by Ari Yares | Apr 12, 2013 | Design Thinking, Jewish Day School, Schechter School of Long Island
A colleague of mine once referred to tefillah as the third rail of Jewish education. As irreverent as this may sound, it stemmed from a deep-seated concern that as Jewish educators we struggle with this area of the day school experience, not because it is not...
by Ari Yares | Feb 22, 2013 | Schechter School of Long Island
I am a firm believer in the power of food. It is an almost elemental force that reaches deep into us and has the power to change our lives. Other ideals, kindness, love, world peace, and repairing the world, are intricately related to the power of food and can be...
by Ari Yares | Aug 13, 2013 | Design Thinking, In the News, Jewish Day School, Schechter School of Long Island
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by Ari Yares | Dec 19, 2012 | Design Thinking, Jewish Day School
I just watched a Ted Talk by Ben Saunders which concluded with his plans for an upcoming Antarctic expedition on foot. He detailed his experiences doing things that most of us probably wouldn’t even dream about.Watching this talk was inspiring. Now let’s...
by Ari Yares | Dec 19, 2012 | Jewish Day School
In getting ready for my trip to London to attend World ORT’s Wingate Seminar on instructional technology, I thought about a number of things to make sure that I was prepared for the trip. I checked the weather to ensure that I had packed the right kind of...
