June 2023: Technology and Jewish Education

Based on a shiur delivered by Rav Ahron Lopiansky to mechanchim on 11/10/22  Those who have chosen the profession of chinuch understand it is important, but it can be challenging in many ways, so it’s crucial […]

Etti Siegel Although COVID has made many Jewish day school educators more aware of technology use in the classroom, the concept of blending learning and technology during class instruction is not new. As early as 2013 […]

Rabbi Aaron Kutnowski and Dr. Leanne Morris Modern North American society is highly educated with more than half of Canadians going on to higher education. Recently, though, there has been significant stagnation in tense topics being […]

Lakie Blech Technology. Can’t live with it, can’t live without it.” Hashem gives us tools with the choice to use them to elevate society, or not use them and let the opportunity go unexplored. When students […]

Bob Snyder As a leader, you know all about the importance of communication. One could contend that leadership is all about communication – the ability to relay your message to a targeted community. How that message […]

Rabbi Avichai Pepper It can be clearly observed that the style of education, and especially Torah education has transitioned over the past century. Children used to learn 1-on-1 or in small groups with a melamed around […]

Morris Kishk People have a lot of opinions on the intersection of technology and education. Some parents and educators worry rightly that technology is not safe, that it can be a distraction, and that kids already […]

Rabbi Dov Chastain Broadly speaking, artificial intelligence (AI) is a branch of computer science that deals with the creation of intelligent agents, which are systems that can reason, learn, and act autonomously. AI research has been […]

Rabbi Baruch Noy Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been on the rise since science fiction media predicted its eventual creation. Since that fictional picture of what an artificially intelligent machine can accomplish, people have been attempting to […]

Avraham Eliezer Friedman Schools, like all organizations, stand to benefit from technology’s ability to automate tasks and processes. One well-understood (and yet often ignored) benefit of automation is the improved efficiency achieved by automating common, time-consuming […]

Mushkie Lipsker I asked ChatGPT: “Write a 1500–2500 word essay on the value of EdTech in the classroom, what opportunities technology brings to our schools, and what the costs and limitations of technology are in Jewish […]

Miriam Gettinger As a digital immigrant who did not even know how to turn on a computer prior to becoming principal in a cutting-edge technological school environment, I have learned much over the past 15 years. […]

by Dr. Eli Shapiro Technology is ubiquitous and inescapable. It presents tremendous educational and existential opportunities as well as formidable challenges in harnessing its maximum benefit and minimizing its inherent negative impact on functioning. Since 2014 […]