Chinuch Today Podcast

3.1 Rabbi Daniel Whitman - Machon Yedidya/Spare the Child

ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Machon Yedidya provides practical, Torah-based parenting courses, counseling, and more, based on the teachings of Rav Yechiel Yaakovson Shlit"a, author of the bestseller Spare the Child.  Rav Yechiel Yaakovson was urged to enter the field of Chinuch by Rav Shach zt”l and worked for decades under the direct guidance of Rav Wolbe zt”l and Rav Shteinman zt”l. He founded Machon Yedidya and authored the bestseller, Spare the Child at the insistence of Rav Chaim Kanievsky zt"l. R’ Daniel Whitman trained by Rav Yaakovson and works with Machon Yedidya counseling in Chinuch and emotional health matters. Rabbi Whitman worked closely with Rav Mattisyahu Salomon zt”l, counseling in Beis Medrash Govoha. For more information visit https://yedidyausa.org/ or email machonyedidyausa@gmail.com
 
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ABOUT THIS PODCAST
Chinuch Today Featuring Tools for Schools A Fascinating Look at Innovative Programs and the People Behind Them.
The host Rabbi Yerachmiel Garfield Ed.D. is the Head of School of the rapidly growing Yeshiva Toras Emes in Houston Texas. He has previously served as a mesivta rebbe, assistant menahel, school counselor and adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins University. In addition, he has written on chinuch topics for national publications, educational journals, and has presented multiple workshops. He is the founding director of the Yeshiva Leadership Group which provides networking and growth opportunities to Yeshiva school leadership.
For more information or to suggest a guest, please email  ⁠chinuchtodaypodcast@gmail.com⁠

2.21 Mrs. Leah Trenk - My Extraordinary Life with Rabbi Dovid Trenk zt"l

ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Rabbi Dovid Trenk ZT”l and Mrs. Leah Trenk are true chinuch pioneers and known far and wide for their fierce conviction and absolute belief in the greatness found in each and every talmid.
 
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ABOUT THIS PODCAST
Chinuch Today Featuring Tools for Schools A Fascinating Look at Innovative Programs and the People Behind Them.
The host Rabbi Yerachmiel Garfield Ed.D. is the Head of School of the rapidly growing Yeshiva Toras Emes in Houston Texas. He has previously served as a mesivta rebbe, assistant menahel, school counselor and adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins University. In addition, he has written on chinuch topics for national publications, educational journals, and has presented multiple workshops. He is the founding director of the Yeshiva Leadership Group which provides networking and growth opportunities to Yeshiva school leadership.
For more information or to suggest a guest, please email  ⁠chinuchtodaypodcast@gmail.com⁠

2.20 Micro Episode – Heart2Heart

ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Rav Shlomo Hoffman zt”l was a student of the Chevron Yeshiva seventy to eighty years ago. He was among those who established a close connection with Rav Isaac Sher zt”l and merited to receive from him guidance in avodas Hashem, the understanding of the human nefesh, and the foundations of man’s purpose in this world. Throughout his life, from a young age until his passing on Purim 5773, Rav Hoffman assisted those in need of professional mental health counseling. Gedolei Yisrael (foremost among them Rav Shach zt”l), Roshei Yeshiva, and school principals were greatly assisted by Rav Hoffman’s advice and wisdom.
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ABOUT THIS PODCAST
Chinuch Today Featuring Tools for Schools A Fascinating Look at Innovative Programs and the People Behind Them.
The host Rabbi Yerachmiel Garfield Ed.D. is the Head of School of the rapidly growing Yeshiva Toras Emes in Houston Texas. He has previously served as a mesivta rebbe, assistant menahel, school counselor and adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins University. In addition, he has written on chinuch topics for national publications, educational journals, and has presented multiple workshops. He is the founding director of the Yeshiva Leadership Group which provides networking and growth opportunities to Yeshiva school leadership.
For more information or to suggest a guest, please email  ⁠chinuchtodaypodcast@gmail.com⁠

2.19 Rabbi Hershel Lutch – Tikvah

ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Tikvah’s purpose is to educate the rising generation of Jewish, Zionist, and American leaders and to advance the most serious thinking about the great challenges facing the Jewish people in the modern age. We seek to cultivate Jewish citizens with moral confidence and civic courage, informed by the hard-won lessons of Jewish history and devoted to strengthening Western civilization through Jewish ideas and institution-building.
To advance this mission, Tikvah operates intensive fellowship programs, summer institutes, working groups, and honors programs for students of all ages; and we produce publications, podcasts, conferences, and online courses that bring Tikvah’s ideas to the world.
Rabbi Hershel Lutch is the Chief Financial and Operating Officer of Tikvah and serves as its Corporate Secretary. In addition to leading Tikvah’s finance, administrative, business process reengineering, and operating functions, Rabbi Lutch helps direct Tikvah’s strategic planning, development, and program management initiatives. Before coming to Tikvah, Rabbi Lutch served as the Chief Operating Officer of Aish HaTorah, where he managed Aish’s dramatic growth into a $65 million organization, engaging over 700,000 participants each year.
More information at www.tikvahfund.org
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ABOUT THIS PODCAST
Chinuch Today Featuring Tools for Schools A Fascinating Look at Innovative Programs and the People Behind Them.
The host Rabbi Yerachmiel Garfield Ed.D. is the Head of School of the rapidly growing Yeshiva Toras Emes in Houston Texas. He has previously served as a mesivta rebbe, assistant menahel, school counselor and adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins University. In addition, he has written on chinuch topics for national publications, educational journals, and has presented multiple workshops. He is the founding director of the Yeshiva Leadership Group which provides networking and growth opportunities to Yeshiva school leadership.
For more information or to suggest a guest, please email  ⁠chinuchtodaypodcast@gmail.com⁠

2.18 Dr. Eli Shapiro - The Digital Citizenship Project

ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Dr. Eli Shapiro is a licensed clinical social worker with a doctorate in education and specialists certificate in Jewish educational leadership. He is the creator and director of The Digital Citizenship Project, an Adjunct Professor for the City University of New York and a Trustee of the Queens Borough Public Library. Dr. Shapiro is a graduate of the Azrieli School of Jewish Education and Administration, Wurzweiler School of Social Work, Touro College and holds two licenses in school administration through the Queens College post graduate Educational Leadership Program. Dr. Shapiro has presented to thousands of parents and school faculty in communities across North America, and has lectured for internationally recognized organizations, including Agudath Israel of America, Consortium of Jewish Day Schools, International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Shluchim, Nefesh International, Prizmah – Center for Jewish Day Schools, Torah Umesorah and Yeshiva University. Dr. Shapiro is an expert on the social and emotional functioning of families and leads a national study on Jewish families and technology.
More information at www.elishapiro.com
 
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ABOUT THIS PODCAST
Chinuch Today Featuring Tools for Schools A Fascinating Look at Innovative Programs and the People Behind Them.
The host Rabbi Yerachmiel Garfield Ed.D. is the Head of School of the rapidly growing Yeshiva Toras Emes in Houston Texas. He has previously served as a mesivta rebbe, assistant menahel, school counselor and adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins University. In addition, he has written on chinuch topics for national publications, educational journals, and has presented multiple workshops. He is the founding director of the Yeshiva Leadership Group which provides networking and growth opportunities to Yeshiva school leadership.
For more information or to suggest a guest, please email  ⁠chinuchtodaypodcast@gmail.com⁠

2.17 Rebbetzin Bruria David a"h

ABOUT THIS EPISODE
A brilliant mechaneches, Rebbetzin Bruria David a”h was the founder and dean of Beth Jacob Jerusalem, commonly known as BJJ, a prestigious girls seminary located in Yerushalayim. The Rebbetzin was a woman of unique caliber, possessing a deep understanding of people and a remarkable breadth of knowledge in Torah and history.
Born in 1938, she was the only child of Hagaon Rav Yitzchak Hutner, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Rabbeinu Chaim Berlin, and the wife of Hagaon Rav Yonasan David, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Pachad Yitzchok in Yerushalayim’s Har Nof neighborhood.
Mrs. Miriam Gettinger (Wein) was in the first full year of BJJ from 1973 to 1974. She has been a principal for nearly 40 years, currently at the Hasten Hebrew Academy of Indianapolis and previously at the South Bend Hebrew Day School, as well as at the helm of Bais Yaakov High School of Indiana.
Dr. Sara Nagel (Tenenbaum) attended BJJ from 1990-1991.  She is an audiologist in private practice in Houston, Texas. Dr. Nagel moved to Houston together with her husband Rabbi Yakov Nagel 25 years ago as founding member of the Houston Kollel and have played an integral role in its development as a makom Torah.
Mrs. Rivi Rotenberg (Geldwerth) attended BJJ from 2007-2008. Trained as an Occupational Therapist, Mrs. Rotenberg currently manages an ABA therapy firm and teaches part time in the local BY high School Her husband, Rabbi Akiva Rotenberg is the Manahel of the Mesivta of Houston. 
 
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ABOUT THIS PODCAST
Chinuch Today Featuring Tools for Schools A Fascinating Look at Innovative Programs and the People Behind Them.
The host Rabbi Yerachmiel Garfield Ed.D. is the Head of School of the rapidly growing Yeshiva Toras Emes in Houston Texas. He has previously served as a mesivta rebbe, assistant menahel, school counselor and adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins University. In addition, he has written on chinuch topics for national publications, educational journals, and has presented multiple workshops. He is the founding director of the Yeshiva Leadership Group which provides networking and growth opportunities to Yeshiva school leadership.
For more information or to suggest a guest, please email  ⁠chinuchtodaypodcast@gmail.com⁠

2.16 Rabbi Sheeya Hertz Ostreicher - Avenues of the Sky

ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Avenues of the Sky was established by Rabbi Sheeya Hertz Ostreicher to provide a simple, hands on approach to understand the astronomic concepts.
Avenues of the Sky offers a series of fascinating presentations and workshops on a wide variety of topics relating to the celestial bodies of the moon, sun and stars. The classes are geared to children and adults of all ages and background levels.
To schedule a presentation in the Tri-State area, please call 848.223.2366 or email avenuesofthesky@gmail.com
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ABOUT THIS PODCAST
Chinuch Today Featuring Tools for Schools A Fascinating Look at Innovative Programs and the People Behind Them.
The host Rabbi Yerachmiel Garfield Ed.D. is the Head of School of the rapidly growing Yeshiva Toras Emes in Houston Texas. He has previously served as a mesivta rebbe, assistant menahel, school counselor and adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins University. In addition, he has written on chinuch topics for national publications, educational journals, and has presented multiple workshops. He is the founding director of the Yeshiva Leadership Group which provides networking and growth opportunities to Yeshiva school leadership.
For more information or to suggest a guest, please email  ⁠chinuchtodaypodcast@gmail.com⁠

2.15 Mrs. Alana Weinberg - Binyan Yisroel

ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Mrs. Alana Weinberg, is the Founder and Executive Director of Binyan Yisroel, a new and exciting school in Baltimore MD, educating students with language based learning differences. Alana currently lives in Baltimore with her husband, Dr. Aaron Weinberg and her four children Etiel, Akiva, Adina and Yoni. Three out of the Weinberg's four children have dyslexia.
Throughout her life, Alana always felt drawn to working with children in a school setting. Alana attended Bar Ilan University followed by Stern College and Bank Street College. Alana holds certifications in Jewish Education Leadership, Educational Coaching and is trained in multiple learning modalities for children with dyslexia.
In the beginning of her teaching career,  Alana taught at New England Hebrew Academy in Boston. After Boston, Alana became the director of Early Childhood Education at Stein Yeshiva in Yonkers, NY. In 2014 Weinberg's oldest son was diagnosed with dyslexia thus began Alana’s educational journey discovering everything she could possibly about language based learning differences. The Weinberg’s moved to Baltimore in 2017 and sought the best school to support him. This led Mrs. Weinberg to speak with Dr. Aviva Weisbord of Shemesh who tasked Alana with opening a yeshiva school for children with language based learning differences and thus, Binyan Yisroel was created.
Binyan Yisroel is a fully comprehensive school for students who have a diagnosed language based learning Difference. Binyan Yisroel students receive an excellent Jewish and general studies education. Students receive direct explicit instruction in both English Reading Intervention as well as Kriah in a two to one ratio. Kodesh and General Studies classes are taught using research based methodology in a four to one ratio.
Learn more about Binyan Yisroel on our website: www.binyanyisroel.org
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ABOUT THIS PODCAST
Chinuch Today Featuring Tools for Schools A Fascinating Look at Innovative Programs and the People Behind Them.
The host Rabbi Yerachmiel Garfield Ed.D. is the Head of School of the rapidly growing Yeshiva Toras Emes in Houston Texas. He has previously served as a mesivta rebbe, assistant menahel, school counselor and adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins University. In addition, he has written on chinuch topics for national publications, educational journals, and has presented multiple workshops. He is the founding director of the Yeshiva Leadership Group which provides networking and growth opportunities to Yeshiva school leadership.
For more information or to suggest a guest, please email  ⁠chinuchtodaypodcast@gmail.com⁠

2.14 Micro Episode - This Principal’s Principles

ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Micro Episodes provide your host an opportunity to share short personal chinuch insights.
Much of my approach to chinuch can be summarized in three simple steps:
 
Children are good and want to do good.
If they are not doing good there is a reason.
The job of the adults in the child’s life is to identify and address that reason.
 
Join me as I explain this approach and how it guides my work.
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ABOUT THIS PODCAST
Chinuch Today Featuring Tools for Schools A Fascinating Look at Innovative Programs and the People Behind Them.
The host, Rabbi Yerachmiel Garfield Ed.D. is the Head of School of the rapidly growing Yeshiva Toras Emes in Houston Texas. He has previously served as a mesivta rebbe, assistant menahel, school counselor and adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins University. In addition, he has written on chinuch topics for national publications, educational journals, and has presented multiple workshops. He is the founding director of the Yeshiva Leadership Group which provides networking and growth opportunities to Yeshiva school leadership.
For more information or to suggest a guest, please email  ⁠chinuchtodaypodcast@gmail.com⁠
 

2.13 Rabbi Sholom Strajcher – A Life of Leadership

ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Rabbi Sholom Strajcher's extensive experience in the field of Jewish education, having served as a Menahel in various cities across the United States and more recently in Australia, makes him a significant figure in the realm of. His career is a testament to his dedication to fostering Jewish values, knowledge, and community among students of all ages.
Throughout his years in Chinuch, Rabbi Strajcher likely encountered a wide range of challenges and opportunities. From adapting to different community needs and expectations in various locations, his experiences offers valuable insights into effective Jewish education practices. Rabbi Strajcher's contributions to Chinuch highlight the pivotal role of dedicated educators in nurturing the next generation of the Frum community.
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ABOUT THIS PODCAST
Chinuch Today Featuring Tools for Schools A Fascinating Look at Innovative Programs and the People Behind Them.
The host Rabbi Yerachmiel Garfield Ed.D. is the Head of School of the rapidly growing Yeshiva Toras Emes in Houston Texas. He has previously served as a mesivta rebbe, assistant menahel, school counselor and adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins University. In addition, he has written on chinuch topics for national publications, educational journals, and has presented multiple workshops. He is the founding director of the Yeshiva Leadership Group which provides networking and growth opportunities to Yeshiva school leadership.
For more information or to suggest a guest, please email  ⁠chinuchtodaypodcast@gmail.com⁠