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Before Going Out to Fight, Look Inside
Aug 20, 2021 By Jeffrey Kress | Commentary | Ki Tetzei
We know that every extra word in the Torah invites exploration to arrive at its deeper meaning. The opening words of Parashat Ki Tetzei require such consideration: βWhen you go out to war against your enemies . . .β Why mention enemies? Who else would one be going to war against? Rabbinic interpretations focus on the use of the plural (enemies) as signifying a distinction between categories of conflict, each requiring different rules of engagement. This helps explain why the rules of war that open the parashah differ from the closing instructions about how to fight Amalek. The Torah is talking about two different categories of conflict.
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Nurturing Character, Community, and Meaning-Making Through ΊΪΑΟΙη Education
Nov 9, 2020 By Jeffrey Kress | Public Event video | Video Lecture
Even as we are zooming forward into a new, Covid-altered educational landscape, there are goals of ΊΪΑΟΙη educationβwhether in schools, camps, home, or other settingsβthat are enduring. In this session we will look at ΊΪΑΟΙη education through the lenses of character, community, andΒ meaning-makingΒ to provide context for current discussions of online and hybridΒ learning, andΒ to expand our thinkingΒ about the goals and processes of ΊΪΑΟΙη learning.
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Development, Learning, and Community
Dec 4, 2012 By Jeffrey Kress | Public Event audio
Dr. Jeffrey S. Kress, associate professor and chair of ΊΪΑΟΙη Education and academic director of the Experiential Learning Initiative at JTS, talks about Development, Learning, and Community: Educating for Identity in Pluralistic ΊΪΑΟΙη High Schools. Dr. Kress’s recent book uses data drawn from a study of pluralistic ΊΪΑΟΙη high schools to illustrate the complex and often challenging interplay between the cognitive and social elements of education.
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