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JEDCast Episode 8: What's Causing Grade Inflation in Our Schools?
In this episode, Sarah Zahavi and I discuss “The Real Problem Behind Grade Inflation” by Beth McMurtrie, published in The Chronicle of Higher Education. Other links:America Is Sliding Toward…
Don’t Give Up On Skills In Jewish Education
In this essay, Hillel Rapp discusses the importances of teaching skills in Judaic learning.Read this essay on Substack. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other…
JEDCast Episode 7: Do Our Kids have a Drinking Problem?
In this episode, Rabbi Yosef Kurtz, Chaim Rutman, and I discuss a 2021 JTA article, “The data don’t lie: Yeshiva high school students have a binge-drinking problem” by Rivka Press Schwartz and Rabbi…
JEDCast Episode 6: The "Kiddush Hashem" Speech
In this episode, Rich Dlin and I discuss his post “Jewish Identity and Excellence: The Challenge of Impossible Standards” from his blog, Experience Has Made Me Rich.About Rich Dlin:Rich Dlin is a…
JEDCast Episode 5: The Dying Humanities
In this episode, Sarah Zahavi and I discuss Tyler Austin Harper's 2023 article in The Atlantic, "The Humanities Have Sown the Seeds of Their Own Destruction."About Sarah Zahavi:Sarah Zahavi is a…
JEDCast Episode 4: A Conflict of Visions
In this episode, Jonathan Parker and I discuss Thomas Sowell’s 1986 book, A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles.About Jonathan Parker:Mr. Jonathan Parker was born in…
JEDCast Episode 3: The OU "Off-The-Derech" Study
Read the Orthodox Union's 2025 study on Attrition and Connection in American Orthodox Judaism here.About Rabbi Yosef Kurtz:Rabbi Yosef Kurtz is a graduate of Yeshivat Or Chaim and has been teaching…
S1E2 JEDCast Episode 2: Why Aren't Our Kids in Shul?
Read Rabbi Dr. Jay Goldmintz's 2011 article: Why Aren't Our Kids in Shul?About Rabbi Yosef Kurtz:Rabbi Yosef Kurtz is a graduate of Yeshivat Or Chaim and has been teaching at Bnei Akiva Schools since…
Why I Quit Being Principal to Become a Teacher Again
In this essay, Hillel Rapp reflects on leaving his role as principal to become an ordinary teacher.Read the essay on Substack here. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with…
JEDCast Episode 1: The Problem with Jewish Education
Read Manette Mayberg's 2018 Jewish Journal article: The Problem With Jewish EducationAbout Rabbi Yosef Kurtz:Rabbi Yosef Kurtz is a graduate of Yeshivat Or Chaim and has been teaching at Bnei Akiva…
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JEDCast has published 10 episodes since March 2025, covering topics in Education, Philosophy.
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