Drops of Honey - Tasting, talking and tagging Jewish education in Pittsburgh and the rest of the Jewish world! A blog by Rabbi Scott Aaron.
Change is Hard: Congregational Education Improvement by dropsofhoneyOn my way back from my camping vacation with my family in the woods of Wisconsin, I attended a conference focused on congregational school improvement in Cleveland, Ohio. The conference was spons...
Family Camping = Family Jewish Education by dropsofhoneyLast week, as part of my vacation, my family went camping along with a few other local families for two nights. We went to Raccoon Creek State Park and were blessed with mild weather and re...
Guest Post: What Is Good Jewish Education? by dropsofhoneyWhile I am off this week, my mentor, teacher and friend Dr. Gabe Goldman of the American Jewish University in Los Angeles has graciously taken up my offer to contribute some thoughts on Jewis...
Summertime is Catch-Up Time for Teachers as well as Students by dropsofhoneyI'm down to my last class before no summer teaching obligations and I am in need of a bit of downtime. Like all teachers, I love working with my students but we also need a little time to recharg...
Jewish Rock Radio: Streaming Culture to the Next Generation by dropsofhoney“The people gave the music life, and the music in turn pulsated in the people, passing from parent to child, and from land to land. The joys and triumphs, the tenderness and warmth, the agony and...
Technology and Jewish Education: It is More Technical Than We Think by dropsofhoneyAJL and Beth Shalom Congregation brought in a real resource in Jewish education this week. Dr. David Bryfman is the Director of the New Center for Collaborative Leadership and a nationa...
Congregational School Mergers II: A Recent Webinar by dropsofhoney
A webinar was hosted by JESNA last week on the topic of merging congregational schools. I recently raised this issue for Pittsburgh here in light of recent JESNA study on the subject. I ...
A webinar was hosted by JESNA last week on the topic of merging congregational schools. I recently raised this issue for Pittsburgh here in light of recent JESNA study on the subject. I ...
The Educational Message of Seudat Mitzvah: It is More than Just Lunch by dropsofhoneyJews and food. The jokes, the rituals, the cultural obsession, even the social studies about the linkage between the two are legendary. An old joke that proves the point:"What does the Bar Mitz...
Congregational School Mergers: An Idea Whose Time has Come? by dropsofhoneyI recently read with great interest a summary of two surveys recently conducted by JESNA and the Association of Directors of Central Agencies about the potent...
Celebrating Death: The Bin Laden Dilemma by dropsofhoneyLike all of us, I have been following the aftermath of the death of Osama Bib Laden in the media. On the day after it happened, after a morning watching the news reports and pundits, I was asked ...