“Bible – Our Story, Really?!”

“Bible – Our Story, Really?!”

A Testimonial from Bialik Hebrew Day School, Toronto, for our Schools Pedagogy Course “Purposeful Pedagogy: Making Tanakh our Students’ Story” with Rabbi Reuven Spolter. “This year, we truly understood how much the statement “The Bible is Our...
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...
Extending Herzog’s Global Connections

Extending Herzog’s Global Connections

As Director of Herzog College’s international department – Herzog Global – Amihai Bannett has developed a unique perspective on the relationship between Jewish educators in Israel and around the world.I grew up in Israel with English-speaking parents, and we...