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East Brook Middle School in Paramus, New Jersey, recalled yearbooks featuring an image of baby Adolf Hitler. (Google Streetview/Bettmann/Getty Images Contributor viz JTA)
July 1, 2026, 6:31 pm
Baby photos section of New Jersey middle school yearbook features picture of baby Hitler
Incident at Paramus school prompts condemnation from school officials and local Jewish leaders, who decry atmosphere of antisemitism that leads to such incidents
By Grace Gilson
Ultra-Orthodox children in their classroom at a Heder in Jerusalem, August 25, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
June 29, 2026, 2:43 pm
High Court tells state to launch speedy probe into underfunding of secular public schools
Petition says religious state schools receive higher share of funds than secular and Arab-sector schools; Education Ministry acknowledges gap but disputes discrimination
By ToI Staff
Certified elementary school librarian Sarah Pepin speaks at a State Board of Education meeting in Austin on June 22, 2026. (Aiden Gonzalez/The Texas Tribune via JTA)
June 27, 2026, 9:50 am
Texas creates required reading list that includes Anne Frank and the Bible
State board of education votes 9-5 for the list, over objections from Jewish leaders concerned about injecting Christian content into lessons for the state’s 5.5 million public school students
By Grace Gilson and Andrew Lapin
A photo of Scarsdale High School in Scarsdale, New York. (Google Streetview via JTA)
April 22, 2026, 3:12 am
After Israeli flyers in NY high school placed in urinal, board president faces calls to resign
Official’s daughter is among those posting photographs of the vandalism online, adding the caption: ‘Keep up the good work’
By Grace Gilson
Rabbi Daniel Kaiman (Courtesy via JTA)
April 9, 2026, 1:10 am
Jewish families and a rabbi ask to join lawsuit to block Oklahoma Jewish charter school
Many local Jews, opposed to what would be country’s first such institution, claim school board can’t be trusted to vigorously defend state’s secular education laws
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
The Diary of Anne Frank has been translated into more than 75 languages. (John Halpern via JTA)
February 12, 2026, 9:51 pm
New law could make Anne Frank and ‘Night’ mandatory reading for Texas public schools
A proposed first-of-its-kind state-required reading list recognizes the importance of Holocaust education amid continuing tensions over who controls what students read
By Andrew Lapin
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
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
Illustrative: The California state capitol in Sacramento. (Wikimedia Commons via JTA)
September 17, 2025, 7:55 am
California lawmakers approve narrowed bill targeting antisemitism in schools
If enacted, state would be first with coordinator to prevent antisemitism in public schools, as religiously motivated bigotry against Jews soars; teachers group opposed initial version
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Hagar Amor, right, nurses her baby while her husband, Tal, sits with their daughter Gaia in a public shelter in Shavei Zion on June 17, 2025 (Diana Bletter/Times of Israel)
June 24, 2025, 7:37 am
Retraumatized by Iran war and back in shelters, northern families struggle through the days
After returning to mostly normal since the war with Hezbollah ended in November, northern residents and their kids have again faced lack of routine and existential uncertainty
By Diana Bletter
Jewish students at El Camino Real Charter High School walk out in protest of antisemitic incidents at the Los Angeles school on February 27, 2024. (Sarah Reingewirtz/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images via JTA)
June 4, 2025, 12:55 am
Ethnic studies compromise opens door to broader antisemitism legislation in California
Jewish groups don’t want Jews painted unfairly or Israel singled out in a new curriculum mandate. Now, several racial caucuses may be willing to help
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Education Minister Yoav Kisch attends a meeting of the Knesset Education, Culture, and Sports Committee in Jerusalem, May 12, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 28, 2025, 12:48 am
Education minister unveils ramped-up Jewish, Zionist studies, mandatory Bible class
Required programming to include tours of Jerusalem, West Bank sites, as share of the education budget for Jewish studies upped from 1% to 4%
By ToI Staff
The Texas State Capitol photographed on Monday, February 24, 2025 in Austin. (Elizabeth Conley/JTA via Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)
April 18, 2025, 2:14 pm
Texas lawmakers pass $1 billion school voucher bill, dividing Jewish community
Reform Jewish organization says program would undermine public education, while principal of Modern Orthodox school backs initiative to send state money to private institutions
By Grace Gilson
Illustrative: German high school students from the Reclam gymnasium Leipzig read excerpts of the bilingual book 'Der Brief/La Lettre' detailing the results of their research into the life of Holocaust victim Martin Kober at a book launch ceremony in Leipzig's town hall, November 27, 2012. (Photo by JOHN MACDOUGALL / AFP)
August 19, 2024, 1:30 am
‘Gestapo Game’ at Tim Walz’s school was part of a trend Holocaust educators now reject
Amid reports that the VP candidate helped end an outdated role playing game while a teacher in Minnesota, one thing is certain – he condemned such exercises in his master’s thesis
By Andrew Lapin and PHILISSA CRAMER
Illustrative: Workers repaint a Ten Commandments billboard off of Interstate 71 on Election Day near Chenoweth, Ohio, November 7, 2023. Louisiana has become the first state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public school classroom under a bill signed into law by Republican Gov. Jeff Landry on June 19. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
June 26, 2024, 1:09 am
Jewish parents join suit challenging Louisiana law requiring Ten Commandments in schools
Lawsuit argues that last week’s law violates the First Amendment, and some Jews feel that while rooted in the Bible, the statutes as presented push Christian values on kids
By Jackie Hajdenberg
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