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Much like the Jews 3000 years ago, I have been a wandering Jew. Not from school to school, but from classroom to classroom. I never had a room of my own and therefore never had wall space to decorate or the ability to set the chairs the way that I wanted. All of that changedRead more

Chaya Rubens is a JS teacher at Hasmonean Primary School in London, UK. She made great use of Popplet for teaching about the laws of Kashrut and the Shema. Chaya used these popplets as a starter for her lesson and the children could then use Popplet to make their own…   Another great use of Popplet could be toRead more

We always ask our teachers and students to send in examples of their work. One teacher responded with a video clip he made using Morfo, which was used to introduce “Torah Personality Day” at his school. In Jewish Interactive’s Tu B’Shvat Newsletter, we suggested a digital activity using Morfo. We asked teachers to take aRead more

Originally posted on Channah’s personal website – www.thelkgeek.com   As a teacher, I have been inspired by seeing the amazing things that students can do when they are given the space to develop. During my time in the classroom, I tried to make the learning environment an exciting place where children wanted to be. DuringRead more

From the desk of the Director of Jewish Interactive It’s a busy time in the Jewish calendar and soon after Yom Kippur is Sukkot, the festival of happiness ‘Zman simchateinu’. As Jewish educators we often spend time teaching our students about Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur – and just do not have the time toRead more

Thanks to the great Eliezer Jones (Yeshiva University) and Twitter, I recently looked up the site dipity.com No it isn’t a character from The Magic Roundabout! It is a fantastic site that helps you create your own visual timelines. The usefulness of this goes without saying to all teachers out there- from making a timeline ofRead more

Jewish Interactive are running a competition on their website for schools to win an iPad. The criteria for entry was that children should create a piece of digital homework based around one of the units on their Shabbat Interactive software. This got me thinking. I (of course) wanted my school to win the iPad so howRead more

One of the advantages of Jewish Interactive being based on a school campus is that we can participate in meetings that would otherwise be inaccessible to us! Today was one such meeting. World ORT (#ICTWO12) is holding their Naomi Prawer Kadar International Seminar for Digital Technology in Jewish Education this week on the King DavidRead more

How I Held On To My Identity… And Made It The Secret To My Success Included with kind permission from Saul Blinkoff Although Hollywood has many successful Jews in powerful positions, being authentically “Jewish” while navigating your career is not necessarily an easy path. In a world of stardom, materialism, and egos, learn how Judaism providedRead more

Would you like innovative interactive Jewish educator resources on tefillah (prayer) and Jewish children iPhone and iPad applications to inspire your 21st Century children to talk to God? When we attended the North American Jewish day school conference in Atlanta in January, one of the talks was entitled ‘Tefillah – The Vietnam of Jewish Education’.Read more