This discussion guide explores the Jewish approach to repentance, drawing on Rambam’s Hilchot Teshuvah (Laws of Repentance). Included are hands-on activities for younger and older students that deal with guilt and apology. **Newly updated for 2024**
This article is a comprehesive resrouce from a journal of the National Association for the Education of Young Children published in July 2017.
This article details Yael University's most in-demand class, Psychology and the Good Life.
Jenny Fox-Eades, character strengths researcher and educator, shares examples of using character strengths with children in a practical and impactful way.
A schoolwide focus on cultivating traits like self-discipline, courage, and perseverance helps students meet high expectations.
Professor Sonja Lyubomirsky is a leading social psychologist and researcher into happiness and author of The Myths of Happiness and The How of Happiness.
Congregation Kol Ami White Plains, NY. Mesorah (tradition) is a choice-based model for 7th-12th graders that includes CORE learning and hands-on, experiential, project-based learning electives.
Temple Adat Elohim, Thousand Oaks, CA. Families come together twice a month, once to experience Shabbat as a B’Yachad community and another time to help heal the world by participating in Tikkun Olam (repairing the world) projects
Temple Emanuel of the Pascack Valley (TEPV), Woodcliff Lake, NJ. This online, opt-in, home-based learning model for 7th-9th graders is a partnership with JETS Israel (Jerusalem EdTech Solutions).
Meaningful, appropriate and engaging pieces to learn and observe Yom HaZikaron.