CJE Baltimore Blog Feed

A blog post by DJ Jensen, Director of Early Childhood Education.

Editor's Note: DJ and several local teachers are currently in Italy where they are experiencing first-hand the Reggio Emilia methods of teaching. 

Thursday, March 22

A blog post by Rachel Turniansky, Coordinator of Special Education Services and Principal of Gesher LaTorah.

With the Hebrew month of Adar approaching, we are told MiShenichnas Adar Marbim BeSimcha – when Adar comes in, joy is increased!  The joy of Adar stems mostly from the holiday of Purim, which falls in the month of Adar. We celebrate that the Jewish people were saved from Haman’s wicked plan to destroy us.

A blog post by Rebecca Levitan, Librarian and Social Media Coordinator.

There is a ubiquitous song in our consciousness that reminds us just how big this world is. I am often reminded of this song when playing "Jewish Geography" with new people (oh, you're from X-place? Do you know person Y and Z?). What really amazes me now, is that with all the technology and social networking that is available to us, the world has gotten even smaller.

A blog post by Martha Goodman, Coordinator of MD SNAP.

This week the Academy Award nominations were announced.  One of this year’s nominees for Best Film is Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, which is set two years after 9/11 and is narrated by Oscar (a hopeful foreshadowing perhaps?), a sensitive boy who lost his father in the tragedy, and also happens to have a form of autism.  I’d like to take this opportunity to nominate these fascinating flicks: