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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 465

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A classroom at a Citizens of the World school in Los Angeles is seen in a promotional video produced by the charter network. (Screenshot via JTA)
November 10, 2023, 11:54 pm
LA charter school housed at synagogue tells 1st-graders about ‘genocide of Palestine’
After Jewish students return home distressed, teachers’ social media posts surface with anti-Israel rhetoric, praise for pupil who suggested Jews ‘find somewhere else to live’
By Andrew Lapin
Illustrative: Children watch through the window of a school bus as demonstrators attend a rally in solidarity with Israel on October 10, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Ethan Swope / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
October 24, 2023, 4:26 pm
US Jewish day schools enroll Israeli children who have been displaced by war
Within days of the Oct. 7 Hamas atrocities, Prizmah, the North American network for Jewish day schools, started getting calls from institutions about taking in Israeli students
By Jackie Hajdenberg
A teacher soothes a student during a theater show at the Gesher School in London, March 7, 2022. (Cnaan Liphshiz/ JTA)
September 29, 2022, 6:10 am
London’s Haredi and secular Jews find rare meeting point in special needs school
Filling a gap in the city’s otherwise robust array of Jewish education options, Gesher provides a nurturing environment for students – and a place where diverse parents can engage
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Rabbi Gil Perl is the founding head of school at Jewish Leadership Academy. (Courtesy of Jewish Leadership Academy/via JTA)
February 27, 2022, 1:07 am
In Miami, a selective new Jewish school hopes to attract top students
To keep up with South Florida’s recent boom in young Jewish families, a new private school aims to combat what its founders say is ‘brain drain’ in local Jewish education
By Andrew Lapin
Susan Feingold, in an undated photo (Courtesy)
From the WebFebruary 28, 2021, 5:33 pm
Susan Feingold, who fought for underprivileged New York children, dies at 95
NY Times writes obituary for Jewish founder of Bloomingdale Family Program, which changed lives of thousands of New York kids and sparked national Headstart effort
Illustrative: Students participate in outdoor activities at the Denver Jewish Day School, 2020. (Courtesy of Denver Jewish Day School/ via JTA)
November 24, 2020, 11:52 pm
For US Jewish schools, Thanksgiving tests adherence to COVID rules, parent trust
As coronavirus cases again spike across the United States, Jewish institutes ask parents to avoid celebrations or host outside — or risk the closures faced by the general public
By Shira Hanau
The Hannah Senesh school in Brooklyn expects enrollment to hold steady or increase slightly in the fall of 2020. (Hannah Senesh Community Day School/ via JTA)
July 31, 2020, 6:19 am
Are families fleeing US Jewish day schools? Far from it, but it’s complicated
As the COVID-19 pandemic rolls on, many private institutions are opening up while public schools largely stay closed — but each one faces its own unique set of challenges
By Ben Harris
The Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School in Maryland. (Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School/ via JTA)
June 13, 2020, 4:52 am
Alumni call on US Jewish day schools to do more to fight racism
While faculty are proud to hear former students speak out against bigotry, the demands would require changes to the way they hire, teach history and talk about the outside world
By Shira Hanau
Coach Ben Falk provides instruction to his Barrack Hebrew Academy basketball team. (Jay Gorodetzer Photography/via JTA)
February 20, 2020, 3:11 am
Orthodox NBA analytics guru helps Jewish school win first title in 20 years
Ben Falk’s love of the game — and of Shabbat observance — brings him from the professional league to Philly’s Barrack Hebrew Academy, where the team quickly rises to the top
By Gabe Friedman
Erica Brown
May 30, 2018, 3:35 pm
Erica Brown
Why I’m done with grades
You want to teach life-long learners? Grow students’ souls? Stop crippling them with report card stress
Rabbi Steven (Shmuel) Krawatsky, formerly of the Beth Tfiloh Dahan Community School in Baltimore (via The New York Jewish Week)
From the WebJanuary 25, 2018, 2:57 pm
Baltimore day school defends its handling of sex abuse allegations against rabbi
Beth Tfiloh board says ‘not privy’ to police investigation after questions raised by the Jewish Week, though it fired accused teacher; second teacher let go
Shai Franklin
January 5, 2018, 4:34 pm
Shai Franklin
Day school can’t be at the expense of college
US tax reform allows scholarship families to raid college funds to cover Jewish education; it is no salvation
Erica Brown
January 3, 2018, 12:49 pm
Erica Brown
At 16, I could barely write my name in Hebrew
Day schools graduate compassionate, spiritual kids, who use good judgment, advocate for justice… and get into good colleges
Stephen M. Flatow
August 27, 2017, 3:42 pm
Stephen M. Flatow
The unstoppable will of a kindergartener
On his daughter Alisa’s early conviction that she would attend a Jewish day school, and only a Jewish day school
Illustrative: American Jewish day school students studying outside. (Courtesy of Hillel Day School/JTA)
From the WebMay 19, 2017, 3:58 pm
NY area day schools come together to celebrate Jerusalem
The Jewish Week: 1,000 pupils from multi-denominational programs to mark reunification of Israel’s capital in joint event
By MERRI ROSENBERG
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