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Reposted with thanks to ejewishphilanthropy.com The teamwork among clergy, teachers, directors of education, administrators, and lay leaders was on full display at Congregation Beth Israel, a large Reform congregation in Houston, Texas, during the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. While Beth Israel itself was flooded with over 600,000 gallons of water, The Shlenker School, located on the same campus, did not suffer major flooding. The school, which houses over three hundred

We have a very strong and cohesive community in Miami — very blessed. When situations like Irma arise, our community rises to the occasion to help each other. Keeping tabs, offering shelter and making sure we come out on the other side even more viable than before. We are entering the New Year with a greater understanding of how it’s important to be as one rather than allowing unnecessary divisions

Teachers cannot create and sustain the conditions for the productive development of children if those conditions do not exist for teachers,” wrote Seymour B. Sarason, Yale professor and psychologist.  Sarason points out a truth that is self-evident to most teachers and, upon reflection, applicable to all of us: We cannot teach something in which we are not actively engaged.  If we wish to develop our students with a curiosity, inquiry