by Ari Yares | Dec 14, 2013 | Gross Schechter Day School, Jewish Day School
Most of the time, I have a hard time remembering what I ate for breakfast. It’s not that I am having a hard time remembering things. It’s just that as things go, it is not one of the more important things in my life. Memory, though, can be a funny thing. We will...
by Ari Yares | Aug 13, 2013 | Design Thinking, In the News, Jewish Day School, Schechter School of Long Island
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by Ari Yares | Apr 12, 2013 | Design Thinking, Jewish Day School, Schechter School of Long Island
A colleague of mine once referred to tefillah as the third rail of Jewish education. As irreverent as this may sound, it stemmed from a deep-seated concern that as Jewish educators we struggle with this area of the day school experience, not because it is not...
by Ari Yares | Feb 22, 2013 | Schechter School of Long Island
I am a firm believer in the power of food. It is an almost elemental force that reaches deep into us and has the power to change our lives. Other ideals, kindness, love, world peace, and repairing the world, are intricately related to the power of food and can be...
by Ari Yares | Feb 19, 2013 | Jewish Day School
The largest challenge facing the North American Jewish community may be summed up by the most challenging question that my almost five year old has ever asked, “Why?” This question is difficult because she is not satisfied by the stock answer of “because I said so” or...
by Ari Yares | Jan 16, 2013 | Jewish Day School
I haven’t been keeping a formal count, but I think that over the last several months, I have read at least a hundred blog posts or articles about day school sustainability. Please don’t construe this as a critique. I’m pleased that figuring out how...
