Chutzpod!

Hebrew School Dropout

September 23, 2026·47 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

🎶No graduation day for you 🎶As Hebrew Schools around the country supply their students with lulavs and etrogs for the upcoming Sukkot holiday, Rabbi Shira and Hanna talk about all things religious education. What’s the goal? Is it working? Is Hebrew School just a B’Mitzvah Factory? (and is there anything wrong with that?). Rabbi Rebecca Rosenthal, the Senior Director of Youth and Family Education at Central Synagogue in New York, helps answer these questions and more.Read more on Jewish obligations to teaching childrenSupport Chutzpod!Submit a questionContact Chutzpod!Subscribe to ChutzstackFollow Chutzpod on YouTubeFollow Hanna on InstagramFollow Shira on InstagramFollow Shira on FacebookFollow Chutzpod on FacebookFollow Chutzpod on Instagram Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

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