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Rudolf Steiner’s Threefold Social Order
Rudolf Steiner, born in Vienna in 1861, was a scientific genius and created a new way of thinking in the 20th century. Steiner studied…Goethe’s scientific works and became an anthroposophist as well as a theosophist. When the Gilded Age had past and the First World War ended, Steiner understood that it was time for change in a world fraught with self-interest and exploitive tendencies. Steiner believed the world could start over in how it conducts its economics, its politics and its social structures. With this, Steiner developed the Threefold Social Organism, a proposal, which describes a new social order he believed was…
Noah KahanMar 26
The Imperative Nature of Waldorf Education and its Potential for Impact
Coming back to school in the fall of 2013 after traveling to Israel for the first time, I was introduced to Amir Shlomian, the man who…unintentionally inspired me to “rethink” Waldorf education. Amir founded the first bilingual Arab-Jewish Waldorf Kindergarten in Israel, which is very unique in the Middle East. When he presented at my school, The Rudolf Steiner School in New York City, I realized he had changed my understanding of Waldorf education. When he spoke, I realized I was not part of singular bubble, but part of a community with over 1,600 schools in 60 countries.Noah KahanMar 10