Celebrate Purim with Online Jewish Learning Written by Rabbi Dani, Co-Founder and CEO It has been a while since we have had the opportunity to celebrate a Jewish holiday! In the fall we are swamped with holidays left and right-and almost forget what it is like by this...
Summer Break or Summer Opportunity? School is out for summer. The kids may be at summer camp or you are one of the many parents who is running around trying to keep their kids occupied during these hot summer months. Summer is supposed to be a time of relaxation, but...
Preparing for Destruction: A Glimpse into the minor holiday of Tisha B’Av Tisha b’Av is a minor holiday that we observe this year on August 13-14th. It is the day that we remember the destruction of both the Temples in Jerusalem. For those of us who do not know, the...
What does Israel have to do with my Bar Mitzvah? We hear about Israel on the news, we may have even gone on birthright or visited as kids for our own Bnei Mitzvah. But what does Israel have to do with our kids’ Bnei Mitzvah? How do we make Israel a significant part of...
The Future of Jewish Learning: Where will we be? The future of Jewish education is up in the air. It is anyone’s guess where Jewish education will be in ten years. One of the reasons why I founded Online Jewish Learning was because I have my own view on where this...
Teachers are the key For most Bnei Mitzvah aged students, the exciting part about becoming a Bar/Bat Mitzvah is not the Torah reading or the tallit (prayer shawl) that they receive, it is the party or the feeling they will have when it is over. Well, let’s just say...
Look above. That is my oldest daughter M. Cute punim, huh? Today was one of those days where I set out to be uber productive, now its after lunch and I feel like I am in a slump. Why? Well being self-employed and an entrepreneur affords me the flexibility of being...
