Monthly Archives: October 2011

There has been much buzz in the media about the expense and relative lack of worth of a college degree. Although a BA is a minimal requirement for many jobs nowadays, the weight of students loans and the loss of … Continue reading →

In light of my translation of the gemara education article, I thought I might write this thread in the form of a riddle: To whom is the following statement attributed (the answer will surprise you)? “הישיבות הצילו את הבינוניים והרסו … Continue reading →

Apropos my earlier post on the damage caused by feminization in religion: Church as a no-(single) Man zone; Engaging Jewish Men in Communal Life (in Conservative Judaism). A female singing protest against “קול באשה ערווה” and an interesting defense thereof. … Continue reading →

[Intro, Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part VI; once again, all bracketed comments and emphases are mine – AIWAC] [Well, this is it. I have finished a translation job worth over 500 NIS – for … Continue reading →

[Intro, Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V; once again, all bracketed comments and emphases are mine – AIWAC] The Teachers – The Gap Between Yeshiva and High School Talmud teachers are by and large graduates of … Continue reading →

[Intro, Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV; once again, all bracketed comments and emphases are mine – AIWAC] The School and the Teachers A. The Schedule The Multiplicity of Frontal Lectures One of the problems of the educational … Continue reading →

[Intro, Part I, Part II, Part III; once again, all bracketed comments and emphases are mine. The section on the curriculum, the teachers and method of teaching will be up next week. – AIWAC] Competition Gemara has competitors. We will … Continue reading →

[Intro, Part I, Part II; once again, all bracketed comments are mine] The Problem of Motivation Up till now we discussed the problems which derive from the study itself. In order to overcome these difficulties, there is a need for … Continue reading →

[Intro, Part I] [Emphases and bracketed words are mine - AIWAC] The Problem of Importance Another large gap exists between the subject of Talmud and the other subjects of Humanities and Jewish subjects, and that is the great distance between … Continue reading →

[Intro] [The comments in brackets are my own; there are a few cases where I tweaked the language to make it more readable. – AIWAC] I. The Students Learning Difficulties The study of gemara is a “skills-heavy” subject. In other … Continue reading →