Tag: Jewish Day School
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...
Enrollment in Jewish day schools continues to see increase as pandemic lingers
A Jewish day-school enrollment boost that began during last year’s COVID-19 school shutdowns is continuing, according to a new study from Prizmah: Center for Jewish Day Schools.
In the last two years, the report found...
Vandals deface two schools in Denver with anti-Semitic, racist graffiti
Police units in Denver are searching for the person or person who defaced a public school with swastikas and anti-Semitic, racist and homophobic messages over the weekend, as well as those responsible for the...
Jewish groups urge public funding for private schools ahead of Supreme Court case
Several Jewish groups have filed friend-of-the-court briefs in support of a case that could determine whether public funding could be given to parochial schools for secular education.
In Carson V. Makin, parents of parochial-school students argued...