Setting Up Your Shul for Shavuos.
The Black-Hat Underground – a Community of Creative Charedi Baalei Teshuva
Running a Successful Shul Dinner: Between getting an honoree, a caterer, a journal, and short speeches, it’s not easy, but it’s a great event for fundraising and achdus.
Orthodox Schooling: What Do We Know?: YU’s Azrieli School of Jewish Education begins studying how the experiences of observant life play out in the context of families, schools, Israel programs, and campuses.
Samsung Korea VP Visits Yeshiva to Help Koreans Learn Talmud: The South Koreans believe that high academic Jewish achievement is linked to Talmud study, and are increasingly adding it to their education curriculum.
Emotional Bank Accounts and Letting it Slide – We let friend’s actions slide, because emotional bank account deposits have been made. With a nice postscript.
Brooklyn Is the Second Most Expensive Place to Live in the U.S. Manhattan, Brooklyn, San Francisco, San Jose, Honolulu, Queens and Stamford are the top 7 most expensive.
Effective Strategies for Educating and Engaging (non religious) Jewish Teens – 64 pages find location, relationships, flexible involvement, young staff, acceptance, focus, funding are keys.
Making Rules to Prevent Digital Shuls
Harry Maryles has a good summary of Jack Wertheimer’s The Outreach Revolution in Commentary Magazine.
Cutting the Line to Sell Your Chametz
Fresh Pesach Shiurim – Posted Daily.
The Malbim Haggadah – one of our favorites for the structure
As you’ve advanced your observance, how have your Pesach issues changed over the years?
– Focusing on cleaning
– Focusing on running the seder
– Focusing on non-religious relatives
– Focusing on keeping the children involved
– Focusing on make it more meaningful each year
Collecting Outstanding Balances From Members
Principle vs Pragmatism in Chareidi IDF participation.
Who Can Make the Sun Shine? – The Candy Man Can!
AJOP 2013 this coming Shabbos through Tuesday including an Inreach Sub Conference on Sunday.