Drops of Honey - Tasting, talking and tagging Jewish education in Pittsburgh and the rest of the Jewish world! A blog by Rabbi Scott Aaron.
By The Numbers: Demography in the Jewish Community by dropsofhoneyOf late there have been several interesting reports on the Jewish population growth/decline of major cities. New York City's in particular is an interesting case study because the biggest take-awa...
Living Jewishly: A Snapshot of a Generation by dropsofhoneyIt isn't every day that a mentor gets to kvell about a mentee, but one of my Spertus Chicago students has turned her Masters of Arts in Jewish Professional Studies project i n to a book. Stefa...
Talmud Study and The Liberal Jew: Then versus Now by dropsofhoneyLike many folks, I subscribe to daily media feeds. In my case, these are mostly from the Jewish affairs media and they come in daily e-mail digests. Sometimes I get busy and can’t read them each...
Straight Talk About Complicated Stuff: Qualitative Program Assessment by dropsofhoneyA Hillel colleague, Rabbi Drew Kaplan of Long Beach Hillel , recently posted an opinion piece questioning the over-reliance of Jewish educational organizations on quantitative data and wond...
The Idea of a Community Youth Rabbi: Too Tough for The Temples' Turf? by dropsofhoneyA recent blog post from a colleague caught my eye about Community Youth Rabbis. Rabbi Arnie Samlan proposed this idea on his blo g and it is intriguing. In a nutshell, he points ou...
Darchei Shalom: Jewish Camping in the midst of Non-Jewish Communities by dropsofhoneyA sad story was reported yesterday about some local residents vandalizing and intimidating Camp Bonim in Northeastern Pennsylvania. There was anti-semitic name calling, damage and reckles...
A Welcome Endorsement of Jewish Experiential Education by dropsofhoneyDr. Gil Graff recently posted an essay demonstrating the profound change Jewish Experiential Education methodology has made upon the broader field of Jewish education. As a committed proponent...
The Birthright Bump: The Next Generation's Pro-Israel Perspective by dropsofhoneyThere are no guarantees in this world, especially when it comes to entrusting something cherished by one generation to the next generation. Nowhere is this truer tha...
Birthright Advice: Practical and Otherwise by dropsofhoneyI'm currently home for two weeks working on my dissertation which is about what is experienced by participants on Birthright and Alternative Spring Break trips. I came across this recent...
The Heebie- Freebies: Continuing the Discussion on "Free" Jewish Resources by dropsofhoneyAn interesting opinion piece caught my eye last week. Dr. Yonaton Mirvis of Hebrew University argues that the recent debate over access to free Jewish resources should be tilted toward mak...