Birkat Chaverim
As part of the Mitzvot Unplugged Series we are happy to welcome a guest post from Nicky Newfield, Corinne Ossendryver, Miriam Eljas and the Jewish Interactive team. Jewish Interactive is a non-profit organization, founded in South Africa, whose mission is to create interactive Jewish programs, using modern technology, to make Torah more relevant, acces ...
Remember the American Guild of Judaic Art’s Mentor Program I posted about a while back? Today we have a guest post from Flora Rosefsky, a mentor in the program. I've long admired Flora's work so I'm excited to have her perspective in the Mitzvot Unplugged series. Her work is fun and vibrant, as you can see from the works included in this post. Fl ...
Last year we had several contributions to Mitzvot Unplugged by bloggers who homeschool their kids. This year we don't. However, I wanted to give a heads up, to readers who are interested in homeschooling about the upcoming sixth annualTorah Home Education Conference. Taking place in New Jersey, it is an opportunity for Jewish homeschoolers to get toget ...
As part of the Mitzvot Unplugged series, Laurie Rappeport has written a post about JconnecTLearning. Public and parochial schools are increasingly relying on distance learning opportunities which provide new horizons for the students and function as a strategy which allows the pupils to explore the world in new ways. The Jewish community has, in gene ...
Welcome to the second annual Mitzvot Unplugged Series. I started this series initially as a way to think about inspiring my own kids in doing mitzvot. Besides role modeling and focusing on learning and doing, I wanted to share creative ways of inspiring towards Jewish values. This year we seem to have an emphasis on technology and the arts. The ...
A reminder that we are accepting new submissions for this years Mitzvot Unplugged Series. If you are interested in participating, please contact us or fill out the form below:
Do you remember the Mitzvot Unplugged Series we started last year? It was all about teaching our kids about mitzvot, creatively. We have started to think about submissions and appropriate links for this year. If you are interested in participating, please contact us or fill out the form below:
Character Counts Week begins October 20th. Building character is something we tend to agonize about in our family (are we modeling appropriate behaviours? do our kids understand our values and have they internalized them? are they being mentchen when we are not around? are they interacting with their friends in appropriate manners? are we putting them i ...
I'm very thankful to everyone who participated in the Mitzvot Unplugged series. We had a wide variety of topics in the series and personally, I am grateful for all the different perspectives. I know that I personally tend to focus on certain types of activities and themes, so its nice to hear from others and ask myself how I can incorporate these appr ...
This is by no means a comprehensive roundup. This post focuses on topics that are not typical for inclusion in teaching about values. Nevertheless, they are topics which definitely need discussing. And from the perspective of your own family values, rather than via mass media. I am always looking for additional links. Please do continue to submit links ...