli Fischer, it is too often misunderstood as an early articulation of what is now called “differentiated instruction,” i.e., the idea that pedagogy should be tailored to each student’s learning style:
May 13, 2021
Israel’s Critics Only Care about Law and Rights When It Suits Them to
The world still likes dead Jews best.
While American Progressives Demonize Israel, the Arab World Has Moved On
Ilhan Omar and the New York Times are out of touch with Riyadh and Dubai.
Why So Many Educators Misread a Crucial Biblical Verse about Child Rearing
“Train a lad in the way he ought to go.”
The Forgotten Story of a Dutch Woman Who Saved Thousands of Jews from the Nazis
Truus Wijsmuller.