June 2020: Schools and the Coronavirus

June 3, 2020

Returning to The New (Ab)normal

by RABBI DR. DAVID FOX Ba’boker tomar mi yiten erev (Devarim 28:67) A challenge of these last months has been adaptation – limited access to other persons, quarantine, economic realities, discontinuation of synagogue and community life […]

June 3, 2020

Community Projects during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Yeshiva University Beren Campus Haggadah by students for students By Bella Adler As a Yeshiva University college senior, graduating with a degree in Jewish Education, I certainly didn’t foresee my final semester of student teaching to […]

June 3, 2020

Balance as the Elusive State of Equilibrium

By Mrs. Miriam Gettinger Balance as the elusive state of equilibrium has challenged us all during the COVID-19 pandemic. Finding the sweet spot in managing our home life and work demands when conflated into a boundaryless […]

June 3, 2020

Searching During COVID – Lessons Learned About Recruiting and Hiring

By Rabbi Maury Grebenau The panic set in just before we ended school for Pesach break. While in the process of hiring a teacher, we made the decision to close school and move to the Zoom […]

June 3, 2020

Why Finals? Why Now? A Critical Look

by Rabbi Eliezer Y. Lehrer, M.Ed. Students feel that they should be commended for attending their online classes each day. They profess that they are too stressed to think about finals. Others bring up the fact […]

June 3, 2020

COVID-19 and the Important Role Our Community Day Schools Play

By Tania Levenstein When one hears the term community day school, one often thinks about the campus, the buildings, and the classrooms. One may wonder what AP classes are offered, what the early childhood philosophy is, […]

June 3, 2020

Confronting the Assessments Challenge

Rabbi Baruch Noy, MEd, CETL While leading professional development for schools taking on a new virtual reality, there are certain recurring themes that were expressed. These expressions came from such a varied crowd – new teachers […]

June 3, 2020

The Benefits of Daring to Lead in Times of Uncertainty

By Mrs. Rivkie Gottlieb Assuming the role of principal comes with a host of challenges, including among others the very common “imposter syndrome.” This feeling of being an imposter feels like a constant, though it occasionally […]

June 3, 2020

What Will Our Children Remember From the Spring of 2020?

By Rabbi Yaakov Sadigh It was a beautiful spring day in 1979 when I boarded the bus to return home from my school in Tehran, Iran. As always, my mom had some cookies and milk ready […]

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