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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 346

Jewish day schools

The interior of Emet Classical Academy on New York's Upper East Side, where Greek and Roman philosophers, George Washington, modular tables, and western cities dominate the aesthetics. (Courtesy Emet Classical Academy via JTA)
August 31, 2024, 3:37 pm
In NYC, Jewish school with focus on West’s achievements to open with 40 students
Tikvah Fund launches Emet Classical Academy, which eschews ‘woke’ educational values, as many Jews are disillusioned with progressive spaces often seen as less welcoming to them
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Head of Shalhevet High School Rabbi David Block speaks at the class of 2023 graduation. (Screenshot via Vimeo/via JTA)
June 13, 2024, 7:39 pm
LA Jewish day school censors two student newspaper articles on Israel-Hamas war
Young journalists from the Shalhevet High School’s periodical made to remove issues from neighborhood shops after principal retracts stories that included anti-Israel perspectives
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Left to right: Cindy Zadikoff, CJDS head of school Judy Finkelstein-Taff, Sheri Kushner and Margalit Segal pick kohlrabi on a farm in Israel, May 2024. (Hagit Lewis via JTA)
June 4, 2024, 1:19 am
War and airline cancellations didn’t stop a Chicago Jewish day school’s Israel trip
Even after employing a backup plan, only a frantic last-minute effort keeps a post-Oct. 7 CJDS mission to the Holy Land from going off the rails
By jacob gurvis
Students from Hannah Senech Community Day School at Sima restaurant in Jerusalem, along with their accompanying teachers and guides, on March 25, 2024. (Gavriel Fiske/TOI)
April 1, 2024, 6:36 pm
Brooklyn 8th-graders find connection on ‘super powerful’ solidarity trip to Israel
Students from New York’s Hannah Senesh Community Day School spend a week in the Holy Land in a modified graduation visit, in perhaps the first day school trip since October 7
By Gavriel Fiske
Illustrative. A general view of Yonkers, New York. (rblfmr/Shutterstock)
March 13, 2024, 1:23 pm
Feds probing NY school over antisemitic slurs slung at Jewish basketball squad
Investigation opens months after Yonkers basketball player yelled ‘F-ing Jew’ at opponent from Jewish Leffel School team
By Andrew Lapin
An illustrative photo of students at a Jewish day school. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images via JTA)
January 19, 2024, 11:19 am
North American Jewish schools see dramatic enrollment upturn after Oct. 7 — study
Prizmah Center for Jewish Day Schools says concerns about antisemitism and desire for Jewish environment have boosted interest in schools of all denominations
By Jordana Horn
Pro-Israel demonstrators sing during a protest at Columbia University, Oct. 12, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)
November 1, 2023, 7:10 pm
Jewish schools to US colleges: Don’t recruit students unless you can guarantee safety
With rise of antisemitism on university campuses, Torah Academy and Ma’ayanot Yeshiva High School in New Jersey seek reassurances from admissions officers on security plans
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Rep. David Kustoff, right, speaks with people at Margolin Hebrew Academy-Feinstone Yeshiva of the South on Monday, Oct. 30, 2023, in Memphis, Tennessee (AP Photo/Adrian Sainz).
October 31, 2023, 7:39 am
Tennessee lawmakers discuss safety, Israel support at Jewish school that foiled gunman
Gov. Bill Lee and Rep. David Kustoff visit Memphis school attacked by former student, note growing importance of security measures amid Israel’s war with Hamas terror group
By ADRIAN SAINZ
Jewish teens from across the US shared their thoughts and views on the Israel-Hamas war, October 2023. (Design by Grace Yagel, JTA)
October 30, 2023, 3:34 pm
Sad, scared, proud, alone: How US Jewish teens are feeling amid Israel-Hamas war
From public to private Jewish high schools, American students share their thoughts about the conflict and concerns about the rise of antisemitism in their communities
By JTA
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
Illustrative: A class at the Lippman School, a Jewish day school in Akron, Ohio, in August 2014. (Uriel Heilman)
October 22, 2023, 9:02 pm
Government initiative helps Jewish day schools worldwide cope with war challenges
Diaspora Affairs Ministry’s UnitEd aims to supply Jewish educators abroad with tools to help students and staff educate and process the current crisis
By Gavriel Fiske
Illustrative: Staff at SAR Academy, a Jewish day school in the Bronx, pray for Israel following attacks by Hamas that killed more than 900 Israelis, October 9, 2023. (Screenshot via YouTube/ via JTA)
October 11, 2023, 5:08 am
How US Jewish day schools are talking about the horrors in Israel with their students
Educators are wrestling with how to discuss Hamas’ massive terror offensive while also using their institutions as gathering places for community mourning and support
By Andrew Lapin
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
Illustrative -- A police officer stops a vehicle at a check point on March 20, 2018, in Schertz, Texas (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
November 18, 2022, 6:00 pm
Jewish day schools in Pennsylvania, Texas evacuated over bomb threats
No device found at Austin Jewish Academy or Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy; Philadelphia Jewish community official doesn’t believe Bryn Mawr school targeted for being Jewish
By ToI Staff
Pennsylvania candidate for governor, Atate Attorney General Josh Shapiro, waits to speak at an event with President Joe Biden at the Arnaud C. Marts Center on the campus of Wilkes University, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
September 17, 2022, 3:01 am
GOP candidate makes opponent’s Jewish day school an issue in PA governor race
State Sen. Doug Mastriano says Josh Shapiro attended ‘one of the most privileged schools’ and ‘has disdain for people like us’; some see an antisemitic dog whistle
By Andrew Lapin
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