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The Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board discussed and rejected an application from the National Ben Gamla Jewish Charter School Foundation on February 9, 2026. (Screenshot via JTA)
February 10, 2026, 7:23 pm
Backers of proposed Oklahoma Jewish charter school say they’ll sue to overturn state ban
Ben Gamla Jewish Charter School Foundation claims decision against publicly funding such religious institutions was unconstitutional, announces plans to take case to federal court
By Grace Gilson and Asaf Elia-Shalev
Dr. Alan Bekker, co-founder and CEO of Israeli AI startup eSelf. (Courtesy)
April 24, 2025, 3:51 am
Israel rolls out pilot for students to learn with conversational avatar companions
eSelf partners with the Center for Educational Technology for every student to have access to a private AI tutor that can respond to questions by using images and videos in lessons
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative photo of writing on a blackboard in a language class with the text "Arabic" written on it. (Juan Ci/Shutterstock)
March 5, 2024, 8:43 am
Online Arabic schools show ‘huge leap’ in students during Israel-Hamas war
Uptick attributed to a desire to know the enemy and communicate with neighbors; in-person adult classes reportedly less popular
By Gavriel Fiske
Loora's generative AI English-language learning coach. (Courtesy)
June 28, 2023, 4:10 pm
Master English fluency: Israeli startup nabs $9.25m funding for virtual AI tutor
Loora says its personalized English-language learning coach helps users practice and improve conversation skills with real-time feedback on grammar, pronunciation, and accent
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative: Students participate in outdoor activities at the Denver Jewish Day School, 2020. (Courtesy of Denver Jewish Day School/ via JTA)
August 15, 2021, 4:12 am
Amid mask and vaxx debates, US Jewish schools prepare for a third year of COVID
With spread of the Delta variant and rising case numbers, instead of celebrating a return to in-person education, school heads are again planning for all scenarios
By Ben Sales
Duolingo is giving users who order in Yiddish a free bagel on the course launch date. (Duolingo)
April 4, 2021, 6:43 am
How a secular scholar and some NY Hasidic Jews set up Duolingo’s Yiddish course
Popular language-learning app has a bissel obstacles to overcome before hitting screens — with a side of bagels and schmear — on April 6
By Gabe Friedman
Julie A. Lockhart (masked), and Jonathan C.K. Williams in 'Exagoge,' 2016. (Taso Papadakis/ Theatre Dybbuk)
December 17, 2020, 4:24 am
LA theater company revives early 20th century play for dramatized podcast
Despite challenges, Theatre Dybbuk won’t give up the ghost to COVID. Instead, the Jewish troupe has pivoted to podcasting and education
By Jessica Donath
First grade students arrive for their first day of school at Tali Geulim school in Jerusalem on September 1, 2020. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
October 23, 2020, 6:40 pm
Education Ministry backs outdoor learning in step toward schools reopening
About-face comes after last-minute requirement by Health Ministry for first and second grade students to learn in small groups, which schools hadn’t prepared for
By ToI Staff
A cleaning worker disinfects a classroom in Jerusalem on June 3, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 11, 2020, 3:41 am
Rabbi-dad starts online US Jewish day school to help families through pandemic
Jonah Rank and his wife moved cross-country for more religious education options for their kids; COVID-19 made the immunocompromised couple get creative — for now
By Josefin Dolsten
Israeli poet Rachel Korazim has been surprised by the popularity of her online classes during the pandemic. (Screenshot/ via JTA)
July 30, 2020, 4:55 am
Jews are flocking to online classes as the pandemic rages on
Virtual courses are a silver lining during a difficult period, and as new global communities are built, educators are realizing they have staying power
By Penina Beede
Israeli students have to wear masks and send or give in signed notes at the beginning of each school day to ensure they are healthy during the 2020 coronavirus crisis (Gershon Elinon/Flash90)
June 28, 2020, 11:05 am
When the coronavirus hit, schoolteachers became part of the support system
Teaching in masks, dealing with asymptomatic students and cleaning classrooms, teachers are handling the crisis with composure
By Jessica Steinberg
Illustrative: a Jewish education program utilizes a musical Zoom session. (Courtesy of SAR Academy)
March 8, 2020, 5:00 am
How one New York school switched to online learning during coronavirus closure
SAR High School is at the center of the outbreak in New York City, which has spread to more than a dozen people in and around the Orthodox community of Westchester County
By Ben Sales
Aryeh Eisenberg
September 20, 2016, 4:44 pm
Aryeh Eisenberg
The facts about online learning
While online education has been around for several years, distance learning has generally been the “backup” option, not the first choice; for many schools however, this seems to be changing
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