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 ...
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It’s all about the kids.
Ask any teacher why they like teaching and they will tell you that it’s about the kids. We enjoy watching them grow. We take pride in planting questions and information in them ...
Developing skills
I heard about the Morim Limmud Program founded and supported by SOS International: Enriching Jewish Identities from my colleagues two years ago when they were discussing it. Although I could ...
An amazing, long and tiring day
When I woke up today I was so full of energy. I usually don’t like to go to school like most kids, but today I couldn’t wait to get to school. The reason for that is nothing else, but that ...
Deep connection, spirituality, and unity
As I walk down the bumpy road of the Shoe Memorial located next to the Danube river, many emotions rush through my veins. We reached the Shoe Memorial and a Hungarian ...
Build instead of destroy
It is late Tuesday night and I am exhausted. I am physically exhausted from walking over 6 miles and I am emotionally exhausted from visiting Jewish Budapest, with its constant reminders of the near ...
“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 ...
Look, Look Mommy!
Look, look Mommy! There are shoes! There are shoes by the river! 
Careful Dani, don’t get to close!
Mommy, there are shoes, but the ...
At long last
After waiting so long our program with BT started today. Right after we arrived at school in the morning we were greeted by Zsolt and Mrs. Halaine Steinberg form Beth Tfiloh School.
On our first ...
Reunions
Our students arrive in Budapest, bringing with them the energy, laughter and sense of sheer joy that only teenagers can muster after traveling for almost 24 hours. They greet their counterparts from ...
Growth comes from going out of one’s comfort zone
On the first leg of our voyage to Budapest, and despite the hour, sleep eludes me. Just had a glimpse of what this trip could mean when we were waiting in line to board and Avishye ...
More in common than not
I arrived in Budapest a day ahead of the students which left time to do some sightseeing. On Sunday morning, I took a walk through the city with Mrs. Steinberg and Mrs. Gelfand. Budapest is a beautiful ...
Hungary is an amazing country.
Hungary is an amazing country. Did you know that Hungarian is one of the oldest languages and that Hungary is one of the only European countries to have its own language that ...
Figuring out the “who” from the “what.”
On the flight to Budapest to work with teachers and students at Scheiber Sandor School, I noticed something that struck me as “normal,” yet at the same time, sad. What was normal? People helped ...
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 ...
New Opportunities, Familiar Friends
I have carefully placed my lesson plans in a clear, plastic folder, neatly typed and ready for me to engage a class of 8th graders and one of 12th graders. I have stacked my clothes in tidy packable ...
American Democracy Motivates And Inspires Hungarian Jewish Students
Getting the chance by SOS International to join the Morim project and visit the USA, came with multiple goals for me. Firstly, as the program’s mission states, I wanted to get connected with ...
Across the ocean
I don’t know where to start this. I’m sad and happy and at the same time, I have gained something unforgettable and special for the rest of my life, but also as it started, it came to an end so ...
Other cultures
This trip was an unforgettable experience for me. It was a great opportunity to meet new and amazing people and meet another culture.
In my opinion, the organization for the programs after school or ...
Leaving one’s comfort zone
I’m feeling happy because the absence of them makes me sad.
There are some things in life that are so significant for you that you literally feel depressed after losing it. I think it is also true ...
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Scheiber Sandor Gimnazium
It’s all about the kids.
Ask any teacher why they like teaching and they will tell you that it’s about the kids. We enjoy watching them grow. We take pride in planting questions and information in them ...
Developing skills
I heard about the Morim Limmud Program founded and supported by SOS International: Enriching Jewish Identities from my colleagues two years ago when they were discussing it. Although I could ...
An amazing, long and tiring day
When I woke up today I was so full of energy. I usually don’t like to go to school like most kids, but today I couldn’t wait to get to school. The reason for that is nothing else, but that ...
Deep connection, spirituality, and unity
As I walk down the bumpy road of the Shoe Memorial located next to the Danube river, many emotions rush through my veins. We reached the Shoe Memorial and a Hungarian ...
Build instead of destroy
It is late Tuesday night and I am exhausted. I am physically exhausted from walking over 6 miles and I am emotionally exhausted from visiting Jewish Budapest, with its constant reminders of the near ...
“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 ...
Look, Look Mommy!
Look, look Mommy! There are shoes! There are shoes by the river!
Careful Dani, don’t get to close!
Mommy, there are shoes, but the ...
At long last
After waiting so long our program with BT started today. Right after we arrived at school in the morning we were greeted by Zsolt and Mrs. Halaine Steinberg form Beth Tfiloh School.
On our first ...
Reunions
Our students arrive in Budapest, bringing with them the energy, laughter and sense of sheer joy that only teenagers can muster after traveling for almost 24 hours. They greet their counterparts from ...
Growth comes from going out of one’s comfort zone
On the first leg of our voyage to Budapest, and despite the hour, sleep eludes me. Just had a glimpse of what this trip could mean when we were waiting in line to board and Avishye ...
More in common than not
I arrived in Budapest a day ahead of the students which left time to do some sightseeing. On Sunday morning, I took a walk through the city with Mrs. Steinberg and Mrs. Gelfand. Budapest is a beautiful ...
Hungary is an amazing country.
Hungary is an amazing country. Did you know that Hungarian is one of the oldest languages and that Hungary is one of the only European countries to have its own language that ...
Figuring out the “who” from the “what.”
On the flight to Budapest to work with teachers and students at Scheiber Sandor School, I noticed something that struck me as “normal,” yet at the same time, sad. What was normal? People helped ...
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 ...
New Opportunities, Familiar Friends
I have carefully placed my lesson plans in a clear, plastic folder, neatly typed and ready for me to engage a class of 8th graders and one of 12th graders. I have stacked my clothes in tidy packable ...
American Democracy Motivates And Inspires Hungarian Jewish Students
Getting the chance by SOS International to join the Morim project and visit the USA, came with multiple goals for me. Firstly, as the program’s mission states, I wanted to get connected with ...
Across the ocean
I don’t know where to start this. I’m sad and happy and at the same time, I have gained something unforgettable and special for the rest of my life, but also as it started, it came to an end so ...
Other cultures
This trip was an unforgettable experience for me. It was a great opportunity to meet new and amazing people and meet another culture.
In my opinion, the organization for the programs after school or ...
Leaving one’s comfort zone
I’m feeling happy because the absence of them makes me sad.
There are some things in life that are so significant for you that you literally feel depressed after losing it. I think it is also true ...