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My Love Affair With ArtScroll By Michael Feldstein | July 08, 2021 The two shuls I attend regularly each have the ArtScroll and Koren siddurim on their shelves. And I am able to choose which one I want to use. Invariably I will choose the ArtScroll siddur. It’s not that there is anything I dislike about the Koren siddur. Having the Hebrew on the left side and the English on the right makes very good, logical sense. The off-white color of the pages is easy on the eyes. Rabbi Sacks’s introduction, commentary and translation are all superb. There are a couple o...

Reach Out and Touch Someone By Michael Feldstein | April 08, 2021 When he was a pulpit rabbi, Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm, zt”l, began engaging in a very simple but meaningful practice. Every Friday afternoon, he would telephone all of the elderly widows in his community, asking them how their week was and wishing them a Good Shabbos. Later, when he became the president of Yeshiva University he continued this practice, religiously dialing up elderly friends and donors of the school to wish them a Good Shabbos. He maintained this weekly tradition for more than 50 yea...

Learning how to learn is the future of higher education The internet makes world-class education available to anyone with a connected device these days, particularly if you want to study technology. From Harvard’s Introduction to Computer Science to Coursera’s Advanced Computer Vision with TensorFlow, free course offerings run the gamut from beginner to expert. But where to begin? Students don’t need more content, they need curation and a framework to guide them through the maze of available courses so that they spend their time wisely, building up useful knowledge that will translate i...

Video conferencing platforms. Love ‘em or hate ‘em, we all vaulted into online conferencing platforms last year when the pandemic sent us home. Without them, most teachers would not have been able to connect to students. But—and it’s a big “but”—none of these platforms were designed to support learning. And now a prediction: A year from now, I expect to see a significant number of learners of all ages still using video platforms to connect with schools. What will they use? And crucially: how will those platforms shape how they learn? The extraordinary dis...

Image: Leon Neal / Getty Images In the fall of 2019, not every instructor at Samford University used Canvas, an online learning management system where they can post assignments and videos of lectures. By the following year, things were different. “It’s not optional,” said Betsy Holloway, vice president for marketing and communications. “One hundred percent are in Canvas.” The change, of course, is due to COVID-19. But once the pandemic ends, what elements of the new technology will remain a part of the higher ed landscape? Nearly a year in, administrators at Christian ...