Recent articles and news from Tiferet Bet Israel. http://www.tbibluebell.org The Challenges of Teaching Kids about Israel Today

In the TBI Religious School, one of our curricular goals is to teach about Israel and nurture a love for the Jewish nation in our students. Many of our grades have components about the h http://www.tbibluebell.org/article.aspx?id=89 http://www.tbibluebell.org/article.aspx?id=89/ Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT GROWING UP ONLINE

Facebook. YouTube. iPods. MySpace, text messaging. It's the greatest threat to our children in history. It's the greatest innovation and creative tool in history. The Internet. It's the most pervasive double-edged sword http://www.tbibluebell.org/article.aspx?id=73 http://www.tbibluebell.org/article.aspx?id=73/ Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT SURVIVING THE MULTIGENERATIONAL PESACH SEDER
Or, How I learned to Love Matzo Balls at 11:00 p.m.

Every year at this time I promise myself that I'm not going to write another April article about Passover. And basically, every year I http://www.tbibluebell.org/article.aspx?id=81 http://www.tbibluebell.org/article.aspx?id=81/ Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT JEWISH STUDENTS, JEWISH TEACHERS, AND THE "S" WORD

Over the past few years, one of the hottest items on the Jewish scene has been the "newly rediscovered" concept of spirituality. All one has to do is scan any of the Jewish newspapers ar http://www.tbibluebell.org/article.aspx?id=65 http://www.tbibluebell.org/article.aspx?id=65/ Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT Curriculum and Meaning-Centered Learning
As we move along in our second year of our four-year NESS (Nurturing Excellence in Synagogue Schools) participation, two prominent areas of positive change are becoming evident in our Religious School. http://www.tbibluebell.org/article.aspx?id=56 http://www.tbibluebell.org/article.aspx?id=56/ Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT 8 Days, 8 Actions--a Family Hanukkah Project

It's hard to believe, but Hanukkah is upon us again! Since we and our children have heard the story of Hanukkah (many times over for some of us), I wanted to share with you, an unusual aspect http://www.tbibluebell.org/article.aspx?id=47 http://www.tbibluebell.org/article.aspx?id=47/ Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT NESS and TBI: Important Partners for Change

Developing an Educational Vision
When I was growing up as a kid in Detroit in the 1960's my Jewish identity was being forged by a strong family background of Jewish philanthropy, a love http://www.tbibluebell.org/article.aspx?id=39 http://www.tbibluebell.org/article.aspx?id=39/ Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT TBI Messenger, October 2007

We're Underway with a Great New School Year

As you read this we will be about 3 weeks into our new Religious School year at TBI. And although I addressed some of the new and continuing eleme http://www.tbibluebell.org/article.aspx?id=18 http://www.tbibluebell.org/article.aspx?id=18/ Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT TBI Messenger, September 2007

Sukkot: When Nothing Turns into Something

As we begin the start of a new year in our Jewish lives, I am going to skip past the "usual" topics of the High Holy Days and Teshuvah and go dir http://www.tbibluebell.org/article.aspx?id=19 http://www.tbibluebell.org/article.aspx?id=19/ Sun, 16 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT