July 23, 2025 – Jewish Life Magazine

Rewriting the Rules of the Classroom

July 23, 2025July 23, 2025 Jewish Life

How AI Is Transforming the Future of Education By: Ariellah Rosenberg, CEO ORT SA When I was a child, I sat at the front of the classroom, not out of ambition, but necessity. I couldn’t see the chalkboard from the back, and the noise and frolicking of my classmates made it easy to lose focus. I struggled in subjects like physics and history, often losing the thread of the lesson before I could catch up. Today, those same struggles persist in classrooms everywhere, but now, they’re amplified. Attention is constantly…

Rethinking Education

July 23, 2025July 23, 2025 Jewish Life

If school weren’t compulsory, would your child still go? By: Chaya Liberow The year is 1998. With my bag on my back and hair neatly pulled back, I trot into school. The teacher calls out, “What’s 3×9?” I quickly count my fingers… 27! My hand shoots up. “Chani?” the teacher calls on my classmate. “27!” I lower my hand. “What’s 4×9?” My fingers come out again. This time, I hope to be chosen. The bell rings. As fast as my little feet can run, I escape the classroom. I idle…

Finding Leon

July 23, 2025 Jewish Life

One man’s unexpected journey through adoption, identity, and Divine providence. By: Ilan Preskovksy Imagine growing up in a loving home with a rich family life, only to find out at the tender age of 34, and only by an accidental slip of the tongue, that your parents are not your – if you’ll pardon the expression – “real” parents: that you were adopted as a toddler and were never told your true origins. Imagine that you have suffered from a genetic condition like Tourette’s syndrome since you were very young…

Reframing the Spectrum

July 23, 2025October 21, 2025 Jewish Life

What (I think) you ought to know about Autism By Kelita Hoffman Kelita is a mom of two, a lawyer with a Master’s degree from Berkeley who runs a legal consulting and disability tax business. Kelita is passionate about neurodiversity awareness. She is not a medical professional but rather a mother who lives Autism daily and shares her opinion from a personal perspective. AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER (ASD) IS QUITE A fascinating condition to explore. Statistics indicate that 1 in 31 children, and 1 in 45 adults have ASD in America1.…