Rabbi Daniel Fine

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Jewish schools

School report: Are children overburdened with too many clubs?

We should be sensible in the choice of extracurricular activities we let our children do

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Budding ballerinas, Birmingham 2011 (photo: Getty Images)

Parents must resist the temptation to compare their children with other pupils in their class, says Rabbi Daniel Fine (Photo: Getty Images)

How would pupils mark their parents’ homework?

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How to make your Seder more child-friendly

4 min read

Taking no one for granted: A J Jacobs (left), author of Thanks A Thousand - A Gratitude Journey

Gratitude is next to Godliness

4 min read

Are children encouraged enough to be creative?

Cultivating creativity in school is indispensible for later life

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December 16, 2024 11:08

It is vital that children are given opportunties to be creative during their schooling, says Rabbi Daniel Fine (Photo: Getty Images)

Let’s Talk Schools: we can’t outsource all Jewish education to schools

Parents should consider themselves as partners with schools in educating Jewish children

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July 29, 2024 09:10

Torah reading at North West London Jewish Day School (Photo: handout)

Let’s talk schools: how to choose the school that’s best for your child

Positive social influences may be more desirable than academic results

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May 31, 2024 11:20

Let’s talk schools: how to make the best of parents’ evening

It is important to try to build a rapport with your child’s teachers

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January 30, 2024 16:30

Parents' evenings can be helpful for all parties (Getty)

Let’s talk schools: Exams are a burden that our children don’t need

Present system is out of date and needs an overhaul. Urgently.

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November 17, 2023 10:59

Rabbi Fine recommends moving to the the American system of a grade figure, calculated by constant (sometimes automatic) assessment (Photo: Getty Images)

Parashah of the week: Ha'azinu

“Make My teaching drop like rain, my sayings should flow like dew” Deuteronomy 32:2

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September 21, 2023 15:27

A torah (Hebrew scripture) reading. The "yod" - a hand-shaped silver pointer - is used by the reader to mark his or her place in the text.

Let’s talk schools: How do you measure success in a Jewish classroom?

The most important things in life can't be graded

3 min read

September 12, 2023 13:47

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - OCTOBER 08: Students play with a recreation of Noahs ark as they learn about Noah during lessons at the Jewish Hebrew School on October 8, 2021 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The Jewish Hebrew School run by Rabbi Levi Duchman operated unofficially on a small scale for five years before the United Arab Emirates and Israel signed the Abraham Accords, the formal normalization agreement brokered by the United States in 2020. Since the Abraham Accords were signed, the school officially opened as the first Hebrew speaking school in the UAE, catering to children up to twelve years in age. (Photo by Andrea DiCenzo/Getty Images)

Parashah of the week: Shoftim

“And you should prepare the way, divide into three parts…and it shall be for murderers to flee” Deuteronomy 19:3

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August 16, 2023 15:00

Parashah of the week: Mattot-Massei

These are the decrees that God commanded Moses between a man and wife, a father and daughter” Numbers 30:7

1 min read

July 14, 2023 12:43

Parashah of the week: Beha'alotecha

“And the people who were impure and unable to offer the Pesach offering that day approached Moses” Numbers 9:6

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June 8, 2023 13:53

Parashah of the week: Emor

“These are the festivals (mo’adim) of Hashem” Numbers 23:2

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May 4, 2023 13:45

“Behold I am sending to you Elijah the Prophet before the day of Hashem, the great and awesome. And He will return in repentance the hearts of parents to children and children to parents” Malachi 4:23-24

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April 3, 2023 10:31

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Rabbi Daniel Fine

Latest from Rabbi Daniel Fine

School report: Are children overburdened with too many clubs?

How would pupils mark their parents’ homework?

How to make your Seder more child-friendly

Gratitude is next to Godliness

More from Rabbi Daniel Fine

Are children encouraged enough to be creative?

Let’s Talk Schools: we can’t outsource all Jewish education to schools

Let’s talk schools: how to choose the school that’s best for your child

Let’s talk schools: how to make the best of parents’ evening

Let’s talk schools: Exams are a burden that our children don’t need

Parashah of the week: Ha'azinu

Let’s talk schools: How do you measure success in a Jewish classroom?

Parashah of the week: Shoftim

Parashah of the week: Mattot-Massei

Parashah of the week: Beha'alotecha

Parashah of the week: Emor

Parashah of the week: Tzav