The YHTPoV

The YHTPoV

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The YHTPoV episodes

  • YHTPoV #20 - The value and challenges of Jewish education

    We have a real treat for you. In this week's YHTPoV, Ms. Kletenik spends some time with a visionary in the Jewish education world, Rabbi Josh Elkin of IDEAS. Rabbi Elkin was previously the founding Executive Director of Partnership for Excellence in Jewish Education (PEJE) and Head of School at Solomon Schechter of Greater Boston for twenty years. Rabbi Elkin and Ms. Kletenik discuss the value and modern challenges of Jewish education.


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    Keywords: Jewish Education, Education, Elementary School, Jewish Podcast, Jewish Education Podcast, Parsha, Mishpatim, Leadership, IDEAS

    17 min
  • YHTPoV #19 - The Importance of Optimism In Leading

    In this week's pre-winter break YHTPoV, Ms. Kletenik discusses with Rabbi Menchel his views on leadership, the importance of optimism, and what he learned from his rebbe.


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    Keywords: Jewish Education, Education, Elementary School, Jewish Podcast, Jewish Education Podcast, Parsha, Beshalach, Leadership, Head of School

    11 min
  • YHT PoV #18 - How Do We Prepare Students for Jobs That Don't Exist Yet?

    We have a very special guest this week as the next installment in our leadership series: Suri Ganz,  Associate Program Director at the Jewish New Teacher Project.  YHT and the JNTP have worked together on teacher mentoring for about ten years. The discussion is wide ranging, including a discussion of how we can prepare children for future jobs that we don't even know will exist yet.


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    Keywords: Jewish Education, Education, Elementary School, Jewish Podcast, Jewish Education Podcast, Parsha, Bo, Leadership, Jewish New Teacher Project, JNTP

     

    10 min
  • YHT PoV #17 - How do we teach leadership?

    This week's episode continues the theme of leadership from last week. Ms. Kletenik hosts two our 5th grade teachers, Morah Ariella Goldsmith and Rabbi Dov Eisenberger to talk about some of their role models and how they try to teach leadership in the classroom. 


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    Keywords: Jewish Education, Education, Elementary School, Jewish Podcast, Jewish Education Podcast, Parsha, Vaera, Leadership, 5th grade

    11 min
  • YHT PoV #16 - Leadership with Dr. Ari Gross

    In this week's episode, Ms. Kletenik hosts current YHT president, Dr. Ari Gross, to talk about leadership, to coincide with the beginning of a series of Table Talks focusing on leadership.


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    Keywords: Jewish Education, Education, Elementary School, Jewish Podcast, Jewish Education Podcast, Parsha, Shemot, Leadership

    7 min
  • YHT PoV #15 - Discussing Parent-Child Communication With Dr. Esther Fusco
    In this week's episode, Ms. Kletenik hosts Dr. Esther Fusco -- the author of this year's YHT faculty book of the year: Effective Questioning Strategies In The Classroom -- to talk about communicating with children. Dr. Fusco is chair of the Department of Teaching, Literacy, and Leadership at Hofstra. Dr. Fusco was also previously the principal of the Port Jefferson Elementary School and the Babylon Elementary School.
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    Keywords: Jewish Education, Education, Elementary School, Jewish Podcast, Jewish Education Podcast, Parsha, Vayechi,
    14 min
  • YHT PoV #14 - Incorporating Empathy Into the YHT Experience
    In this week's episode, Ms. Kletenik hosts longtime teacher and new Assistant Principal Mrs. Sara Duani. They discuss how Mrs. Duani's transition to a leadership role has been and also how empathy is baked into the YHT education via, among other things, the middot curriculum.
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    Keywords: Jewish Education, Education, Elementary School, Jewish Podcast, Jewish Education Podcast, Parsha, Vayigash, parsha, empathy, upstander
    1 hr 45 min
  • YHTPoV #13 - The One with the Color War Captains
    In this week's episode, Ms. Kletenik hosts the 8th grade captains from this past week's YHT color war (short video recap here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2A--noOQGQ). The captains talk about what they learned from the experience, including about empathy and leadership, which tie in with this week's parsha (Yosef) and this month's #YHTyouandme middah of the month (being an "upstander"). The students also give parents some parenting advice.
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    Keywords: Jewish Education, Education, Elementary School, Jewish Podcast, Jewish Education Podcast, Parsha, Mikeitz, parsha, color war, captain, red team, blue team, yellow team, maccabia
    11 min
  • YHT PoV #12 - How to handle sibling rivalries
    In this week's episode, Ms. Kletenik meets with a nervous Dr. Karyn Feinberg, Director of Psychology Services at YHT, to discuss sibling squabbling and how to manage it. Spoiler alert: it's normal.
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    Keywords: Jewish Education, Education, Elementary School, Jewish Podcast, Jewish Education Podcast, Parsha, Vayeishev, parsha, school psychologist
    11 min
  • YHTPoV #11 - The meaning of Thanksgiving to survivors
    In this week's episode, Ms. Kletenik catches up with Esther Gerson -- a parent of two YHT alumnae -- about gratitude, Thanksgiving, and her parents' appreciation for Thanksgiving after surviving the Holocaust and immigrating to the United States.
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    Keywords: Jewish Education, Education, Elementary School, Jewish Podcast, Jewish Education Podcast, Parsha, Vayishlash, Thanksgiving, parsha
    9 min

About The YHTPoV

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Welcome to The YHTPoV ("YHT Point of View"), the official Yeshiva Har Torah podcast. Listen during the school year for insights into school, Jewish Education, and a chance to meet some of the people around YHT.