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Jewish children in Brooklyn, New York, March 11, 2015 (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
June 26, 2026, 5:32 pm
US Jewish day school enrollment rising across denominations for 1st time, report shows
Reform enrollment up by 5%, reversing years of declining trends; growth attributed to falling standards in some public schools, philanthropic investment, rising antisemitism
By Grace Gilson
Illustrative: Mothers and daughters walk across from the Congregation Shaarei Tefila synagogue in Los Angeles on October 7, 2023. (AP/Damian Dovarganes)
May 29, 2026, 8:54 am
How much does Orthodox life cost in America? Increasingly, more than families can afford
The challenge is not only to remain financially afloat today, but also to ensure Orthodox middle-class life in America remains sustainable for future generations
By Zev Stub
High school competitors at the Center for Initiatives in Jewish Education's annual robotics competition, in New York City, April 29, 2026. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
May 1, 2026, 2:17 am
214 robots take the field at US national competition for Jewish schools
Center for Initiatives in Jewish Education hosts annual tournament in New York, highlighting the growing importance and challenges for STEM programs in Jewish education
By Luke Tress
A view of Immanuel College in 2010. (Wikimedia Commons via JTA)
April 16, 2026, 1:27 am
Top British private Jewish school closing amid funding challenges
The closure comes as fees at independent schools become subject to value added tax and as more students enroll in Haredi institutions
By Grace Gilson
Scott Sokol, head of school at MetroWest Jewish Day School in Framingham, Massachusetts, leading morning circle, in 2019. (Courtesy of MWJDS via JTA)
February 3, 2026, 10:02 am
Boston-area Jewish school closing after 25 years, says model ‘no longer sustainable’
Framingham’s MetroWest Jewish Day School to shutter its doors; head of school cites ‘substantially lower enrollment,’ as Jewish day schools around the US struggle
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Peter Deutsch, founder of the Ben Gamla Jewish Charter School Foundation, addresses the Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board on January 12, 2026, in Oklahoma City. (Screenshot via JTA)
January 15, 2026, 6:47 am
Oklahoma board to vote on religious Jewish charter school, teeing up potential battle
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
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
A classroom at the Darchei Torah Boys School in Far Rockaway, Queens, on May 16, 2018. (Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images via JTA)
October 1, 2025, 2:26 am
NYC pilot program offers Jewish day school subsidies — and hope for overextended parents
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
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Students at Jones College Prep in Chicago hold a sit-in to protest their school's alleged lack of reaction to a student's Nazi-esque Halloween costume, November 7, 2022. (Courtesy of Isaac Simon via JTA)
August 10, 2025, 2:53 am
Concerned by antisemitism, parents lead effort to launch new Jewish high school in Chicago
With private and public schools reportedly failing to address Jew hatred and a lack of non-Orthodox options within city limits, a new initiative is gaining steam
By Grace Gilson
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
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