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A Brief History of JHEN/Back Issues Issues #1-15, dated May 1991 through November 1994, produced by Sara-Rivka Ernstoff. At its beginning, JHEN was almost exclusively a networking newsletter, much like e-mail lists are today. People would write in with questions or news, others would write in response. Some responses were included in the same issue as the question; others would appear in later issues. There are also a few articles and thoughtful pieces about Judaism, and toward the end of her tenure, Sara-Rivka was writing a calendar section with ideas for upcoming Jewish events. While there are still three copies of issues #1-#15, dated May 1991 through November 1994, in book format on our shelves, we have decided to stop selling them. We have the originals and could reprint them if there is an enormous demand for them in the future, but we feel that the more recent issues also have valuable information and the resources listed in these issues may be more timely. Issues #16-20, some also known as Bo Nilmad, dated February 1995 through Spring 1996, produced by Janie Hellyer Levine (z''l). Janie took over JHEN when Sara-Rivka decided to move on to other priorities in her life. Over the year or so that Janie produced JHEN/Bo Nilmad, the focus shifted from networking news and letters to an emphasis on resources for Jewish homeschooling. Janie said (and I believe her) that if people didn't write in and provide content, she had to provide other content on her own. There are no copies of these back issues currently available. |
| Issues #21 - #23, dated October 1995-March 1996, produced by Marilyn Lowe. These issues were originally numbered 1 to 3 as part of a totally new Jewish homeschooler's newsletter, started by Marilyn because she missed the newsy-folksy nature of the networking newsletter. In July 1996, the two newsletters merged and once again were known as JHEN. With issue #24, Marilyn started asking for help in producing the newsletter and more people became involved. | |
| Issue #21, October 1995 -- 13 pages of letters. |
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| Issue #22, January 1996 -- primarily letters, articles on Purim, on Listening, on Hanukkah, and on Trials and Tribulations with the SAT. |
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| Issue #23, April 1996 -- 8 pages of letters and news. |
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Issues #24 - 30, dated July 1996 - April 1998, published
by Marilyn Lowe and a growing cast of helpers, ending up primarily with Lisa Kander.
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| Issue #24, July 1996 -- 18 pages of reader contributions. |
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| Issue #25, October 1996 -- Topic: PRESSURE. |
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| Issue #26, January 1997 -- Topic: TEENAGERS, also articles on Purim, Pesach, and columns on the weekly Torah reading and homeschool humor. |
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| Issue #27, May 1997 -- Topic: HOMESCHOOLING FEARS, also articles on Driver's Education, Rural Jewish Families, and columns. |
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| Issue #28, July 1997 -- Topic: FUN. |
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| Issue #29, November 1997 -- Topic: COMMUNICATIONS, JHEN rally news, Tishrei Tumult, Hanukka. |
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| Issue #30, April 1998 -- articles on a homeschooling Bar Mitzvah, homeschooling different ages and stages and feeling overwhelmed. |
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Issues #31 - #46, dated June 1998 - March 2002, produced by Joan Horowitz and Lisa Kander. During this period, JHEN again has undergone a change. Fewer readers are writing in, and the "networking" part of our name seems to fit only because we still publish a directory of Jewish homeschoolers each year, with quarterly updates. With fewer reader contributions, content was often produced by asking for contributions from readers who had e-mail, or members of the Chevra Jewish homeschooling e-mail list. Many more articles and columns and compilations of answers from our subscribers appeared instead of the letters and news of earlier issues. Though they are not listed among the contents below, most of the following issues include recipes and crafts, holiday ideas, Jewish calendar reminders and ideas, Notes and News from JHEN members, and columns like: JHEN Bookshelf, Curriculum Corner, The Online Jewish Homeschooler, From the JHEN Web Site, and Kid's Writing Corner. |
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| Issue #31, June 1998 -- Topic: SCHOOL'S OUT. Articles: Bringing Torah Into Homeschooling and Life, Getting Started in Homeschooling #1 - Support, A Homeschooler's Book Shelf, Transition from School to Home, Homeschooling Through Difficult Times. |
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| Issue #32, September 1998 -- Topic: CHORES AND MONEY. Articles: Tzedakah, Tashlich, A Homeschooling Tashlich Service, Character Development for Jewish Homeschoolers, Getting Started in Homeschooling #2 - Organization and Record-Keeping, and weekly Torah Reading themes, activities, and discussion topics for Bereshit (Genesis). |
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| Issue #33, December 1998 -- Topic: MOTIVATION. Articles: Getting Started in Homeschooling #3 - Unit Studies, Tu B'Shvat, Sports "Heroes"?, Torah Study for Children, Directing the Physical Response (i.e., fighting), and weekly Torah Reading themes, activities, and discussion topics for Shemot (Exodus) and Vayikra (Leviticus). |
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| Issue #34, March 1999 -- Topic: HOMESCHOOLING - FREEDOM FROM OR FREEDOM TO? Articles: A Tribute to Robbie, Homeschooling Large Families, two Homeschool Bar Mitzvah stories, Homeschooling Science - the Nickel Tour, Getting Started in Homeschooling #4 - Socialization, Holiday ideas, Counting the Omer, and weekly Torah Reading themes, activities, and discussion topics for Bemidbar (Numbers). |
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| Issue #35, June 1999 -- Topic: THE LIGHTER SIDE OF HOMESCHOOLING. Articles: Summer Camp for Homeschoolers, A Girl's Coming of Age Ceremony, Summer Ideas, Tisha B'Av, Getting Started in Homeschooling #5 - Establishing an Identity for Your Homeschool, Ideas for Teaching Mitzvot, and weekly Torah Reading themes, activities, and discussion topics for Devarim (Deuteronomy). |
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| Issue #36, September 1999 -- Topic: RENEWAL, REJUVENATION, AND FRESH INSPIRATION. Articles: Jewish Music, Mitzvah Projects, Me - Study Nature?, Unschooling Qs & As, Ushpizim, Homeschooling Judaism and Mythology, Building a Sukkah. |
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| Issue #37, December 1999 -- Topic: THE FUTURE. Articles: Homeschooler's Writing Group, Me- Study Stars?, Qs & As - High School, Hanukka and War, Unschooling Math, Unit Study Ideas for Pokemon, rockets, water in Israel, and Harry Potter. |
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| Issue #38, March 2000 -- Topic: THE BOTTOM LINE - WHAT OUR KIDS NEED TO KNOW. Articles: Hosting a Seder for the First Time, Projects for Passover, Using Math to Count the Omer, Qs & As - dyslexia, finding time for spiritual growth, Charosets History and Recipes, A Patchwork of Ideas for Using Quilts in Homeschooling. |
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| Issue #39, June 2000 -- Topic: DON'T PANIC - ADVICE FOR NEW HOMESCHOOLERS. Articles: Using Educational Jargon, Surviving Homeschool Conferences, What Kind of Homeschooler are You?, An Approach to Science for New Homeschoolers, Deschooling, Finding Jewish Materials #1 - resources, Thoughts from Jewish Homeschoolers on Jewish Education #1, Unit Study Ideas (chocolate, housekeeping), Homeschooling the Jewish Stuff #1 - integrating Jewish studies into everyday life. |
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| Issue #40, September 2000 -- Topic: FINDING COMMUNITY AS HOMESCHOOLERS AND AS JEWS. Articles: Building a Sukkah, Klezmer Music, A Jewish Waldorf Homeschool, Finding Jewish Materials #2 - resource list, Creating Support, Blessing the Children, Torah Study materials, Thoughts from Jewish Homeschoolers on Jewish Education #2, Homeschooling the Jewish Stuff #2 - Torah study, holidays, Hebrew. |
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| Issue #41, December 2000 -- Topic: BURNOUT. Articles: That's IT! You're Going Back to School!, Boredom Busters, Thoughts from Jewish Homeschoolers on Jewish Education #3, The Guilt Olympics (3 moms take a morning off and try to out-guilt each other), Letters from Sara-Rivka in Israel, Winter Exercise, Living with Kids 24/7 - Fighting, Homeschooling the Jewish Stuff #3 - history, health, arts, ethics, Israel. |
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| Issue #42, March 2000 -- Topic: CURRICULUM RECOMMENDATIONS AND REVIEWS. Articles: A Farewell to JHEN?, Teaching Reading, Unschooling, Scope and Sequence Lists, Spiraling in Scope and Sequence, Some Ideas for Preschoolers at Home, Using Christian Curriculum -- Pros and Cons, Christian Influences in Art and Music, Record-Keeping, Creating a Unit Study, Homeschooling the Jewish Stuff #4 - rabbinics, synagogue skills, tefillah (prayer), and midrash. |
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| Issue #43, June/July 2001 -- Topic: GETTING STARTED IN HOMESCHOOLING. Articles: JHEN- The All-Volunteer Newsletter, Options for the Future of JHEN, Readers Respond to "A Farewell to JHEN?", "Typical" Days from Jewish Homeschoolers, Eco-Kashrut, Homeschooling Surprises, A Bar Mitzvah Story, History of JHEN, Reason for Homeschooling, Jewish Geography on the Web, What We've Learned, How Hard Can it Be?, Structuring the Homeschooling Experience, A Prayer for an Uncluttered House. |
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| Issue #44, September 2001 -- Topic: SUPPORT - What Does it Mean to You? Articles: Is it hard to be a Jew(ish Homeschooler)?, Dealing with Nay-Sayers, "Mom, I'm Bored", Counterpoint to Eco-Kashrus, Mitzvah Projects, Tishrei Memories, Kapparot -- A Rosh Hashanah Custom, Christian Support Groups and Conferences. |
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| Issue #45, December 2001 -- Topic: BURNOUT REVISITED. Articles: Cure for Homeschool Burnout, It's All MY Fault!, Changing What You're Doing, Homeschooling with a Sense of Humor, Making Ends Meet while Homeschooling, Darkness to Light, Thoughts on Hanukka (from the Chevra list), Math in the Early Years, Knitting Ideas. |
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| Issue #46, March 2002 - Topic: Annual CURRICULUM Issue. Articles: Curriculum Planning, Setting and Meeting Goals, Favorite Web Sites for Learning, Judaic Curriculum - Likes and Dislikes, Penpal Opportunities, A Homeschool Journal, Some Thoughts About and Ideas for Pesach, Computer Programs - Educational and Otherwise, Writing Group Assignment: Advertisements. |
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