Jewish day school

Before families choose a school, they choose a community - opinion

For generations, the Jewish community has assumed that stronger Jewish day schools require greater investment in Jewish day schools. Those investments matter, but they don't begin early enough.

Jewish children are seen around a shofar.
Students enrolled in the Jewish program at Baku’s School No. 46 celebrate the festival of sukkot.

Baku's Jewish school passes 100 students as Azerbaijan's Jewish community continues to grow

People attend a rally of Jewish community groups, including Campaign Against Antisemitism and Stop the Hate UK, calling for action to "extinguish antisemitism", outside Downing Street in London, Britain, May 10, 2026.

UK Jewish schools spend more time on security than education, antisemitism review reveals - report

Gary Torgow stood with Prime Minister Netanyahu and other ministers on June 28, 2026

Who is Gary Torgow: The man who got Washington and Jerusalem to fund Jewish day schools - interview


Editor's Notes: Jewish identity on parade

Given the data, our charge should be obvious: to increase the number of non-Orthodox children enrolled in Jewish day schools.

 YOUTH ARE among the masses taking part in the Celebrate Israel Parade in New York City last Sunday.

American Jewish day school umbrella welcomes future Israeli investment

85% of Orthodox adults said that they attended full-time Jewish day schools for at least one year, as opposed to 31% of Conservative-affiliated Jews and 14% of Reform-affiliated Jews.

American Jews marching in New York with Israeli flags. How can we bridge the divide between Israel and the Diaspora?

Israel to invest NIS 150 million in Jewish education in N. America

Israel's Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli said that “we are losing large parts of the Jewish people,” as a result of the small percentage of Jews who send their children to Jewish day schools

 DIASPORA AFFAIRS Minister Amichai Chikli in the Knesset – facing a challenge over Israel’s relations with the Diaspora.

Too many investment choices? Keep it simple - opinion

Investors need to tune out all the marketing and 24/7 financial news cycle and focus on keeping their investment strategy simple.

 New Israeli Shekel banknotes are seen in this picture illustration taken November 9, 2021.

Israel's Diaspora Ministry gets biggest ever budget: NIS 500m.

Minister Amichai Chikli vowed to look for solution to the Jewish school crisis, such as the high tuition in US Jewish schools.

 DIASPORA AFFAIRS Minister Amichai Chikli in the Knesset – facing a challenge over Israel’s relations with the Diaspora.

Meet the new curriculum for teaching Hebrew in Jewish day schools

The elementary school Hebrew studies program has been dominated by the iTaLAM curriculum, which now has competition.

 CET's Niflaot program

Cyprus-based foundation aims to bring Jewish education worldwide

The Yael Foundation is a new foundation, established by Yael Poliavich and her husband Uri, a Jewish couple that lives in Cyprus.

 Participants are seen at the Yael Foundation conference in Paphos, Cyprus.

Four men hurl slurs, make Hitler salutes at Jewish elementary students

The bus was dropping off Jewish elementary students from a local Orthodox Jewish school in Chicago, in the West Rogers Park neighborhood before four men jumped into it, terrorizing the children.

 CHILDREN GET OFF a yeshiva school bus in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn.

Rate of sexual abuse of kids is highest among religious Zionist sector

A new study by the Ne'emanei Torah Va'avodah movement reveals dramatic data on sexual abuse victims from the religious Zionist (Tzioni Dati) sector.

 Israeli kids wearing school bags.

GOP Doug Mastriano makes Josh Shapiro’s Jewish education an issue

Josh Shapiro, the Democratic candidate for governor of Pennsylvania, attended a Jewish day school as a kid, and this week his Republican opponent made that alma mater a campaign issue.

 Former US president Donald Trump and Republican Pennsylvania governor candidate Doug Mastriano shake hands during a rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, US, September 3, 2022.