Shana Tovah! I wish you each a happy and healthy 5770 (seriously, about the healthy part… let’s take a two minute break to go wash our hands) and a fabulous autumn. Just days ago, I observed Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur with STiFTY from the balcony in Minneapolis, MN. One of my favorite 5th graders, David, walked by to sit down with his family in front of us. After warmly wishing each other a Shana Tovah, I asked him what he happened to be holding, what he had brought to occupy himself during the High Holiday t’filot. “Harry Potter, number 4.” (Click above to continue reading)

In 1969, John Adair introduced a problem. To be later called the “nine-dots puzzle,” the challenge is to draw 4 straight, continuous lines that pass through each of the 9 dots, while never lifting the pencil from the page. Today, NFTY-NO, I pass the same task on to you... (Click above to keep reading!)