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The Blogs: Why I Wrote the Apology Letter

1+ hour, 16+ min ago  (1072+ words) David Magerman is a computer scientist, entrepreneur, and co-founder and managing partner of Differential Ventures. He is the founder and president of The Tzemach David Foundation, dedicated to advancing Israeli education, the founder of the Tzion Development Initiative, and the…...

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The Blogs: Life In The South: Last Week In Merhavim

5+ day, 11+ hour ago  (607+ words) I hold a Ph D in English Literature from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, specializing in writing about issues related to women, literature, culture, and society. Having lived in the US for 15 years (between 1979-1994), I bring a diverse perspective to…...

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The Blogs: Teaching Hebrew as a Living Language, Not a Translation Exercise

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (707+ words) This kind of outcome is rare. The natural question is: how did it happen?" As Director of Hebrew Programs at Tikvah, I have had the opportunity to consult with and closely follow the development of the Hebrew program at Hadar....

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The Blogs: Read the Room: A Letter to Israel's Educational Leaders on Disability Inclusion

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (442+ words) " View of Jerusalem from the Haas Promenade " Courtesy of the Author As someone who had an Individualized Education Plan (IEP), I was deeply troubled to read about the efforts to limit disability inclusion in Israeli classrooms amid a staffing shortage....

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The Blogs: Protection Is Not Inclusion

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (479+ words) Lately I have been thinking about the 2026 Super Bowl ad that raised awareness about antisemitism in schools and how much I disagree with it. While I was happy to see that the topic has risen to this level of cultural…...

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The Blogs: Does Your Day School Require a Strategic Plan?

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (928+ words) Many of our Jewish day schools and yeshivot experience a variety of challenges and crises during the course of their growth and development. These crises may include the lack of financial resources, the inability to attract students of a specific…...

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The Blogs: Reading Texts Together: Service Year In Merhavim

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (354+ words) It's almost the end of the service year, and I haven't written enough about one of our group's most important activities: the Sunday meeting, held on the day we return from home to our service placement. This kind of learning…...

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The Blogs: The university between truth and activism

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (1466+ words) On administrative cowardice, moral selectivity and the loss of academic Courage The problem is not that students protest. Protest is a legitimate feature of a free society. The problem arises when universities themselves cease to act as places of intellectual…...

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The Blogs: After the Sirens Came the AP Exams

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (542+ words) Looking back at the nearly six weeks of missile alerts, sleepless nights, and bomb shelters in Israel, the greatest visible anxiety many of'our'students displayed this spring was not over the war.'It was over AP exams. High school students, mostly…...

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The Blogs: AI Technology in Jewish Day Schools and Yeshivot: Is It a Good Thing?

1+ mon, 5+ hour ago  (899+ words) The responses to that post were what I anticipated. There were folks who felt that the post was spot-on and that it offered a variety of innovative, creative and inspiring 21st century challenges, ideas and concepts. And, there were others who…...