David Alon

David Alon has been a teacher at URJ Heller High for ten years.

Group of students standing in an ancient cave with a teacher at the front

Teaching the Biblical Period Builds a Foundation for Jewish Identity

David Alon

March 30, 2021

The Tanach is our owner’s manual. If we want to operate this complex thing we call Jewish identity, it’s probably worth reading the instruction book. Are we doing enough to engage on a daily basis with our ancient sources?

Group of high schoolers standing in front of a large colorful mural

Israel

Visiting Tel Aviv: A Peek at Reform Teens’ Cultural Zionism Curriculum

David Alon

January 7, 2020

Teacher: “Class, what’s the definition of Zionism?”

Students, in unison: “Zionism is the aspiration of the Jewish people to build a Jewish democratic state in Eretz Yisrael (the Land of Israel)!”

High schoolers in the URJ Heller High study-abroad program