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Passover Haggadah (Screenshot/via JTA)
March 22, 2018, 12:08 pm
People of the ear
Never mind the haggadah text in front of you; really, the Passover seder is about hearing what we need to know
By Nathan Lopes Cardozo
Illustrative. Israeli officers listen to a commander during an exercise in northern Israel on September 12, 2017. (Israel Defense Forces/Flickr)
March 19, 2018, 12:31 pm
In apparent bid to depoliticize, IDF to slash contracts with outside educators
Only 15 organizations, out of original 97, will be cleared to teach soldiers, and only about the Holocaust, military heritage, and healthy living
By Judah Ari Gross
Israeli Bedouin women working at a Bezeq customer service center on July 27, 2015. The call center is located in a mosque, in the Arab town of Hura. The women have been employed through the Rayan employment center in Rahat. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
March 4, 2018, 4:35 pm
Arab Israeli women make inroads in education, job market, study says
Taub Center report shows that share of Arab Israeli women pursuing higher education is growing, but many challenges remain
By Shoshanna Solomon
Professors David M. Kennedy and Condoleeza Rice at Stanford University in 'American Creed.' (Courtesy PBS)
February 27, 2018, 4:31 am
PBS documentary reminds Americans of their ties that bind — not gag
In 'American Creed,' San Francisco filmmaker Sam Ball examines different ways people keep the country's founding ideals alive in a time of extreme political polarization
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Illustrative. (iStock)
February 20, 2018, 6:49 am
I teach my Israeli grandkids English on Skype
The 10 rules of my program, TINGLE: The Israeli Next Generation Learns English, and why it's worth doing
By Judy Freedman
Finnish educator Marja-Kristiina (second from right) and ICEI director Don Futterman in an Israeli classroom. (Courtesy Ilan Spira)
January 20, 2018, 8:59 am
For classroom success, import the Finnish method, says Israeli group
The Israel Center for Educational Innovation compares notes with a Finnish education professor, and laments that the Jewish state gives 'lip service' to good education for all
By Jessica Steinberg
Illustrative: ultra-Orthodox men walking along the street in the Stamford Hill area of London, Jan. 17, 2015. (Rob Stothard/Getty Images via JTA)
January 5, 2018, 7:51 pm
UK government ignoring illegal Haredi Orthodox schools, London council charges
Hackney Council alleges some 1,500 young boys are not getting an adequate education and there is no oversight
By JTA
An illustrative photo of students at a Jewish day school. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images via JTA)
January 4, 2018, 12:51 am
Many middle-income households must ask for ‘handouts’ for kids’ Jewish education
Sending 3 children to summer camp -- or one to day school -- costs the same as a new car, forcing US Jewish organizations to band together to make religious life more affordable
By Cathryn J. Prince
Pupils from Benzion Netanyahu school in the Samaria-area settlement Barkan at their school archaeological excavation. (Roi Hadi)
January 2, 2018, 1:17 pm
First-graders uncover 10,000-year-old flint knife during school dig in Samaria
Stone Age hunting tool is discovered as part of a year-long outdoor course in archaeology
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Jacob Tremblay and Julie Roberts, promotional photo, Wonder the movie. (Gallery, Official website)
December 27, 2017, 3:05 pm
The wonderful thing about ‘Wonder’
Contrary to expectations, the film is not about inclusion -- and that's great
By Avi Ganz
Aryeh Ben David, founder of the Jerusalem-based Ayeka: The Center for Soulful Education, leading a training session. (Courtesy: Ayeka)
December 26, 2017, 5:49 am
Faced with fusty texts, teachers learn to breathe new life into Jewish studies
Ayeka founder Aryeh Ben David says that when it comes to learning about Judaism, schools should be teaching connection over content
By Cathryn J. Prince
Illustrative: Members of USY celebrating at the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism’s 2015 convention. (Andrew Langdal, via JTA)
December 24, 2017, 4:04 pm
The USY dating scandal that isn’t
My Jewish youth group is too busy turning teens into leaders to play hookup games
By Maya Wasserman
Illustrative: First grade students sit in a classroom on their first day of school at a school. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
December 13, 2017, 6:00 am
Haredi, Arab parents seeking better education for children, report shows
Minorities increasingly registering their children at schools where they learn core curriculum, to boost their prospects later in life
By Shoshanna Solomon
A Hanukkah menorah (Flash90)
December 12, 2017, 1:21 am
Vancouver school apologizes to students for banning Hanukkah
Sixth-grade girls Maya Sontz and Rebecca Weinberg spearhead -- and win -- fight for inclusivity in their Christmas-bedecked public school
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Shoes taken from victims at the Nazi-built death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, some of which are part of a global tour of artifacts from Auschwitz-Birkenau launched in December 2017 (Courtesy of Musealia)
December 9, 2017, 2:18 am
Global tour of Auschwitz relics begins seven-year, 14-city journey
Part of efforts to keep Holocaust memory alive in an uncertain world, a roving exhibition of artifacts from Auschwitz-Birkenau premieres in Madrid
By Matt Lebovic
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