Now that home education has been steadily on the rise for 30 or more years, it seems a ripe time to evaluate it as a viable option for our community. As a 19-year veteran of homeschooling, I can describe this journey as nothing short of incredible. Traveling alongside our children as they learn, grow, and [...]
Children
As we wrote last month, Rebbetzin Weinberg, zt”l, was an integral part of Baltimore for as long as anyone can remember. During those many years, her door – and her heart – were open to all. Not just to those from any one narrow segment of the community, not just to those who were influential, [...]
Nothing is particularly new about women serving as breadwinners. The Mishna (Kesubos 59b) considered it incumbent upon active homemakers to contribute to the family income in order to avoid the spousal tension bred by his earning money and her spending it. The Mishna also recognized that, even absent economic pressures, it is important for women [...]
Dovid was misbehaving. It got to the point that his mother was being asked to pick him up every day, and the school was ready to throw up their hands and expel the third grader. How could they take the responsibility for a boy who just wouldn’t do what was expected of him? Panic stricken [...]
To the Editor, The Baltimore Jewish Community has been fortunate to have a valuable asset added to its portfolio, and I would like to make your readers aware of it. I am referring to the new Bikur Cholim Hospitality Suite in Sinai Hospital. This suite includes: 1) a kitchen area stocked with fresh meals for [...]
Dear Dr. Weisbord, I was at a playground with my children, when I noticed two kids whom no one was watching. They were about three and one-and-a-half years old. Everyone was leaving, so I asked the children where their mother or father was and who was watching them. The older one immediately got up and [...]
Every once in a while, you come across an organization whose meaningful mission inspires you to emulate its work in your own community. This happened to me, not so recently, when we were returning to Baltimore after spending a Shabbos in Lakewood. My husband was driving and listening to a Rabbi Krohn CD while I [...]
Destination Unknown; Adventures of a Lifetime Series, Book I by Zev Spektor (Judaica Press, 2011) This is an excellent adventure book for upper elementary and middle school age. The bachur Avraham travels through many countries with Rebbe Yitzchak, who is helping poor Avraham locate his father, as dangerous bandits are after both of them. Other [...]
When I was in sixth grade in a day school in Philadelphia, I had a math teacher whom everyone feared, students and parents alike. Once, I had forgotten my homework and was trembling in my seat, waiting for Mrs. Rummel to discover my sin. I remember hearing her high heels clatter down the hall and [...]
To the Editor, I really appreciate the kudos in last month’s letter to readers, but I must correct your facts. Brucha Goldstein is actually the person who brought government-subsidized hot lunches to the Orthodox day schools of Baltimore. It was because of her hours of tireless efforts that we even have these programs. She was [...]