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Israeli mom’s school program raises future entrepreneursSerial entrepreneur Galit Zamler’s K-12 curriculum instills business skills along with independent and positive thinking, perseverance and teamwork. You don’t need straight-As to be successful in life – just ask high-school or college dropouts like Bill Gates (Microsoft) or Sir Richard Bran
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Jews and ThanksgivingWhy the whole world should be Jewish.
I have a mission to make the whole world Jewish. No, I don't mean that I'm trying to convert everybody to Judaism. I'm perfectly content to let everybody pray to the God of his or her own choRead More
School carpooling in the US gets a high-tech makeover
If there’s a change in plans, Figure8’s app updates everyone at once and even sends a picture of the replacement driver so there are no surprises. Aviv Matzkin teaches at Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School in Silicon Valley. He’s also in charge of dismissal at the end of the
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The country’s hottest book event and YouTube Sensation, Janice Clark,"The Scottish Granny" U.S. Reading Of 'The Wonky Donkey' was held yesterday at Barnes & Noble Union Square. It was a smashing appearance for hundreds of kids, parents and teachers that came from allRead More
Adjusting Our Parenting Expectations
Realistic expectations are the key to handling frustration. When my kids were little, I couldn’t wait for them to go to bed at night. That didn’t come out quite right! Let me rephrase…When my children were younger, I enjoyed every minute of our busy days together. It was with great regret t
Read More Learning how to brighten the future of disadvantaged kidsInternational MA program in child development at the University of Haifa gives tools to professionals from emerging countries to implement back home. Sahilu Baye, a psychologist and educator in Ethiopia, struggles with his country’s lack of social-welfare programs and resources for disadvantage
Read More 9 Israeli firms protecting us and our kids on social mediaThe Startup Nation has jumped to the fore as one of the leaders in deterring hackers, securing data and detecting bullies on your social media. In the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, which saw raw data from some 87 million Facebook users harvested without their knowledge, netizens have b
Read More Kids and StressStressful times produce stressful kids. How can we empower our children as we empower ourselves? The kids are not all right. Last week I met Emily, a sweet 11-year-old who came to speak with me in anticipation of her Bat Mitzvah. After talking together for a few minutes, Emily’s sparkling ey
Read More Hello or shalom? Half of Israeli kids grow up bilingual
Israel is possibly the world’s best ‘lab’ for researching the little-understood phenomenon of being raised with two or more spoken languages. “Anna,” a preschooler in the Israeli city of Bat Yam, was thought to be cognitively impaired because testing her in Hebrew showed her cognitive s
Read More Boost Your Child’s Self-Esteem: Focus on Their StrengthsSix ways to help children develop their strengths. Most people have no problem rattling off their weaknesses and have a much harder time articulating their strengths. This is especially true for children. We can build our children’s healthy sense of self by teaching them what their streng
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