Insights

Where we share our thoughts about everyday matters,

all matters Adraba

and insights into the things we teach in our virtual high school.

I Co-Founded a Jewish High School Because My Own Kids Had Nowhere to Go

by drdan | 2025-10-08 | Jewish-learning | 0 Comments

I have three kids. At one point, all of them were teenagers. Now, they’re almost adults. None of them attended Toronto’s only Jewish high school. Like most Jewish parents, I assumed the kids would follow some predictable path through the institutional Jewish education...

Finding Light in Dark Times

by drdan | 2025-09-22 | Special Days | 0 Comments

As we stand at the threshold of another year, I find myself thinking about possibilities. In our tradition, every moment offers the chance for teshuvah, which involves return, renewal, and, ultimately, transformation. This feels particularly urgent now, during what...

Tikkun Bayit as Tikkun Olam: How Deep Jewish Literacy Can Fix Our Fractured House (… Part 2)

by drdan | 2025-07-09 | Deep-ish Dive, News | 0 Comments

Last week, I argued that disagreements over Israel and Zionism threaten to fracture the Jewish community more profoundly than any external threat in our history. But within this crisis lies an opportunity. We can rediscover what unites us through the transformative...