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The state of Jewish education

JL;DR SUMMARY The podcast "Bonjour Chai" delves into the complexities and expectations surrounding Jewish day school education, raising questions about the benchmarks for successful Jewish education beyond just academic learning. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski.

  • At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself.
  • This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude.
  • Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from.
  • But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me.
  • And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.
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Jewish EducationJewish IdentityHebrew LiteracyCultural IntegrationJewish LiteracyDay SchoolsEducational GoalsParenting ChoicesModern Orthodox Schools

Places mentioned

Pearlstone, Maryland, United States
"we took the kids to pearlstone farm on sunday for their flower festival but really we went there to pick blueberries"
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
"i forgot in montreal for the last time before all the holidays"
United States
"what's the level of labor day as a thing in the states i always got this impression that it wasn't like as big a deal"
Canada
"like in canada feels like a legit holiday"
Israel
"went to seminary after high school in israel took a gap year went to madrash at harova"
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
"jewish education to do that but i was i started working at the synagogue when i was 19 like i had a hands-on education at the synagogue that just built on top of what i learned i learned such a baseline grade 1 to grade 12"
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
"my stepson of whom i'm very proud arrived in yeshiva went to like a private not jewish school in nashville which he'd been in"
Binghamton, New York, United States
"he got to binghamton last year and met a bunch of kids who you know had fabulous experiences on their gap years and decided that he wanted to go to israel"
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