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Whose Child Is This?

Candlelighting, Readings: Shabbat candles: 4:14 p.m. Torah: Genesis 25:19-28:9 Haftarah: I Samuel 20:18-42 Havdalah: 5:15 p.m. One of the very worst of the curses in Deuteronomy 28 is that “you will bear children and they will not be yours” [Deut. 28:41]. This week’s portion of Toldot is very much concerned with the question of whose […]

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Can Online Portals Transform Hebrew Schools?

Content providers like Behrman House are looking to take learning beyond the classroom in race to the digital top.

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Jewish Giving In The Global Village

When 18-year-old Margot Haas visited Rwanda’s Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village on a summer service and learning trip, she was described by her mom as “ambiently Jewish.” The term itself reflects the gap between what so many “next generation” Jews think of themselves and how they are thought of by their parents and teachers. What is often […]

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