Tag: Jewish Day School
Indiana’s expansion of school-choice program to empower Jewish parents, students
Jewish day-school advocates are among those celebrating Indiana’s expansion of its school-choice programs to allow some 90 percent of families in the Hoosier state to receive state-funded vouchers.
As part of the new budget, families...
Jewish preschools, day schools, win book grants from author James Patterson
Teachers at Jewish preschools and day schools across the country are among educators who have won grants from bestselling author James Patterson to build their classroom libraries through the Patterson Partnership with Scholastic Book...
The impending day-school crisis is a golden opportunity
The day-school system has been broken for years. Now is the time for meaningful change.
As September draws nearer, Jewish day schools are beginning to release their plans for the upcoming school year. Some announced...
The new normal of Jewish education and engagement
Many discussions taking place right now about a “new normal” for Jewish education and engagement that assumes that the organizational infrastructure of the North American Jewish community will look very different on the other...
Can Jews shed their prejudice against religious schools?
In the last several weeks, Americans have been debating how best to address the question of lingering racial prejudice in society. As the country struggles to shed any remnants of the sordid legacy of...
Supreme Court: Exclusion of religious schools from Montana’s state scholarship program is unconstitutional
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that Montana’s exclusion of religious schools, including Jewish ones, from a state scholarship program violates the U.S. Constitution.
The 5-4 decision is a win for Jewish and other...
A dozen Orthodox day schools shutter across northern New Jersey over coronavirus
Twelve Orthodox Jewish day schools in Bergen County, N.J., are closed until at least Friday, March 20, in an effort to stem the number of cases of the coronavirus there.
At least 15 people in...
Jewish organizations, schools, communities institute action, even close due to coronavirus
As Jews around the world were celebrating Purim, the specter of life under a global epidemic in the form of the coronavirus (COVID-19) was becoming clearer and more concerning.
In a letter to supporters on...
Three New York Jewish day schools close due to fears of coronavirus
Salanter Akiba Riverdale Academy, in the Bronx, N.Y., closed on Tuesday morning after the parent of one of the students tested positive for the coronavirus.
Two other nearby Jewish schools, Westchester Day School in Mamaroneck...
ADL CEO: ‘Forward’ op-ed alleging Jewish day schools encourage dual loyalty is ‘shocking’
A Feb. 21 op-ed in The Forward that alleges Jewish day schools encourage dual loyalty to Israel is “shocking,” according to Anti-Defamation League CEO and national director Jonathan Greenblatt.
The op-ed’s anonymous author states that during their time working...