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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 424

Prizmah

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: 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
Brian Boatright, the chief justice of the Colorado Supreme Court, at right, swears in Gov. Jared Polis, on the left, while Polis's husband, Marlon Reis, holds a Hebrew bible, in Denver, Jan. 10, 2023. (Gov. Jared Polis Facebook page via JTA)
January 12, 2023, 11:16 am
When Colorado governor needed a Tanach for swearing-in
Jared Polis lost his Hebrew Bible, but after a number of frantic calls, one was found at nearby annual national conference of Jewish day school network Prizmah
By Ron Kampeas
Rabbi Gil Perl is the founding head of school at Jewish Leadership Academy. (Courtesy of Jewish Leadership Academy/via JTA)
February 27, 2022, 1:07 am
In Miami, a selective new Jewish school hopes to attract top students
To keep up with South Florida’s recent boom in young Jewish families, a new private school aims to combat what its founders say is ‘brain drain’ in local Jewish education
By Andrew Lapin
Shalhevet High School in Los Angeles invested in remote learning technology during the pandemic. In the fall, students located in Arizona will begin to attend Shalhevet classes via video. (Courtesy/Tushar Dwivedi via JTA)
April 5, 2021, 3:08 am
Students in Arizona, teachers in LA: Jewish high school plans post-COVID future
Newly formed Shalhevet Scottsdale High School will merge remote instruction with in-person student gatherings in a possible new education model for smaller US Jewish communities
By Asaf Shalev
Kathy Manning had a long career as a Jewish organizational leader before running for Congress. (Kathy Manning for Congress via JTA)
November 4, 2020, 6:40 am
Kathy Manning, ex-Jewish Federations head, wins N. Carolina congressional race
Manning defeats Lee Haywood, her Republican opponent, in an open Greensboro-area district
By Ron Kampeas
Kathy Manning, the Democratic candidate for the the 13th Congressional District of North Carolina speaks to supporters during an election night event in Greensboro, North Carolina, November 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
October 29, 2020, 5:36 am
Meet the 11 Jewish Democrats vying in 2020 to join Congress for first time
Diverse group includes a millennial heiress dating a Palestinian in San Diego, a former Marine in Massachusetts, a New York scientist and a few former journalists
By Ron Kampeas
Illustrative: A class at the Lippman School, a Jewish day school in Akron, Ohio, in August 2014. (Uriel Heilman)
September 11, 2020, 9:48 am
US Jewish day schools open for the year — and gird for virus closures
‘Today I’m in person, tomorrow I may be virtual,’ say educators as new, costly coronavirus safety regulations implemented
By Shira Hanau
An illustrative photo of students at a US Jewish day school. (Courtesy of The Epstein School via JTA)
September 9, 2020, 8:34 am
Virtual US Jewish day school founded amid pandemic closes due to low enrollment
Rabbi Jonah Rank says that despite much hype for his project, only 10 kids ended up registering, not enough to fund operations
By Josefin Dolsten
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
The Hannah Senesh school in Brooklyn expects enrollment to hold steady or increase slightly in the fall of 2020. (Hannah Senesh Community Day School/ via JTA)
July 31, 2020, 6:19 am
Are families fleeing US Jewish day schools? Far from it, but it’s complicated
As the COVID-19 pandemic rolls on, many private institutions are opening up while public schools largely stay closed — but each one faces its own unique set of challenges
By Ben Harris
The Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School in Maryland. (Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School/ via JTA)
June 13, 2020, 4:52 am
Alumni call on US Jewish day schools to do more to fight racism
While faculty are proud to hear former students speak out against bigotry, the demands would require changes to the way they hire, teach history and talk about the outside world
By Shira Hanau
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
In this July 29, 2018, photo, Illinois Democratic governor candidate J.B. Pritzker talks with supporters in Geneva, Ill. New Illinois campaign reports show that Pritzker has pumped $146.5 million of his own money into his bid to unseat Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)
November 7, 2018, 5:15 am
Jewish Congress members poised to take key leadership roles
There are two new Jewish governors and a first two Muslim women in Congress; a neo-Nazi running in Chicago loses after being disavowed by his party
By Ben Sales
US Rep. and US Senate candidate Jacky Rosen (D-NV) is interviewed after rallying supporters at a get-out-the-vote canvass launch at a Nevada State Democratic Party field office on November 4, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Rosen is trying to unseat Republican Dean Heller in a tight Senate race. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images via JTA)
November 7, 2018, 1:02 am
12 Jewish (or Jewish-adjacent) races to watch in US midterms
In several key races Jewish candidates and Jewish issues will be central to which party wins and loses when the votes are counted
By Ben Sales
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