Tag: Jewish Education
Habonim Dror North America: Building a Zionist education against the ‘occupation’
Several camp counselors from Habonim Dror were present at an IfNotNow Jewish summer camp counselor training session in Boston on May 27.
An organization that seeks to promote sympathy for the Palestinian narrative by encouraging...
Viral video star is an Orthodox education pioneer
Did you see a viral video last month on Yom Hazikaron of a yeshivah teacher leading an inspirational discussion about modern Israel with haredi high school students? So did everyone else in the Jewish Facebook world.
But who is the instructor...
It’s time to look past the Holocaust
A recent poll found that 41 per cent of millennials in the United States believe that no more than two million Jews perished in the Holocaust, while 22 per cent aren’t sure what the...
Orthodox Union lobbies for equitable education dollars for security, STEM program
Hundreds of Jewish day-school students from all over New York streamed into the legislative chambers on March 13 in Albany, N.Y., to advocate for increased education funding for private schools at the state level....
Awards to be granted at Salute to Jewish Educators
The 2018 Salute to Jewish Educators awards are to be granted to Jerry Benjamin and Ellie Gettinger, among others.
An awards event will be held 3 p.m., Sunday, March 11 at the Harry & Rose...
JerusalemU Offers Media-Based Jewish and Israel Education Internationally
At the invitation of Dina Rabhan, Fair Lawn native and president of JerusalemU, who currently resides in Hashmonaim with her husband and seven daughters, we attended one of the local preview screenings of JerusalemU’s...
Educators Answer Anti-Semitism
The Atlanta Initiative Against Anti-Semitism gathered more than 200 educators, administrators, parents and other community leaders Wednesday, Nov. 8, to respond to signs of increasing bullying and other anti-Jewish actions in public and private...
‘The future of the Jewish people depends on education’
JTA - The Ronald S. Lauder Foundation, which funds Jewish educational programming in Central and Eastern Europe, is considering new strategies to perpetuate and institutionalize its successes on the occasion of its 30th anniversary.
“Education...
School Notes: Committee recommends schools remain closed on Jewish holidays, Fair Day
Unlike several other Maryland counties, Frederick County Public Schools is unlikely to consider opening schools on two major Jewish holidays.
Both options scheduled to be presented Wednesday to the Frederick County Board of Education keep...
Missing Jewish heritage, due to missing Jewish education
The last 200 years saw major events in the Jewish world. Jews gained citizenship; received secular educations as Jewish enlightenment spread through Europe; and saw Theodor Herzl’s Zionism stir the hope for a Jewish...