Jewish History & Jewish Education

• Everything You Never Learned about the History of Bais Yaakov

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• Shidduchim, Shandas and Shaping the Future 

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• The Shidduch Crises Then & Now

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• Before Dear Abby There Was Dear Abraham: Solving the Problems of the Jewish Immigrant Generation

 

• "A Time for Modesty, A Time for Action": Sarah Schenirer, Bais Yaakov, and the Establishment of Jewish Education for Women

 

• Tradition and Innovative Change: Sarah Schenirer’s Life and Legacy

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• A Pesach Seder in the Civil War: Celebrating Jewish Freedom on the Battlefield

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• Controversies and Continuity: Adventures in Colonial American Jewish Life

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• “Understand Your Lofty Calling”: Sarah Schenirer as a Model for Women’s Leadership Today

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• The Bais Yaakov Movement at 100: The Myths and the Facts

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• The Recife 23: Founding the First Jewish Community in America

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• Learning History Through Portraits – A Study of Colonial Jewish Women

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• Raising Expectations and Lowering Hemlines: The Revolutionary Shift in American Girls' Education

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• Links in a Chain: American Bais Yaakov Schools and the Mesorah (Legacy) of Sarah Schenirer

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• “Steadfast in her religion and loyal to American ideals": Making Orthodox Day School Education American

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• Outside Ideologies in an Insular Community: Gender Expectations and Orthodox Girls’ Schooling in the Post War Era

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• Learning from Our Past, Building Our Future: How Jewish history teaches us to create a positive, healthy community for tomorrow

 

• Educated, but Not College Educated: The Orthodox Jewish Community and Higher Education for Women in Postwar America

 

• Good Bais Yaakov Girls: The Culture of Orthodox Girls in America

 

• Becoming Orthodox Women: Rites of Passage in the Orthodox Community

 

• Defining and Defending American Orthodox Girlhood in the Postwar America

 

• Little Shul on the Prairie: The Untold Story of the Jewish Homesteaders

 

• Not Another Modest Proposal: Rethinking How We Talk About and Teach about Tznius

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Jewish Holidays

• Not a Chance: The Battle between Yisrael and Amalek, Then and Now

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• The Latke vs. the Hamentashen: The Meaning of Chanukah in Israel & in the Diaspora

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• Spiritual Adrenaline: The Supernatural Powers of Pesach

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• A Pesach Seder in the Civil War: Celebrating Jewish Freedom on the Battlefield

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• Tapping into the Secret Powers of Teshuva

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Jewish Perspectives on Leadership

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• Standing Up with Strength: Learning Courage and Integrity from the Leaders of Tanach

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• Finding Your Voice: The Courageous, Respectful and Effective Leadership of Bnot Tzelafchad

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• “Understand Your Lofty Calling”: Sarah Schenirer as a Model for Women’s Leadership Today

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• Life and Leadership Lessons from the Smart Women of Tanach

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• Fighting the Good Fight: Preventing and Resolving Conflicts in Personal & Professional Life 

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• What Makes a Great Leader? How the Leaders of Tanach and Jewish History Can Teach us to be Better Leaders Today

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• Wrestling, Negotiating and Communicating: Biblical Models of Leadership for the 21st Century

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Tanach & Jewish Studies

•  Keeping Calm & Carrying On: Wise Women and the Quest for Peace in the Days of Dovid HaMelech

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• Standing Up with Strength: Learning Courage and Integrity from the Leaders of Tanach

 

• Faith and Power in the Story of Yitziat Mizrayim

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• Life and Leadership Lessons from the Smart Women of Tanach

 

• What's with All the Arguing? A Jewish Guide to Resolving Conflict​

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• Refresher Course in the Study of Rashi

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• Fighting the Good Fight and Keeping the Peace: Life Lessons from Women in Tanach

 

Communication & Presentation

• Reconnecting and Reinventing: Creating Cures for Zoom Fatigue

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• Rule #1- Don't Be Boring: Essential Tips for Effective Public Speaking

 

• Building Strong Communications and Presentation Skills

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• Noble Disputes: Preventing & Resolving Conflict in Your Team

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Courses Taught

• American Jewish History

• Ancient and Medieval Jewish History

• Fundamentals of Communication

• The History of Palestine and Modern Israel

• The Jewish Immigrant Experience in America

• Jewish Women in American Social Movements

• Modern Jewish History: 1492-Present

• Modern United States History: 1941-Present

• Smart Women & Social Change: Leadership Lesson from the Women of Jewish History 

• Teaching Historical and Cultural Studies in General and Special Education

• Textual Analysis Pentateuch: Breisheit I and II

• Trees, Intrigues, Matzah & Mysteries: The Holiday in Jewish Thought

• Twentieth Century United States History

• Western Civilization

• Women in Jewish History and Culture