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Finding My Jewish Community, or Making it Myself

What happened to the Reform synagogues of yesteryear? I want my rabbi bearded, wearing a tie-dye tallit and playing guitar on the bimah. How do I find my community?

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Preparing for a Bar Mitzvah with ADHD

It’s my son’s big bar mitzvah year… but Miles is a different kind of bar mitzvah boy. Miles is a child with ADHD. You might be thinking, ahhh, another parent that says their child is ADHD. Why don’t we...

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8 Tips for Choosing a Hebrew School for Children with Special Needs

When your child has special learning needs–or any kind of physical, emotional, or behavioral challenge that impacts learning–finding a suitable religious education can be a challenge. For the 85% of us...

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For My Son on the Autistic Spectrum, Where Does He Fit into the Jewish...

As part of our month-long series dedicated to Jewish Disability Awareness Month, Benay shares her hopes and concerns about her son’s future Jewish education. I watch my 5-year-old at Jr. Congregation...

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Hebrew School is Awesome, Really

So I totally get that sitting around with friends bashing your collective Hebrew school experience from the 80s is pretty much a national Jewish sport, and that we’re all so “traumatized” and...

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I Cheated My Sons Out of a Jewish Education

My oldest son graduated from the 8th grade last week. His father and I picked this particular school for its academic rigor. By the time his nine years there were up, my son had visited England, passed...

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Some Parents Don’t Need Jewish Day School, But I’m Not One of Them

I read Jordana Horn’s piece in the Jewish Daily Forward about “Jewish Homeschooling” as an alternative to Jewish Day School with great interest. In it, Jordana states, “I’m not against day school, per...

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The Hebrew School Dropouts Want Back In

Last month, at the very last minute, I finally sent off my children’s application to our synagogue’s Hebrew school. For the second time. Three years ago when it was time to sign up our oldest daughter...

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Surviving Divorce, from Aleph to Tav

While browsing through old college journals, I recently caught a glimpse of a younger, happier, more confident woman. The bubbly writing belonged to an idealist who hitchhiked around the Middle East,...

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Hebrew School Inclusion for Children with Special Needs Is Possible, Here’s How

As part of our month-long series dedicated to Jewish Disability Awareness Month, Lisa Friedman, a Jewish Special educator and advocate for inclusion,  shares her guiding principals for creating a...

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My Daughter *Actually* Loves Hebrew School

Growing up I spent much of my time after school at Hebrew School. I did not enjoy it very much and would try many tactics to get out of it. My favorite was holding a thermometer under my lamp. That …...

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My Daughter’s Very Wrong—But Very Right—Idea of What Makes Her Jewish

My daughter started Hebrew School last week. She’s in kindergarten and will be learning the Jewish fundamentals—holidays, traditions, lifecycle events—all the good stuff. For me this is a huge...

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My Daughter, The Hebrew School Dropout

“My daughter, the Hebrew School dropout.” Those weren’t exactly the words I had in mind when I enrolled Hannah in Hebrew school when she was in kindergarten. And all went well for a few years…until...

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We Lost a Member of the Jew Crew

I got a phone call from my high school friend, Mikey, a year ago. We used to be very close, but as time and miles have grown between us, we rarely talk more than once every few years. He said, …...

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