The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/jewish-education/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Thu, 11 Jun 2026 06:14:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Jewish education | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/jewish-education/ 32 32 After Maryland teacher’s death, 200-piece Judaica collection finds new life in Jewish museum https://www.timesofisrael.com/after-maryland-teachers-death-200-piece-judaica-collection-finds-new-life-in-jewish-museum/ Sun, 03 May 2026 22:27:31 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3814743 Amassed by Deborah Brodie over 35 years as hands-on tool for students with special needs, collection goes to Capital Jewish Museum with help of instagram account documenting inheritance stories

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]]> 214 robots take the field at US national competition for Jewish schools https://www.timesofisrael.com/214-robots-take-the-field-at-us-national-competition-for-jewish-schools/ Thu, 30 Apr 2026 23:17:26 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3813268 Center for Initiatives in Jewish Education hosts annual tournament in New York, highlighting the growing importance and challenges for STEM programs in Jewish education

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]]> Top British private Jewish school closing amid funding challenges https://www.timesofisrael.com/top-british-private-jewish-school-closing-amid-funding-challenges/ Wed, 15 Apr 2026 22:27:22 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3803077 The closure comes as fees at independent schools become subject to value added tax and as more students enroll in Haredi institutions

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]]> Jewish families and a rabbi ask to join lawsuit to block Oklahoma Jewish charter school https://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-families-and-a-rabbi-ask-to-join-lawsuit-to-block-oklahoma-jewish-charter-school/ Wed, 08 Apr 2026 22:10:04 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3796884 Many local Jews, opposed to what would be country's first such institution, claim school board can't be trusted to vigorously defend state's secular education laws

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]]> Supporters of Jewish charter school file lawsuit challenging ban in Oklahoma https://www.timesofisrael.com/supporters-of-jewish-charter-school-file-lawsuit-challenging-ban-in-oklahoma/ Wed, 25 Mar 2026 23:03:17 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3787482 Backers of proposed Ben Gamla School hope court proceeding will set stage for the nation’s first publicly funded religious charter school

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]]> Oklahoma attorney general slams ‘rigged’ vote on proposed Jewish charter school https://www.timesofisrael.com/oklahoma-attorney-general-slams-rigged-vote-on-proposed-jewish-charter-school/ Sat, 14 Mar 2026 14:37:31 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3777698 In a motion this week, Gentner Drummond says the board 'deliberately hobbled its own legal position' by issuing a denial that strengthens the institution's case in federal court

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]]> Backers of proposed Oklahoma Jewish charter school say they’ll sue to overturn state ban https://www.timesofisrael.com/backers-of-proposed-oklahoma-jewish-charter-school-say-theyll-sue-to-overturn-state-ban/ Tue, 10 Feb 2026 17:23:30 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3751911 Ben Gamla Jewish Charter School Foundation claims decision against publicly funding such religious institutions was unconstitutional, announces plans to take case to federal court

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]]> Oklahoma board to vote on religious Jewish charter school, teeing up potential battle https://www.timesofisrael.com/oklahoma-board-to-vote-on-religious-jewish-charter-school-teeing-up-potential-battle/ Thu, 15 Jan 2026 04:47:38 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3733746 The bid revives an unresolved Supreme Court dispute over church-state separation in public education, as some in the relatively small community question who the program would even serve

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]]> Five years after his death, online course aims to make Rabbi Sacks’s philosophy go global https://www.timesofisrael.com/five-years-after-his-death-online-course-aims-to-make-rabbi-sackss-philosophy-go-global/ Tue, 11 Nov 2025 09:01:21 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3685094 A scholar mentored by Sacks hopes to preserve and disseminate the former UK chief rabbi’s legacy as one of the greatest modern Jewish thinkers

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]]> NYC pilot program offers Jewish day school subsidies — and hope for overextended parents https://www.timesofisrael.com/nyc-pilot-program-offers-jewish-day-school-subsidies-and-hope-for-overextended-parents/ Tue, 30 Sep 2025 23:26:08 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3652769 With a 3-year, $15 million fund, New York's UJA-Federation seeks to address the longstanding issue of prohibitively expensive Jewish schooling amid surging post-Oct. 7 demand

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]]> ‘The Jews here want to continue’: Likud MK kicks Reform rabbi out of Knesset hearing https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-jews-here-want-to-continue-likud-mk-kicks-reform-rabbi-out-of-knesset-hearing/ Mon, 09 Jun 2025 18:08:58 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3568518 Labor MK Gilad Kariv states women can wrap tefillin, prompting outrage from Distel Atbaryan, who appears to compare act to giving dog a bar mitzvah

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]]> Education minister unveils ramped-up Jewish, Zionist studies, mandatory Bible class https://www.timesofisrael.com/education-minister-unveils-ramped-up-jewish-zionist-studies-mandatory-bible-class/ Tue, 27 May 2025 21:48:14 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3559813 Required programming to include tours of Jerusalem, West Bank sites, as share of the education budget for Jewish studies upped from 1% to 4%

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]]> School vouchers would expand across US under federal proposal cheered by Orthodox groups https://www.timesofisrael.com/school-vouchers-would-expand-across-us-under-federal-proposal-cheered-by-orthodox-groups/ Sun, 25 May 2025 14:06:20 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3553813 Trump’s tax and spending cut bill currently offers $5,000 per student to attend Jewish schools and yeshivas as the initiative moves closer to implementation than ever before

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]]> NY state budget weakens oversight of yeshivas in blow to secular education advocates https://www.timesofisrael.com/ny-state-budget-weakens-oversight-of-yeshivas-in-blow-to-secular-education-advocates/ Sat, 10 May 2025 13:39:50 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3545893 Deadline to comply with state education standards delayed to 2032-33; state to check how many students took unstandardized exams, but not how well they did

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]]> Texas lawmakers pass $1 billion school voucher bill, dividing Jewish community https://www.timesofisrael.com/texas-lawmakers-pass-1-billion-school-voucher-bill-dividing-jewish-community/ Fri, 18 Apr 2025 11:14:52 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3529703 Reform Jewish organization says program would undermine public education, while principal of Modern Orthodox school backs initiative to send state money to private institutions

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