As we enter Parshas Teruma, you may be looking for a way to have people better appreciate the Mishkan. We’ve got an excellent visual aid. You can now build your own Mishkan! This model is ideal for a classroom demonstration; it can be used as a way to bring the tabernacle and the concepts that surround... Read more »
February 2013 marks the fifth annual Jewish Disability Awareness Month (JDAM), a unified initiative to raise awareness and foster support for the inclusion of people with disabilities and their families in Jewish communities worldwide. We are all disabled in some sense. We were put on this earth incomplete to strive for perfection, and part of... Read more »
Recently, we received an email from an educator who said that he was, “looking for resources from which he could use sports to teach Jewish concepts.” As a rabbi or educator, you are always looking for ways to help your congregants or students better their behavior and conduct. It follows that the use of sports references... Read more »
NLE Resources invites rabbis and educators from around the world to contribute guest posts. Here’s a new blog from Rabbi Yehuda Chanales, Director of Educational Technology and Rebbe at Torah Academy of Bergen County, New Jersey. Over the past two years, I have been doing a lot of research and learning about Project Based Learning... Read more »
The Mussar Institute, founded by Alan Morinis, aims to impart wisdom and tools for character development grounded in Torah and the classical Mussar tradition. In particular, TMI’s goal is to enable all Jews to incorporate Mussar learning and practice into their everyday lives. For the past number of years, they have celebrated Generosity Week, during... Read more »
Are you hosting a Purim party? Is your shul having a concert or bringing in a guest speaker? If you ever need to sell tickets to an event online, you are going to want to know about TicketLeap.com. This site helps you easily sell tickets, provides you with event registration, and gives you complete access to box... Read more »
Ah love – that ephemeral, slippery word. Why so? Because we think of love as a pure emotion, when it is really messy – sooner or later it gets mixed into the cholent pot of other relationships we have to have with our spouse – earning a living, and running a house, and education, and illness. In other words,... Read more »
Purim is in under a month. That’s right, you have less than thirty days until Purim! If you are looking for something that you could use to help enhance the Purim experience at a Beginners’ Minyan, check out: Megillah Mania. Megillah Mania is an interactive, humorous PowerPoint slideshow that you can use to accompany your megillah... Read more »
Technology is changing faster than ever. It is affecting the way in which our students learn and show interest in the classroom. Looking for ways to bridge the gap between the “out of touch” teacher and the tech-savvy student, educators around the world are beginning to implement Game Based Learning (GBL) in their classroom and homework... Read more »
The other day a fellow called me and asked me if I could help him drum up clientele for a new business venture he is considering. One of the approaches he considered was having an open house where potential clients could come and sample his services for free. He asked me what I thought about... Read more »
