Being Jewish is the sense of community
It is difficult to convey the impact of Beth Tfiloh’s partnership with Scheiber Sandor this past week. Picture Alessa Elbaum and Margot Jay teaching girls from Hungary how to say the blessing of al ...
Tag: David Green Beth Tfiloh teacher
The power of a compliment.
Today I re-learned a crucial lesson of teaching. The power of a compliment.
When I was in graduate school, one of the professors told us, a novice group of teaching assistants, that half the comments ...
“In Europe, we don’t talk about the Holocaust in past tense”
Standing on the banks of the Danube at sunset in front of Budapest’s famous Shoe Memorial, I held two complementary thoughts in my mind. The first came from this morning at the Scheiber Sandor School ...
Apprehension? Nervousness?
This coming Sunday I will leave for Hungary to teach at the Scheiber Sandor Jewish Day School in Budapest. Since this is my third year as a guest teacher in the school, you would think that I would ...
Judaism can connect
During the school day our home base is in the school library. Ordinarily the teacher we are paired with is supposed to come to the library and walk us to our class since the school is 4 stories and ...
Invasion of privacy or does society has a right to know?
In continuation with the theme of citizenship that my co-teacher Zsolt and I brainstormed about before I came here to teach, today I worked with my grade 13 class on a ditto that I use when I end my ...
Impactful
I landed in Budapest at close to 11 in the morning on Monday, April 23 and about one and half hours later, fueled by only one and half hours of plane sleep, I was back in the Scheiber Sandor school ...
Shabbat Candles
This morning we visited the Hungary Jewish Museum, which is in the process of extensive renovation. The museum wanted us, as typical tourists and as educators, to serve as a focus group and give them ...
Inspirational
The Scheiber Sandor school is closed today and tomorrow, so we dedicated our day to learning about the Budapest Jewish community. After spending three days teaching students, many of whom want to leave ...
“I was just doing what I’ve seen you do.”
I am 48 years old and I have never overslept and been late for work—until today.
We are supposed to meet in the lobby at 7:45 to board the bus to take us to the Scheiber Sandor School. At 7:47 my phone ...
Thank you!
This morning at 8:15 I taught the same year 7 students that I taught yesterday afternoon for two periods. The difference was night and day. A few minutes before class started, I stood outside the ...
“This I Believe”
I have not been so nervous walking into a classroom to teach since my first day at Beth Tfiloh. I have taught at Beth Tfiloh for over 20 years and I have taught every grade in the high school and every ...
Impact of globalization
Leaving the airport in Budapest what struck me immediately was the impact of globalization. Within minutes of pulling out of the airport parking lot, I saw signs for Burger King, MacDonald’s, the ...
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Beth Tfiloh teacher
The power of a compliment.
Today I re-learned a crucial lesson of teaching. The power of a compliment.
When I was in graduate school, one of the professors told us, a novice group of teaching assistants, that half the comments ...
“In Europe, we don’t talk about the Holocaust in past tense”
Standing on the banks of the Danube at sunset in front of Budapest’s famous Shoe Memorial, I held two complementary thoughts in my mind. The first came from this morning at the Scheiber Sandor School ...
Apprehension? Nervousness?
This coming Sunday I will leave for Hungary to teach at the Scheiber Sandor Jewish Day School in Budapest. Since this is my third year as a guest teacher in the school, you would think that I would ...
Judaism can connect
During the school day our home base is in the school library. Ordinarily the teacher we are paired with is supposed to come to the library and walk us to our class since the school is 4 stories and ...
Invasion of privacy or does society has a right to know?
In continuation with the theme of citizenship that my co-teacher Zsolt and I brainstormed about before I came here to teach, today I worked with my grade 13 class on a ditto that I use when I end my ...
Impactful
I landed in Budapest at close to 11 in the morning on Monday, April 23 and about one and half hours later, fueled by only one and half hours of plane sleep, I was back in the Scheiber Sandor school ...
Shabbat Candles
This morning we visited the Hungary Jewish Museum, which is in the process of extensive renovation. The museum wanted us, as typical tourists and as educators, to serve as a focus group and give them ...
Inspirational
The Scheiber Sandor school is closed today and tomorrow, so we dedicated our day to learning about the Budapest Jewish community. After spending three days teaching students, many of whom want to leave ...
“I was just doing what I’ve seen you do.”
I am 48 years old and I have never overslept and been late for work—until today.
We are supposed to meet in the lobby at 7:45 to board the bus to take us to the Scheiber Sandor School. At 7:47 my phone ...
Thank you!
This morning at 8:15 I taught the same year 7 students that I taught yesterday afternoon for two periods. The difference was night and day. A few minutes before class started, I stood outside the ...
“This I Believe”
I have not been so nervous walking into a classroom to teach since my first day at Beth Tfiloh. I have taught at Beth Tfiloh for over 20 years and I have taught every grade in the high school and every ...
Impact of globalization
Leaving the airport in Budapest what struck me immediately was the impact of globalization. Within minutes of pulling out of the airport parking lot, I saw signs for Burger King, MacDonald’s, the ...