Smashing idols in the spirit of Abram

According to a famous midrash, Abram (aka, Torah’s Abraham) revolutionized theology when he realized that the idols in his father’s “idol shop” did not have the god-like powers ascribed to them. Abram’s wisdom, as well as his hutzpah in smashing the idols, opened up new lines of thought and practice for his time.

Similarly, a number of Jewish educators have been smashing decades old beliefs and practices for teaching Hebrew in part-time/synagogue settings. Much of their early efforts smashed an (almost) singular Hebrew curricular focus on decoding prayers, resulting in students’ newfound energy and enthusiasm for Hebrew learning.  Now these educators are beginning to smash long-held assumptions about decoding’s whys, whens and hows.

Click the file below to read about four of the biggest smashes beginning to take hold on behalf of synagogue Hebrew. 

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