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Tag: Lifelong Learning

0 Education Jewish Law

On the Virtues of Torah Education

Cindy Scarr in Mishpacha · 25 Jun

Cindy Scarr discusses the profound value of Torah education, contrasting it with modern secular education's perceived deficiencies.

0 Communities Education

Building a new pillar of Jewish life: The community beit midrash

eJewishPhilanthropy · 29 Apr

Rabbi Benjamin Barer advocates for the establishment of local community batei midrash in non-Orthodox Jewish communities across North America to support lifelong Torah learning.

0 History Education

Wisdom Project | Morris Waitz, 100, Keeps Thinking About Tomorrow

Pam Janis in Moment · 1 Mar 2024

Morris Waitz, a vibrant newly minted centenarian from Tappan, New York, shares insights from his long and eventful life in an interview with Moment Magazine's Wisdom Project.

0 Culture Education

Rolling the Torah scroll from Simchat Torah to Bereishit

Rachel Kohn in eJewishPhilanthropy · 16 Jan 2024

The author reflects on their visit to the National Library of Israel and describes it as a place filled with people from different backgrounds and religions, all engaged in reading and studying books.

0 Communities Politics

Post Knesset, Stav Shaffir’s new cause

Hannah Brown in Jewish Insider · 9 Dec 2021

Former Knesset member Stav Shaffir, known for her involvement in social justice movements, is now advocating for individuals with autism in Israel as her sister Shir is on the autism spectrum.