Chinuch 2.0

The Teacher Shortage crisis facing our schools is only getting worse, and many schools are desperately trying to find teachers for the coming school year. Mrs. Naema Tenenbaum is the founder of Institution to Inspiration, a consulting firm specializing on educational excellence in private schools. In this episode, she gives us an inside look into how really bad the problem is, and how the solutions being suggested are not going to help. Ultimately, it is up to the principals and heads of schools to develop their leadership skills which will drastically change the outcome. Mrs. Naema Tenenbaum can be reached at institutiontoinspiration@gmail.com Questions, comments, and guest ideas can be submitted on chinuchshow.com Get an email every time a new show is posted! Sign up form Thanks for listening! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinuch/message

The NYS Dept. of Education is back again with their guidelines regarding the education standards provided by private schools, and that spells danger for all yeshivos. Hear why the revised guidelines are still unacceptable, who is behind these attempts to change the way education is provided by yeshivas, how Agudah and others are coming together to try and stop these regulations from taking effect, and how everyone can do their part to help. If you haven't done so, go to voice.agudah.org right away and register your opinion against these proposals. It takes 2 minutes and every single letter counts. Questions, comments, and guest ideas can be submitted on chinuchshow.com Get an email every time a new show is posted! Sign up form Thanks for listening! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinuch/message

We've searched long and hard to find a girls high school principal to come on our show to talk about why girls high schools exist. Mrs. Miriam Feldman is the menaheles of Temima High School for girls in Atlanta, and the wife of Rabbi Ilan Feldman, the rav of Cong. Beth Jacob. In this episode, she discussed her view on what school is supposed to accomplish for a girl, and how every facet of the school is working towards that goal. We also discussed seminary, technology, girls exposure to the world, and the subjects being taught to the girls. Wait for the end where Mrs. Feldman shares her view on how a frum woman needs to conduct herself in today's society, which might be different than the way it was in years past. Questions, comments, and guest ideas can be submitted on chinuchshow.com Get an email every time a new show is posted! Sign up form Thanks for listening! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinuch/message

Do our schools really have a shortage of qualified teachers? Mishpacha magazine recently ran a story about a teacher shortage in our schools, and some possible reasons why we are experiencing this. Alexandra Fleksher is a writer & podcaster who speaks about current issues facing our community, and I liked what she had to say on the matter. In our conversation on this episode, she brings us clear evidence that this is a serious issue and not something that will disappear anytime soon. We also spoke about possible solutions to the teacher shortage, which is only going to get worse if nothing is done about it. Questions, comments, and guest ideas can be submitted on chinuchshow.com Get an email every time a new show is posted! Sign up form Thanks for listening! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinuch/message

Getting kids to daven is a daunting task, and teaching them to appreciate its beauty is even more difficult. Veteran teacher Mrs. Tamar Nusbaum shares with us her mission to show how special tefillah can be and how to cultivate a personal relationship with Hashem. There is no question that a child who is taught to appreciate tefillah will be more connected to their yiddishkeit throughout their entire life. Mrs. Nusbaum is the founder of the Ani Tefillah program that uses the method of Stop, Think & Feel to make davening a transformative experience. Visit her website at anitefillah.orgQuestions, comments, and guest ideas can be submitted on chinuchshow.com Get an email every time a new show is posted! Sign up form Thanks for listening! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinuch/message

I get asked by a lot of people why I do this show, so I took the time to record a solo show with my thoughts about the subject and some suggestions on how we can save the system from imploding. At the end of the episode, I share a radical approach that can possibly work, but it would take a few daredevils with great courage to pull off. Read Eli Pollak's plan for community funding of tuition here: https://www.chinuchshow.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/The-Tuition-Crisis-and-Solution-by-Eli-Pollak-CPA.pdf Questions, comments, and guest ideas can be submitted on chinuchshow.com Get an email every time a new show is posted! Sign up form Thanks for listening! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinuch/message

Summer vacation is upon us and many boys will be going to camp. How does summer camp fit into our responsibility of chinuch and what is involved in running a proper day camp that protects the children from the hazards of the long summer days. With Rabbi Yanky Hirsch, a beloved Rebbe at Yeshiva Ketana of Long Island and the director of Camp Areivim. Questions, comments, and guest ideas can be submitted on chinuchshow.com Get an email every time a new show is posted! Sign up form Thanks for listening! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinuch/message

Ever hear from kids "Why do I need to learn this?" Guess what, they have a point. Listen to this great conversation with master educators Mrs. Shona Schwartz and Mrs. Devora Avrukin on why we might be teaching our kids wrong and what practical steps we can be doing to make school more interesting, relevant, practical, and relatable to our kids. Mrs. Shona Schwartz is an educational consultant for schools and a teacher in Houston and can be reached at shonas@gmail.com. Mrs. Devorah Avrukin is an educator with ten years of experience. She has taught in the Silicon Valley, Israel, the Five Towns, and currently teaches at Yeshiva Torat Emet in Houston. She can be reached at dk.avrukin@gmail.com.Questions, comments, and guest ideas can be submitted on chinuchshow.com Get an email every time a new show is posted! Sign up form Thanks for listening! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinuch/message

Effectively treating children with mental health issues such as anxiety, OCD, ADHD and even bi-polar disorder. Dr. Lori Evans is a highly regarded psychologist at NYU who talks about the warning signals parents need to look out for, treatments such as medication and therapy, and about the topic of stigma relating to issues of mental health. Questions, comments, and guest ideas can be submitted on chinuchshow.com Get an email every time a new show is posted! Sign up form Thanks for listening! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinuch/message

Disciplining children are one of the responsibilities of chinuch that no one loves doing but still has to be done. What is the right way to discipline children today, and what are the wrong ways? Are we allowed to tell our kids No? How do teachers, rebbeim, principals work together with parents on their children's behavior? With Rabbi Nosson Muller, Menahel of Yeshiva Tiferes Tzvi, Chicago. Questions, comments, and guest ideas can be submitted on chinuchshow.com Get an email every time a new show is posted! Sign up form Thanks for listening! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinuch/message

Gershon Distenteld is co-head of Fixed Income Securities at Alliance Bernstein and a frequent guest on CNBC. And behind the scenes, he is fighting for changing the way yeshiva education gets paid for. He believes that the current system, where parents pay tuitions that are way beyond the reach of typical families is a "Big Bubble" waiting to explode. In this casual conversation, we discuss what's broken with the system and how things have to change in order for it to become sustainable in the long term.Questions, comments, and guest ideas can be submitted on chinuchshow.com Get an email every time a new show is posted! Sign up form Available on Apple & Google Podcasts & Spotify. Please take a moment to subscribe and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Thanks for listening! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinuch/message

The seder is a time when parents have the ultimate responsibility of chinuch - giving over the mesorah of yiddishkeit by telling the story of yetzias mitzrayim to their children. However, often times there's a struggle to do it right. The kids come with overflowing notebooks, and the other people around the table have thoughts to share, which leaves precious little time for the father to do his part. Ideas and strategies on how to do the seder the way it was meant to be be done. 04:27 With Rabbi Yosef Deutsch, author of Let my Nation Go (Feldheim, 1998) and many other books in the series. 31:06 With Rabbi Sender Haber, Rabbi of B'nai Israel of Norfolk, Virginia (more info on the community here) and author of the best selling The Mosaica Haggadah (available at this link).Questions, comments, and guest ideas can be submitted on chinuchshow.com Get an email every time a new show is posted! Sign up form Available on Apple & Google Podcasts & Spotify. Please take a moment to subscribe and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Thanks for listening! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinuch/message

The first thing children are taught in school is chumash, and for the most part, they never stop learning it. But are we really teaching it the right way? Rabbi David Fohrman has spent his whole life devoted to the study of chumash and the proper way to study its deeper meaning. In this wide-ranging conversation, we spoke about how we give kids the wrong perspective about chumash from the very beginning when we tell them sensational stories about the parsha, such as the extending hand of Pharoh's daughter when she rescued Moshe from the Nile River in Parshas Shemos. There is so much depth and meaning in Chumash that can only be realized by a careful study of the text, which is sorely lacking in the way we teach our children. Rabbi Fohrman has developed a very large following and his lectures, books, articles and videos are available on his website alephbeta.org. There is an entire teacher curriculum which can be used for classroom instruction. Contact Rabbi Fohrman through his website at info@alephbeta.org. Questions, comments, and guest ideas can be submitted on chinuchshow.com Get an email every time a new show is posted! Sign up form Available on Apple & Google Podcasts & Spotify. Please take a moment to subscribe and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Thanks for listening! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinuch/message

For years, boys high school english in most yeshivas has been poor to non-existent, or even eliminated entirely, because of lack of interest from both the boys themselves and the hanhala. Of course, this effects our boys' marketability in the job market when it is time to go out and earn a living. Many boys leave high school without learning the basic skills needed to land a job, such as writing, speaking, business math, etc. Rabbi Mordechai Weissmann started The Machon as a teacher in a Baltimore high school to directly address this problem. Because the current system wasn't working, he didn't try to fix it. Instead, he eliminated the existing method and built an entirely new method of teaching boys the critical business and life skills they need to succeed in the workplace. Amazingly, the boys actually enjoy their english studies now, and the curriculum is even approved by state boards as a valid high school education. Listen to how this revolutionary program works - and how you can help. Rabbi Weissmann can be reached at mweissmann@themachon.org Questions, comments, and guest ideas can be submitted on chinuchshow.com Get an email every time a new show is posted! Sign up form Available on Apple & Google Podcasts & Spotify. Please take a moment to subscribe and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Thanks for listening! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinuch/message

Why are so many of our childrens' schools experiencing huge teacher turnover? How can rabbeim and teachers get better control over classroom misbehavior? Are the principals and school administrators properly supporting their staff so they can do their jobs well? Sometimes as parents, when we hear what goes on in our children's classrooms we wonder, "Is this what we pay tuition for?" Schools principals simply cannot handle the massive turnover of teachers, who often arrive without the proper training to handle a classroom. Teachers also may often feel that they are not being properly supported by the school administration. This leads to classroom misbehavior, not covering the basic curriculum, and teachers quitting or having to be let go. Naema Tenenbaum has years of classroom experience and has a Masters in Education and Instruction. She has put together a comprehensive development program for teachers on how to effectively manage a classroom and deal with misbehavior. There is also a section for school principals on how to hire teachers properly and give them the support they need to manage their classrooms and be better teachers. Naema Tenenbaum can be reached at naemauk@gmail.com or by phone at 443-465-3810. Questions, comments, and guest ideas can be submitted on chinuchshow.com Get an email every time a new show is posted! Sign up form Available on Apple & Google Podcasts & Spotify. Please take a moment to subscribe and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Thanks for listening! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinuch/message

We reached out to our listeners to take part in a survey about their experiences in seminary and we received hundreds of replies. On today's show, we discuss the surprising responses we received. We discussed the responses to these questions and more: How much does seminary actually cost? Was the seminary experience worth it? Would you do it again? If you were forced home due to corona, did your seminary do enough given the circumstances? What is the point of the Medrash Report? Questions, comments, and guest ideas can be submitted on chinuchshow.com Get an email every time a new show is posted! Sign up form Available on Apple & Google Podcasts & Spotify. Please take a moment to subscribe and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Thanks for listening! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinuch/message

January is seminary season and seminary applications have all been submitted by now, with girls anxiously awaiting their outcome in just a few short weeks. As a follow up to our Headlines show about seminary in Eretz Yisrael, we wanted to feature someone on the other side of the aisle to explain the positive aspects of the experience. Rabbi Shimon Kurland is a Chicago native who has been operating Darchei Bina seminary for American girls for 26 years. Darchei Bina was one of only two seminaries that remained open during corona. In our conversation, we cover why seminary is important for some girls, who seminary is not a good choice for, what subjects are taught, the goal of the overall experience, and much more. We also discuss the high cost of seminary and what can be done to make it more affordable. Rabbi Kurland also shared with us the story of remaining open during COVID and how the girls managed under the trying circumstances. Questions, comments, and guest ideas can be submitted on chinuchshow.com Get an email every time a new show is posted! Sign up form Available on Apple & Google Podcasts & Spotify. Please take a moment to subscribe and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Thanks for listening! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinuch/message

Yoel Judowitz is a super creative marketer, owns a branding & marketing agency, and is also a veteran teacher with years of experience in the classroom. His creativity led him to develop a revolutionary method of teaching that has captivated his formerly unengaged students, and as a result, has them learning and mastering the curriculum better than ever before. We talk about his system and its advantages, and how it could be used with great results especially in schools and communities who suffer from an acute shortage of qualified teachers. Just to be fair, we propose various theories why schools would resist this approach. Reach out to Yoel Judowitz with comments, suggestions, criticism, and questions via email at yoel@storytribemedia.com. Questions, comments, and guest ideas can be submitted on chinuchshow.com Get an email every time a new show is posted! Sign up form Available on Apple & Google Podcasts & Spotify. Please take a moment to subscribe and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Thanks for listening! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinuch/message

Everyone knows that the most fundamental aspect of chinuch is kriah - learning how to read properly. Yet too many kids never catch on to it, which leads to huge deficiencies that lasts throughout their lives. Tova Rottenberg, a kriah educator in Cleveland, has developed a comprehensive system for teaching kriah called Aleph Beis . Together with her brother Shmuel Barkin, the Aleph Beis Kriah program consists of books, printed materials, and a web-based software program that instructs children in a systematic approach with an unusually high success rate. In this interview, we cover the basics of kriah instruction, why it is so important, and how their system is able to achieve such impressive results with their students. Aleph Beis is actively in the midst of developing a cutting edge program for teaching kriah using computer-based learning, which would be the first of its kind. To find out more and get involved in this monumental project, I urge you to reach out to Tova to help get this project to fruition. Every child that can learn how read properly is literally like saving a life. Tova Rottenberg can be reached at tova@alephbeis.org Learn more about their program at alephbeis.org Questions, comments, and guest ideas can be submitted on chinuchshow.com Get an email every time a new show is posted! Sign up form Available on Apple & Google Podcasts & Spotify. Please take a moment to subscribe and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Thanks for listening! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinuch/message

On Monday students in Far Rockaway and Queens are able to return to their schools once again after having been shut down by New York State over Succos. On this show we interview Rabbi Dovid Frischman, a Rebbe and Menahel of the 6th & 7th grades in Yeshiva Darchei Torah about the whole back and forth during this period. We discuss how the Rebbeim, talmidim and menahelim were dealing with the shutdown and how excited everyone is to come back to yeshiva. Does remote learning work at all? Are the students behind in their studies as a result of the prolonged shutdown How this shutdown didn't fare as well as the previous one Reaching kids in a generation faced with an abundance of gashmiyus Questions, comments, and guest ideas can be submitted on chinuchshow.com Get an email every time a new show is posted! Sign up form Available on Apple & Google Podcasts & Spotify. Please take a moment to subscribe and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Thanks for listening! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinuch/message

With Rabbi Moshe Fogel, 4th Grade Rebbe in Yeshiva Ketana of Queens on his unique approach to teaching his talmidim and imbuing them at a young age with a true love for learning In this far ranging conversation, we cover a lot of topics related to teaching: How to keep boys engaged and involved What to do in a class with weaker and stronger boys Do all the breaks in the learning schedule do any good? The famous “nachas cards” in the mail and the monumental sefer at the end of the year Teaching on Zoom during the pandemic – the good and the not so good Giving talmidim the tools to teach themselves and becoming a master at it Do you know of a rebbe or teacher that you consider to be outstanding? Do they do something different in the classroom that you really appreciate? Please let us know who they are so we can share a conversation with them on a future episode. Rabbi Moshe Fogel can be reached by email at hashemseeseverything@gmail.com Questions, comments, and guest ideas can be submitted on chinuchshow.com Get an email every time a new show is posted! Sign up form Available on Apple & Google Podcasts & Spotify. Please take a moment to subscribe and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Thanks for listening! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinuch/message

The topic of girls seminary in Eretz Yisrael is a very touchy subject and raises many issues, such as: How much money does it cost Is it required to attend in order to get a good shidduch Are high schools putting pressure on girls to go to seminary What is the history of girls' seminaries The heter for girls to learn Torah on such a level *** In conjunction with the show, we wanted to hear from you about your experience. Please take a moment to fill out the survey at seminarysurvey.com*** With Rabbi Yoel Kramer - Former Menahel of Prospect Park Bnos Leah high school With R' Tzodek Katz & R' Shloime Lewenstein - Noted Shadchanim With Yehuda Geberer, historian, tour guide and host of the Jewish History Soundbites podcast (which I listen to religiously) Questions, comments, and guest ideas can be submitted on chinuchshow.com Get an email every time a new show is posted! Sign up form Available on Apple & Google Podcasts & Spotify. Please take a moment to subscribe and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Thanks for listening! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinuch/message

Tuition is costly, but wait until you hear how much it costs to run a Jewish school. Rafi Eis ran a Jewish High School in Philadelphia and gives us a real glimpse into how much it really costs to operate a school. Even with super high tuition fees that almost no family can afford, the school ran a huge deficit. Rafi Eis has spent many years in the education world, and gives us some practical ideas on how schools can radically slash their expenses on one hand, without sacrificing the quality of education on the other. Questions, comments, and guest ideas can be submitted on chinuchshow.com Get an email every time a new show is posted! Sign up form Available on Apple & Google Podcasts & Spotify. Please take a moment to subscribe and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Thanks for listening! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinuch/message

Yeshivat He'Atid in Teaneck was started in 2012 with a promise to charge a fair tuition and operate a lower cost school - and they actually do it. Their tuition is less than half of other schools in the area. Rabbi Tomer Ronen and Effie Billauer share their unique approach to this highly charged subject, and how it works out surprisingly well. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinuch/message

Our Headlines show about the topic of tuition struck a raw nerve with many parents - and they shared their strong emotions with me. I voice their concerns and what schools need to do to change the nature of the relationship between parents and their school. Also a replay of the Headlines interview with Rabbi Zev Cohen, Rav of Adas Yeshurun Chicago on the halachos and hashkafos of school tuition. Questions, comments, and guest ideas can be submitted on chinuchshow.com Get an email every time a new show is posted! Sign up form Available on Apple & Google Podcasts & Spotify. Please take a moment to subscribe and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Thanks for listening! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinuch/message

HALB has been at the forefront of using technology to augment their teaching for a number of years now, and the results have been overwhelmingly positive. Mr. Richard Altabe, principal of the Lower School at HALB, shares his thoughts and observations on how it works, why it is so much better than before, and how teachers have adapted to it. Watch the video demo of HALB at Home Questions, comments, and guest ideas can be submitted on chinuchshow.com Get an email every time a new show is posted! Sign up form Available on Apple & Google Podcasts & Spotify. Please take a moment to subscribe and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Thanks for listening! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinuch/message

With Rabbi A.D. Motzen, National Director of State Relations for Agudas Yisrael. On June 30 the Supreme Court issued a ruling regarding a case in Montana that affects how government funding of religious schools should be considered. The Agudah followed this case closely as it has a very big impact on if yeshivas and day schools are eligible for receiving the same programs that are offered to secular private schools. We also go in-depth about the prospects for voucher programs - are we ever going to see a voucher program in the NY area - and how organizations like Agudah and others are getting results in the halls of government. Questions, comments, and guest ideas can be submitted on chinuchshow.com Get an email every time a new show is posted! Sign up form Available on Apple & Google Podcasts & Spotify. Please take a moment to subscribe and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Thanks for listening! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinuch/message

The tution crisis affects our community greatly. With no signs of slowing down, it will only be able a matter of time before our whole educational system collapses. Jeff Kirschblum has a proven way out of this mess, but will schools listen? Read the details of Jeff's plan here Questions, comments, and guest ideas can be submitted on chinuchshow.com Get an email every time a new show is posted! Sign up form Available on Apple & Google Podcasts & Spotify. Please take a moment to subscribe and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Thanks for listening! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinuch/message

At the start of the virus, Rabbi Yitzi Ross, a rebbe in Yeshiva of South Shore, started a voluntary Zoom shiur for his class. It quickly spread to friends, neighbors, and friends of friends, and now he has thousands of children logging in every afternoon. Rabbi Ross shares his story and his passion for teaching Torah - which is something we can all learn from. Every week he gives the kids a test and raffles off thousands of dollars in Amazon gift cards - keeping the kids motivated and engaged. The shiur - which is open to any elementary school talmid - will continue through the summer (and beyond!). Register for the shiur and help Rabbi Ross sponsor prizes at studyingnavi.com. He also runs an organization to help kids in discreet and unique ways, and you can help out at mjya.org. Questions, comments, and guest ideas can be submitted on chinuchshow.com Get an email every time a new show is posted! Sign up form Available on Apple & Google Podcasts & Spotify. Please take a moment to subscribe and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Thanks for listening! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinuch/message

After getting such positive feedback on our episode about homeschooling, we decided to do another show on the topic, this time focusing on the practical and legal aspects that are involved. Be forewarned - during the intro to the show I get a little controversial. Homeschooling may sound like a far fetched idea that would never work in our circles. 4:50 - Ms. Rachel Johnson, Asst. Principal at Forest Trail Academy - a virtual private online school for fully asynchronous teaching that is accredited with virtually all states and universities. 29:10 - Mrs. Yvonne Bunn, Director of Support & Government Relations at HEAV, an advocacy organization for homeschooling parents in the Commenwealth of Virginia. Questions, comments, and guest ideas can be submitted on chinuchshow.com Get an email every time a new show is posted! Sign up form Available on Apple & Google Podcasts & Spotify. Please take a moment to subscribe and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Thanks for listening! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinuch/message

We often talk about the good old days, but for most of the past 200 years, chinuch was only a fraction of what it is today. Dr. Henry Abramson shares with us the sad history of the early 19th century in Russia when Jewish children were either conscripted into the Russian Army at a young age for 25 years, or were sent to a government school where they had no Jewish education at all. Today's chinuch system is far more superior than it ever was previously. Today's era requires us to shift our approach to how we teach. Dr. Henry Abramson is a dean at Lander College, a noted Jewish historian, and the host of Jewish History in Daf Yomi, available on the All Daf app. Questions, comments, and guest ideas can be submitted on chinuchshow.com Get an email every time a new show is posted! Sign up form Available on Apple & Google Podcasts & Spotify. Please take a moment to subscribe and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Thanks for listening! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinuch/message

Homeschooling has been growing in popularity over the past few years, and for many good reasons as you will hear in this episode. While it might not be widespread, there are Jewish parents who choose to homeschool their children. Bethany Mandel is a Jewish mother of 4 kids who are close in age, and she's also a writer for various publications. She shares with us her family's reasons for choosing to homeschool, and how much she loves doing it. We cover all the typical objections people raise, and she tells us how she doesn't find them to be an issue. Questions, comments, and guest ideas can be submitted on chinuchshow.com Get an email every time a new show is posted! Sign up form Available on Apple & Google Podcasts & Spotify. Please take a moment to subscribe and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Thanks for listening! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinuch/message

Featuring 2 boys menahalim, on how they stay in touch with their Rebbeim, talmidim, and parents when yeshiva buildings are closed and the boys are learning from home. (4:28) With Rabbi Menachem M. Karmel, menahel of Yeshiva Gedola of Montreal on how to connect with parents during this period (16:03) With Rabbi Shimon Hirsch, menahel of Yeshiva Kochav Yitzchok of Baltimore on the feedback he's getting from the Rebbeim and boys. Plus how to prepare for Shavuos and make the boys feel special. Get an email every time a new show is posted! Sign up form Questions, comments, and guest ideas can be submitted on chinuchshow.com Available on Apple & Google Podcasts & Spotify. Please take a moment to subscribe and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Thanks for listening! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinuch/message

Education is often thought of as being anchored to past with not much innovation happening. On this episode we speak with educational veteran Yocheved Belsky who shares with us some of the amazing innovations happening in classrooms around the country. Yocheved gives us a glimpse into some of the technological advances that are being implemented in the educational space, and why Jewish schools have always been reluctant to give them a try. Another big question - How are schools going to open in the fall if social distancing requirements will be in effect? Yocheved Belsky is Director of Clear Square Group, an educational advisory company with 20 years of experience in the field. Her group can help schools navigate the complex CARES act to utilize allocations towards implementing some of these innovations that are available. Yocheved Belsky can be reached at y@clearsquaregroup.com We also get an update from Raphael Alter (previously interviewed on Episode 3) about recent progress made with his program Lomdei - ralph@lomdei.com Questions, comments, and guest ideas can be submitted on chinuchshow.com Available on Apple & Google Podcasts & Spotify. Please take a moment to subscribe and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. It really helps the show grow and reach a larger audience. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinuch/message

With Rabbi Heshy Glass, Executive Director of the Consortium of Jewish Day Schools (CoJDS) Why small day schools were more prepared for Coronavirus than their larger counterparts The importance of having a structured curriculum for Jewish studies What school principals are planning for the summer in the event camps are not allowed to open How we can improve our chinuch by doing proper teacher training Questions, comments, and guest ideas can be sent by email to chinuch2.0@yahoo.com Available on Apple & Google Podcasts & Spotify. Please take a moment to subscribe and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. It really helps the show grow and reach a larger audience. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinuch/message

(2:57) With Rabbi Yosef Warman, Menahel Ruchani Cheder D'Monsey (25:04) and with Rabbi Yosef Chaim Simon, Menahel of Ohr Shraga Veretsky of Lakewood These principals discuss the challenges of teaching over the phone and their unique systems of how to make the best of it. Plus, they share what positive things they have observed about teaching the boys in the midst of all the turmoil. Questions, comments, and guest ideas can be sent by email to chinuch2.0@yahoo.com Available on Apple & Google Podcasts. Please take a moment to subscribe and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. It really helps the show grow and reach a larger audience. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinuch/message

With Rabbi Yaakov Ringo, Principal of the Nigri International Shluchim Online School Rabbi Ringo is the Hebrew Principal of the Boys Division of the Shluchim School which has been teaching boys literally across the entire world for over 15 years. He shares with us how his school is able to recreate the classroom experience while learning through online video sessions, how they are able to capture the children's attention and make sure they learn just as well as in ordinary classrooms, and how the children develop relationships with their rebbeim, principals, and even their peers while being spread apart over different continents. Rabbi Ringo can be reached at yringo@shluchim.org. A fascinating interview with many solid takeaways for the current coronavirus school closure. Subscribe to Chinuch 2.0 by email - chinuch2.0@yahoo.com Available on Apple & Google Podcasts. Please take a moment to subscribe and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. It really helps the show grow and reach a larger audience. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinuch/message

On this episode of Chinuch 2.0, I interview Rabbi Armo Kuessous, menahel of Yeshiva Shaare Torah & General Studies principal of Mesivta Torah Temimah, on how his schools are teaching remotely using Zoom during the closure. Plus, as the head counselor of Camp Romimu, he shares an update regarding the upcoming summer camp season! I also speak with Mr. Michael Posy of Xchange Telecom about their devices that they have which can be used to enable remote teaching in a safe and kosher manner, using very secure filtering systems that protect students from inappropriate internet access. For more information on these devices, email sales@xchangetele.com For questions, comments or guest suggestions, email the show at chinuch2.0@yahoo.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinuch/message

With schools closed for the forseeable future, how can schools safely use Zoom and other technologies to improve the students' experience in a practical yet safe manner. Hear Raphael Alter of Tornoto, who creates educational software for use in the classroom, describe his flagship platform Lomdei and how it helps students learn better, especially during the closure that we are all currently experiencing. Learning more about Lomdei on their website www.lomdei.com or contact Raphael at ralph@lomdei.com. Happy listening! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinuch/message

With Rabbi Menachem M. Karmel, menhael of the elementary school of the Yeshiva Gedola of Montreal. Topics covered: How to teach younger boys remotely Entertainment options for boys when options are limited Keeping a positive tone when times are so sad and frightening Under what circumstances will yeshivas who do not allow internet access for children to have classes via Zoom conferences? How to prepare children for Pesach and the seder when not together --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinuch/message

The coronavirus outbreak forced the closure of yeshivos worldwide. Torah must go on, and the ones who are most vulnerable are high school bochurim, who are much more dependent on their rebbeim, friends, and yeshiva for their learning. Hear the different approaches being used to connect everyone together while being physically separated, and the challenges of each system. Our guests: Rabbi Chanoch Posy, Yeshiva Torah Temimah - Brooklyn Rabbi Dovid Komet, Yeshiva Heichal HaTorah - Teaneck Daniel, a bochur in Peekskil Aryeh, a bochur in New York For comments or guest ideas, email chinuch2.0@yahoo.com or text CHINUCH to 484848 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chinuch/message