Restoring Dignity to Jewish Education

Restoring Dignity to Jewish Education

Do your students stand up when you walk into the room? In Jewish schools, yeshivas and midrashot of all types, the traditional reverence for educators, particularly Rebbes and Jewish Studies teachers, is being quietly eroded. Teachers struggle to maintain authority in...
Tanakh as Our Story

Tanakh as Our Story

This essay by Rabbi Dr. Shuky Reiss, Head of the Herzog College Tanakh Department, was first published in the Lookstein Center Journal of Jewish Educational Leadership entitled “Teaching Tanakh”, Winter 2025  (Our photo shows Rav Shuky teaching Tanakh at...
Plot Twists in Megillat Esther

Plot Twists in Megillat Esther

Toward the conclusion of Megillat Esther, there is a description of the reversal that takes place in the narrative: “…On this day the enemies of the Jews had hoped to overpower them, but now the tables were turned, and it was the Jews who overpowered their...
Herzog Global Joins DEEP Consortium, Attends Prizmah Conference

Herzog Global Joins DEEP Consortium, Attends Prizmah Conference

Herzog Global has been invited to join the DEEP Consortium, a community of independent organizations that provide high-quality professional development to educators in Jewish day schools.  DEEP stands for “Developing Embedded Expertise Programs”, and its mission is to...
Spanish Rimonim Teachers Beat the War

Spanish Rimonim Teachers Beat the War

Just as previous cohorts overcame the COVID pandemic, the 2024 cohort of 21 teachers from Latin America overcame cancelled flights and incoming missiles to fly to Israel for their Winter Seminar. Judaic Studies teachers from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico,...