Author: <span>Zev M. Shandalov</span>

What Not to Teach Children

FURTHER UPDATE:  (10:15am November 16, 2017) I have posted a follow up to the original post that can be seen here.   UPDATE: (8:00am,November 16, 2017) Before posting this blogpost, attempts were made to contact the author/editor. After no replies were received, I the wrote this piece. I have since …

Success in School (Part II) Executive Functioning Skills

In a recent post, I provided some information as to how students have different ways of “learning” and incorporating material. Discovering the method which best suits a student to learn is the first step in a more successful year in school. However, there is another topic that needs to be …

Why Did You Apologize? Your Only Mistake is that You Got Caught

The owner of a resort hotel in the Swiss Alps has conceded that she “used the wrong words” in signs she placed over the weekend that singled out “Jewish guests” over their use of the facility’s indoor swimming pool and kitchen refrigerators. Ruth Thomann, owner of the Paradies Hotel in Arosa …

Dear World…

Dear World: It is the magnometers that are causing the current crisis in Israel. Oh, no, wait, it is the occupation. Oops, no it is not, it is the settlements. Wait again! It is the apartheid in Israel. Ha, no, it is the “separation wall.” Ha, no silly, it is …

On Becoming a Grandfather

There are many significant milestones in a person’s life. They celebrate a bar/bat mitzva; a wedding; birth of children; their first political post on Facebook (ok, maybe that is not so significant!), among other stages. This past week, my wife and I reached a new milestone: We became grandparents! So, …