When kids ask big questions, how do you respond? Whether you are parent, educator, or just a curious person, you've probably asked yourself the same questions.
Every week, Rabbi Shai Held invites an expert guest to explore a big question: Who is God? Why did God create the world? Why do bad things happen?
This podcast doesn’t have all the answers, but it can give you the language and frameworks to engage meaningfully with these questions.
Listen to the first episode below, and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts to hear the entire inaugural season.
- Jewish Text and Thought
- Jewish Tradition
- G-d
- Parents
- Parenting
- Tefilah (Prayer)
- Spirituality
- Intergenerational Learning
- Not Grade Specific
- After School and Beyond
- Educator Training
- Camp
- Congregational Learning
- Day Schools and Yeshivas
- Family Engagement
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Demonstrating authenticity and vulnerability in the classroom means educators thoughtfully share their genuine questions, struggles, and personal connections with Jewish primary texts, creating a model of honest engagement with tradition. This approach embraces wrestling with texts as a sacred act
A scavenger hunt for exploring the Megillah and discovering its hidden elements.
After October 7, educators were asked to guide students while still making sense of their own evolving relationship to Israel and to Jewish peoplehood. What does it mean to teach when the ground beneath the curriculum is still shifting? What has changed in Israel education? What do educators need to