Shows
Democracy DecipheredDismantling the Department of EducationWhen President Jimmy Carter created the Department of Education, he saw it as a path toward stronger public schools and greater opportunity. Decades later, the Trump administration’s push to dismantle it raises new questions about the federal role in education. Zahava Stadler and Jeremy Bauer-Wolf of New America join the show to explore how the agency came to be and what it might mean if it disappears.
2025-10-3126 min
The Jewish Education Experience Podcast93: Teaching Jewish Values in Secular Subjects with Zahava BauerZahava Bauer grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey and attended RYNJ and Maayanot there. She then ventured to Israel and attended Midreshet Harova, and then made her way to Stern College in NY where she double majored in English Literature and Jewish Education. She then completed a dual masters at Graduate Program for Advanced Talmud Study and Azrieli, finishing also with teaching certification in English for grades 7-12. Throughout this time, she worked in many camps including Mesorah, Stone, NCSY Israel trips, and Camp Shoshanim. Zahava teaches Language Arts as well as Holocaust Studies at Caskey Torah Academy’s mi...
2023-08-0638 min
In the Podsha: A Weekly Parsha ConversationParshat Bo with Zahava BauerFor parshat Bo, I hang out with Zahava Bauer, teacher of Literature and Halakha at Torah Academy of Greater Philidelphia, about the meaning of Firstborns for the Egyptians and the Jewish people and the importance of marking time.
2019-01-0929 min