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 | 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 | Oct 21, 2012 | 21st Century Learning, Jewish Day School, Schechter School of Long Island
I saw a lot of silos last week. It probably had something to do with the fact that I was on a 6th grade trip through Pennsylvania Dutch Country, but I wasn’t just noticing the silos on the outside of our bus. We have plenty of silos inside of our schools, too....
