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Memories of 9/11 – Eric
Our son, Eric, and his wife lived and worked in NYC in 2001. He wrote these poems in the days following 9/11. Bus Poems The sky is blue, and the bus is crowded. A woman in black gets on, pays, argues...
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Learning From…Diana and Team Nyad
(“Learning From…” posts are inspired by people and events often those which are far removed from the world of Jewish Education.) Throughout the High Holiday period, an image has been floating around in...
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Chai Five – Challenges & A Hebrew Game
Note: Chai Five posts share activities and experiences related to my Fifth Grade Judaic Studies/Siddur Hebrew class. It feels as though I’ve just put away the apples and honey and shofar posters and...
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Chai Five: Hanukkah – Inspired “Light” Activities
Note: Chai Five posts describe experiences and activities in my Fifth Grade religious school class. The information shared in these posts may be modified for use with students in higher or lower grades...
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The Torah Team: “The Books,” Mr. Dundy, and Moses
For many years, my husband has studied with B’nai Mitzvah families to guide students in the preparation of their D’vrei Torah. This year I’ve joined him in this endeavor. Each time we meet with a...
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Starting Over, Starting Up, Reviewing and Re-thinking….Again!
Even though I haven’t posted in many months, I continued teaching until the school year ended in April. This year’s one day a week religious school/Hebrew school format was not really a successful...
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May Their Memory…
(Written on 6/30/14) I had hoped and prayed for a miracle – that they would be rescued by the Israeli army in a daring raid like Entebbe, but as I searched my email for a Bat Mitzvah student’s D’var...
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Home From Camp & Back to School
Even after having experienced numerous school year- summer vacation cycles, I’m still startled by the seemingly sudden signs of Back-to-School. Overnight, backpacks and notebooks fill store shelves...
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#Giving Tuesday
In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay takes over all of the streams on JCast Network to ask you for support. Darone is very proud of the many successes that we have had on JCast...
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Please Support
In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay thanks all of you who contributed in response to his previous podcast asking for support, and so as we celebrate the final day of Chanukah, and...
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