Creating Space in My Classroom for Students to Find Themselves
What is your name and what do you teach at The Rashi School? I am Jessica Solomon and I teach the third grade general studies curriculum. What do you love about…
What Leadership Means to Me
In kindergarten, I was amongst the tiniest kids at Rashi. I stared at the “Big Kids” in awe with my mouth wide open, curious as to how I could one…
An Easy Tikkun Olam Project for Children
Making warm winter hats is easy and fun! Here’s how you can make a winter hat of your own.
Ordination Sermon: Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion
Rabbi Jonah Dov Pesner Shabbat, June 8, 2013 Reposted from: http://urj.org/about/union/leadership/pesner/ What an honor to offer the ordination sermon in the very spot where Isaac Mayer Wise preached. All the…
Love Letter from a Graduating Parent
Dear Rashi, I can’t believe our relationship is ending, or at least significantly changing. We have been together for nine years. True, not every moment was perfect, but what relationship…
This Year As a Teacher: By Jessica Solomon
This Year As a Teacher: By Jessica Solomon This year as a teacher, I will have taught children about gun violence and bombs and meteors exploding in the skies. I…
The Tamchui Project: Teaching Kids the Mitzvah of Helping Those in Need
Reposted from News and Views of Reform Jews: http://blogs.rj.org/ by Jacki Hart and Stephanie Rotsky Still relatively green as parents, choosing a school for our then-4-year-old and nearly-6-year-old felt like…
L’Dor V’Dor V’Dor: From Generation to Generation to Generation by Diane Black, Rebecca Friedman, and Jessica Friedman
Read this post from a recent Mayyim Hayyim’s blog entry by Diane Black, Rebecca Friedman, and Jessica Friedman regarding Jessica’s experience immersing before her Bat Mitzvah ******************************************************************************* A few weeks ago, Diane…