tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496150995026931202.post6455482447478973668..comments2023-03-22T19:09:02.761-07:00Comments on The Fifth Child: One Way or AnotherPeter Ecksteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08259821085010212966noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496150995026931202.post-79109874031584667822009-12-10T07:07:12.290-08:002009-12-10T07:07:12.290-08:00Peter, great blog entry - and good to see it picke...Peter, great blog entry - and good to see it picked up by others on other social media.<br /><br />There is another way to frame the dilemma and the depression.<br /><br />Why should the (dis)organized Jewish community unless it is able to prove its value and worth?<br /><br />So therefore the onus is not on the community but on congregational schools to up the ante, raise the bar - whatever the metaphor is that we want to use)- then people will have no choice but to stand up and take notice.<br /><br />Or - if congregational schools cant improve (and as a whole they surely need to) then let's find other ways to educate our youth.<br /><br />We shouldnt forget one thing - synagogues were never designed to be schools. why should we have ever expected an institution that struggles with what it was initaialy set up for (religious and spiritual connections...) to be proficient in something that is even more complex and totally different from their original and intended purpose?David Bryfmanhttp://www.bryfy.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496150995026931202.post-6955816287907497722009-12-09T07:17:38.793-08:002009-12-09T07:17:38.793-08:00Well said, Peter, although I might take your chall...Well said, Peter, although I might take your challenge to the conventional wisdom a step further, and argue that even congregational supplementary/complementary schools along with day schools are not a broad enough mandate. There is now a whole generation that is making its Jewish community in places other than the synagogue (even online) and we need yet other, newer, non-synagogue-centered models of Jewish education to be supported by the community as wkek, if we are to truly embrace all Jews.Migdalor Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14343484923710511769noreply@blogger.com