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Graduates from a What's Mine is Yours class at Keshet in Chicago. (Courtesy Melton via JTA)
February 25, 2026, 5:54 am
New curriculum brings adults with intellectual disabilities into heart of Jewish learning
An increasingly popular program from Melton and Matan adapts Torah, prayer and holiday study for learners around the world who’ve been long left out of formal adult education
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Religious Zionism party head MK Bezalel Smotrich after coalition talks at a hotel in Jerusalem, December 5, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 8, 2022, 9:11 am
Next treasury chief Smotrich: ‘Following the Torah will lead to financial abundance’
Far-right leader says he plans to examine ‘the macro and the micro’ of Israel’s economy once he enters office, but stresses that above all he is a religious Jew
By Tobias Siegal
Make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem for Shavuot 2020, taking advantage of new walking paths opened on the rooftops and ancient walls of the city (Courtesy Jerusalem municipality)
May 22, 2020, 1:51 pm
A guide to the socially distant Shavuot, with pilgrimage and cheese
It’s time to celebrate the giving of the Torah, through study and dairy food
By Jessica Steinberg
Former head speechwriter for Michelle Obama and author of the new book, 'Here All Along,' Sarah Hurwitz, left pictured with the former first lady. (Chuck Kennedy/White House)
September 6, 2019, 5:00 am
Former Obama speechwriter turns her pen to a new book on reconnecting to Judaism
Sarah Hurwitz, who was a senior writer for both the president and first lady, returns to her roots in a new work on Jewish tradition, released just ahead of the High Holidays
By Rich Tenorio
Rabbi David Stav, cofounder and chairman of the Tzohar rabbinical organization. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)
June 6, 2019, 8:56 pm
Israeli rabbis’ Shavuot learning program goes global
Study sessions developed by Tzohar Rabbinical Organization to take place in 90 Israeli locations as well as in India, Sweden and Greece
By Marcy Oster
Students at the Shefa school in Manhattan, October 8, 2018. (Ben Sales)
October 22, 2018, 3:20 am
Academy preps kids with learning disabilities for mainstream Jewish high school
Focusing on method over erudition, NY’s Shefa School personalizes lessons with a high teacher-to-student ratio to help students enter prestigious institutions ready to tackle texts
By Ben Sales
Participants gather at Limmud Jerusalem in 2012. (Rocco Giansante)
June 6, 2018, 2:36 pm
How do you turn students into leaders? Have them volunteer, says new study
Research by the Limmud adult education initiative cites increased rates of Jewish participation and leadership from those who donate their time to the organization
By Yaakov Schwartz
Old illuminated Haggadah (Presburg 1773). A Jewish text that sets forth the order of the Passover Seder. Switzerland. (Godong/UIG via Getty Images/via JTA)
March 26, 2018, 11:53 am
5 new Haggadahs to update your seder
From a Trump parody to a compassionate look at Jewish diversity, these options will spice up your seder with a distinct 2018 flavor
By Gabe Friedman
Chamutal Shoval
March 21, 2018, 1:55 pm
Chamutal Shoval
The Rabbinate won’t let me take its exams
By not letting us female students of Shabbat, kashrut, and more establish our expertise, the rabbis quash the Torah
Rabbi David Seidenberg (Courtesy of Seidenberg/via JTA)
July 31, 2017, 1:46 pm
How Tisha b’Av can help us understand the refugee experience
Rabbi David Seidenberg argues that focusing exclusively on the historical tragedy misses out on an important lesson
By Josefin Dolsten
Michael Kagan
February 17, 2017, 4:22 pm
Michael Kagan
Thwack! Matkot and the Start-Up Nation
The Tel Aviv beach game is quintessentially Jewish, pushing players to work together even as they rebut each other
Mothers in Tel Aviv meet for an Ayeka 'Soulful Parenting' workshop, February 2016. (Courtesy)
February 13, 2017, 3:09 am
Is there such a thing as ‘soulful’ parenting?
In a unique Jewish study group, Israeli mothers gather to seek transcendence amid the tantrums and diapers
By Simona Weinglass
Author Chanan Tigay during a recent trip to Venice, Italy. (Emanuele Dello Strologo)
March 30, 2016, 9:45 am
Author plays Indiana Jones on the trail of ‘the World’s Oldest Bible’
In 1883, Moses Shapira claimed to have found ancient parchments with the text of Deuteronomy in the Judean Desert. But they were dismissed as forgeries, and he committed suicide. Decades later, the Dead Sea Scrolls were uncovered in the same area. Chanan Tigay set out to discover if Shapira was wronged
By Matt Lebovic
Joel Hoffman
February 27, 2016, 11:06 am
Joel Hoffman
8 reasons I learn Torah every day
He had to convince his Hebrew school students to study, so he set out to remind himself why he does it
Jacob Sager
April 29, 2015, 7:43 pm
Jacob Sager
Independent, ad-free social network to connect Jewish leaders
What do people who attend JewSchool do during the summer? Go to Jew.Camp, of course
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