Tag: Jewish Day School
Ramaz School graduates not headed to Columbia University this fall
Not a single graduate of the Ramaz School, a Jewish college-prep institution in New York City, will head to Columbia University this academic year—something that hasn’t happened in decades.
“For the first time in over 20 years,...
Holocaust survivor band member’s 99th birthday with Miami day-school kids
Saul Dreier has lived many lives in his 99 years in this world. The Holocaust survivor was born in Poland in 1925 to a secular Jewish family in Krakow and lived a normal life...
Girls from Torah Prep boast sweet scores with ‘Candy’ tech creation
“Candy” is a colorful LEGO-clad robot about the size of a toaster. She’s small but powerful. That’s also an apt description for her creators, the robotics team at Torah Prep School of St. Louis.
The group...
Jewish boy, 13, youngest to make South Africa’s Chess Olympiad national team
Caleb Levitan, an eighth-grader at King David High School Linksfield in Johannesburg, has set a new record, becoming the youngest person to make the elite chess team representing South Africa at the Chess Olympiad global...
Florida Jewish day schools receive $25 million in security funds
The Florida Department of Education has distributed $25 million in security funding—of $43 million allocated by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis—to more than 130 Jewish day schools and preschools across the state, the governor’s office announced earlier...
Suspect in custody after man fires shots near Memphis Jewish school
A Jewish day school in Memphis, Tenn., went into lockdown for about 45 minutes on Monday afternoon after a man fired several shots nearby.
No injuries were reported at the Margolin Hebrew Academy/Feinstone Yeshiva of...
Arizona schools adjust to sweltering heat as kids start new academic year
On the same day that public school students in parts of Arizona headed back to the classroom, the city of Phoenix set a record for the number of consecutive days over 110 degrees.
In a...
Demonizing Kohelet won’t silence calls for judicial reform
In the midst of a national convulsion in which opponents of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are willing to stop at nothing in their campaign to prevent the government from enacting judicial reform, the...
Educational group formed to address day-school strategies, teacher shortage
Seeking to address a shortfall of educators in Jewish schools, Prizmah: Center for Jewish Day School and the Jewish Education Innovation Challenge established a working group to find creative proposals and solutions.
The Jewish Day...
Security guard at Columbus Jewish school arrested for online anti-Semitic threats
A security guard at the Columbus Torah Academy in Ohio was arrested this week by local law enforcement for making anti-Semitic threats online against the school.
According to media reports, Thomas Develin posted a photo...