ABOUT THIS EPISODE In recent weeks, Rabbi Garfield has written and spoken about his concerns regarding the trend of handheld Jewish music devices. In this micro-episode, he takes the time to more clearly explain his position. -------------------------- ABOUT THIS PODCAST Chinuch Today Featuring Tools forSchools 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 foundingdirector 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  ⁠[email protected]⁠

ABOUT THIS EPISODE Rabbi Yakov Horowitz is an innovative educator, author, and internationally recognized child-safety advocate. He serves as the Dean of Yeshiva Darchei Noam in Monsey and as Director of Project Y.E.S. (Youth Educational Services) of Agudath Israel. For many years, Rabbi Horowitz has specialized in reaching marginalized Jewish youth and guiding their parents in nurturing their children’s strengths and potential. Rabbi Horowitz authored Let’s Stay Safe, the groundbreaking child-safety book now found in over 155,000 homes inthree languages. He is also the author of the Bright Beginnings Gemara and Chumash workbooks, currently used in more than 100 schools worldwide. He is also the author of Living & Parenting: A Down‑to‑Earth Guide, published by ArtScroll Mesorah Publications, which presents practical, experience-based guidance for helping today’s Jewish youth, both mainstream and at-risk. thrive and succeed. Rabbi Horowitz conducts child-abuse prevention and parenting workshops in Jewish communities across the globe and is a recipient of the prestigious Covenant Award, recognizing his outstanding contributions to Jewish education. For more information about his programs please visit www.thebrightbeginnings.com   -------------------------- 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 inHouston 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 foundingdirector 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  ⁠[email protected]⁠

ABOUT THIS EPISODE Mrs. Shira Berkowitz LCSW is the director of Darcheinu/Our Path SEL, a research-based SEL (Social Emotional Learning) program designed for orthodox yeshivas and day schools. In this episode, we hear how Mrs. Berkowitz came to see the need for this program and the journey to develop it. Darcheinu/Our Path SEL is a department of Amudim and is endorsed by Torah Umesorah. For more information, please go to www.darcheinu.org or email [email protected] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Torat Emet in Houston Texas. He has previously served as a mesivta rebbe, assistant menahel, school counselor and adjunct professor at Johns Hopkin University. In addition, he has written on chinuch topics for national publications, educational journals, and has presented multiple workshops. He is the founder of the Yeshiva Leadership Group which provides networking and growth opportunities to Yeshiva school leadership. Podcasts are available on all platforms - Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Podbean For more information or to suggest a guest, please email [email protected] --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/yerachmiel-garfield/support

ABOUT THIS EPISODE In this special episode of Chinuch Today, we step away from our standard interviews to share a deeply movingconversation with Avi. Through his life story, Avi offers a sobering reminder that beneath challenging behavior often lies unseen pain. His message calls upon all mechanchim and parents to look beyond the surface and recognize our achrayus to truly see and support every child. -------------------------- 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 mre information or to suggest a guest, please email  ⁠[email protected]⁠

ABOUT THIS EPISODE Rabbi Yitzchak Feigenbaum has been educating adolescents and young adults for over forty years. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, he spent many years studying in Eretz Yisroel, and received his smicha from HaGaon HaRav Beinush Finkel zatzal, Rosh Yeshivas Mir, Yerushalayim.  Rabbi Feigenbaum was the first Mashgiach of Aish HaTorah in Jerusalem when it was founded, and in 1978 founded Yeshivat Darche Noam/ Shapell College of Jewish Studies - a yeshiva for university aged young men with little formal Jewish education. During that time he authored "Understanding The Talmud - A Systematic Guide to Talmudic Logic and Methodology".  In 1987 he and his family moved to Toronto, where he taught in a variety of High Schools for both boys and girls, lectured for Aish HaTorah and Or Sameach, and served as the Scholar in Residence for Schools and Shules across North America. In September 2000 he became the founding Principal of Tiferes Bais Yaakov High School for girls. Besides serving as Principal, he personally taught Chumash to 9th Grade, and taught his unique Hashkafa course to 10th, 11th and 12th grades. Over the past two decades he has mentored teachers and principals, counselled young people across the world, and lectured extensively in schools, shuls and camps in North America, England, Eretz Yisroel and the former Soviet Union. Upon his retirement from Tiferes Bais Yaakov, he has drawn on his extensive experience as a classroom teacher, Principal, speaker, counselor and mentor,  to create an innovative and all-encompassing Teachers Training Curriculum - Shiras Sarah. More information can be found at www.rabbiyfeigenbaum.com -------------------------- 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  ⁠[email protected]⁠ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/yerachmiel-garfield/support

ABOUT THIS EPISODE Aleph Institute provides religious, emotional, and financial support, and advocates for the needs of individuals and families impacted by the justice system. Project 432 is Aleph's awareness and education initiative to inspire current and emerging generations to achieve the highest Torah and legal standards and build lives of integrity and peace of mind. Rabbi Yossi Charytan has a diverse work experience spanning various roles and industries. Yossi’s first teaching job was at TDS in Houston in 1999. In 2003 he became the Principal and then Head of School at MMSC Day School and held the position for ten years. Yossi then transitioned to become the Elementary Principal at Rabbinical College of Canada from 2013 to 2015. Following this, he served as an Educator at Yaldei Developmental Center from 2016 to 2021 after which Rabbi Charytan joined The Aleph Institute. Learn more at www.P432.org -------------------------- 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  ⁠[email protected]⁠ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/yerachmiel-garfield/support

ABOUT THIS EPISODE Rav Yosef Zvi Rimon is an internationally acclaimed posek as well as an author, educator, lecturer, and social innovator. Individuals and communities from around the globe turn to Rav Rimon regarding complex questions in Halacha. His responses and works on Halacha are shaping the contemporary Jewish world. For Rav Rimon, innovation in Torah and Chessed come hand in hand. Sulamot, under the leadership of Rav Yosef Zvi Rimon, reimagines the way that Jewish education is taught and studied, making it accessible, inspiring, and empowering to children and adults alike. In Israel, Sulamot has revolutionized the study of Halacha and Mishnah providing materials to Misrad Hachinuch’s schools. The English department at Sulamot has successfully adapted and customized these materials to Jewish education all over the English-speaking world. For more information about Sulamot please visit www.sulamot.org --------------------------   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 Torat Emet in Houston Texas. He has previously served as a mesivta rebbe, assistant menahel, school counselor and adjunct professor at Johns Hopkin University. In addition, he has written on chinuch topics for national publications, educational journals, and has presented multiple workshops. He is the founder 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 [email protected] --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/yerachmiel-garfield/support

ABOUT THIS EPISODE Unpacked for Educators helps teachers bring the Jewish story to life. Their digital resources explore history, big ideas, and debates in a way that’s engaging, nuanced, and relevantfor today’s students. Used by educators around the world, the content is easy to integrate, works for students ages 10 and up, and has been proven to deepen knowledge and connection to Judaism and Israel. Find out more at https://unpacked.education/   -------------------------- 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 inHouston 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  ⁠[email protected]⁠

ABOUT THIS EPISODE Ner Yisroel’s entry-level division provides its 250 talmidim with a well balanced educational program. In addition to the high level lomdus of the be’iyun shiurim, two bekius programs instill hasmoda in the talmid while broadening his familiarity with different parts of Shas. Each grade completes one “bekius masechta” per year as part of the curriculum; in addition, there are special incentives that inspire many bochurim to voluntarily be mesayem the be’iyun masechta during off-hours. Class sizes are kept below 25 to maximize individual attention. The highly dedicated rebbeim view themselves as much more than maggidei shiur; the close kesher they forge with their talmidim serves as a venue for mentoring with proper hadracha and chizuk. A rigorous, comprehensive limudei chol program features all the requisite courses, as well as exciting ‘electives’ in relevant subjects such as public speaking, Jewish history, and the like. For more information please visit www.nirc.edu -------------------------- 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 Torat Emet in Houston Texas. He has previously served as a mesivta rebbe, assistant menahel, school counselor and adjunct professor at Johns Hopkin University. In addition, he has written on chinuch topics for national publications, educational journals, and has presented multiple workshops. He is the founder 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  ⁠[email protected]⁠ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/yerachmiel-garfield/support