Text Study based on the hit movie and Broadway Show, Mean Girls. This text study explores lashon hara using the ancient texts form the Babylonian Talmud, Yisroel Salanter coupled with quotes from the Mean Girls musical.
Daniel Rechtschaffen created a framework to think about mindfulness in terms of 5 literacies: physical, mental, emotional, social and global. This lesson plan explores the 5 literacies though a Jewish lens.
Popular songwriter and performer Ishay Ribo's song about Corona plays with different meanings of "Crown" (Corona is garland or crown in Latin).
An entertaining video sharing all sorts of facts about Israel.
Examine the meaning behind the term Zionism, from its origins in Jewish history to the complex conversations that surround it today.
A podcast on Rachel Sharansky Danziger’s personal connection to the Exodus story.
The Jewish Women's Archive investigates the #MeToo movement in this podcast, guide, and toolkit.
For decades, as part of the admissions process, many yeshiva high schools in the Greater New York area have required 9th grade applicants to take a standardized exam in both General Studies and Judaic Studies.
An advisors' guide from NCSY with resources, articles, videos, activities, and Jewish law.
Resources to explore ideas, tools and materials to innovate Jewish learning in a congregation.