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Yoni Kretzmer (standing) teaches the children at the Greenpoint Shul's newly incorporated Hebrew school. (Courtesy Greenpoint Shul via JTA)
October 26, 2025, 3:58 pm
A growing Hebrew school may augur a new era for Brooklyn’s Greenpoint neighborhood
Though it borders the Hasidic hub of Williamsburg, the north Brooklyn community was never known for its Jewish population – though that may be changing
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Children light candles as part of their lessons at Yachad Religious School in Oak Park, Michigan. (Courtesy of Yachad via JTA)
April 26, 2023, 4:44 am
Hebrew school enrollment across US down by nearly half since 2006, report says
While the number of Jewish children rose by 17%, enrollment at afterschool programs dropped by 45%, indicating that parents may be seeking alternatives – or opting out completely
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Children in the pre-K class play the Israeli card game 'Melech HaFelafel' on September 4, 2019. (Melanie Lidman/Times of Israel)
October 23, 2019, 3:40 am
Not your Savta’s Hebrew school: Israelis in US create their own language program
Sabra parents in numerous American cities have started after-school courses focusing on Hebrew language and cultural connection, offering an alternative to synagogues
By Melanie Lidman
First graders learn Israeli dance at Hebrew Language Academy, a Brooklyn charter school that teaches Hebrew and Israeli culture, but not Judaism. (Ben Sales via JTA)
October 30, 2017, 8:57 am
A Hebrew charter school takes a not-so-Jewish trip to Israel
As a recipient of public funding, Brooklyn’s Hebrew Language Academy to avoid Jewish topics, instead focus on Israeli culture
By Ben Sales
New York's iconic Brooklyn Bridge (CC BY-Buggolo via Flickr.com)
October 14, 2016, 10:42 am
NY Hebrew charter school network awarded $4.9m federal grant
Five-year allowance will allow dual-language nonprofit to develop new schools, expand its existing work
By JTA
Writer Calvin Trillin, center, interviewing John Lewis in Birmingham, Alabama, as the Freedom Riders were boarding the bus for Montgomery in 1961. (LIFE Images Collection/via JTA)
June 30, 2016, 9:35 pm
No real change over 50 years in US race relations, says ‘seg beat’ writer
Acclaimed journalist, humorist and poet Calvin Trillin worked his way up from the bottom — starting in Hebrew school
By Curt Schleier
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