Jewish education

How Jewish people and organizations can rebuild trust two years after Oct. 7 - opinion

With the remaining living hostages recently returned and a fragile ceasefire in Gaza, we might be turning a new page in the book of our history.

AVINATAN OR, who was released in October 2025 by Hamas from captivity in Gaza, is reunited with his girlfriend, Noa Argamani. She was also taken captive on October 7, 2023, and was rescued in 2024.
AT YAVNE, being deeply Jewish and proudly Mexican are complementary aspects of a rich, multifaceted identity.

How a Mexican Jewish school is shaping young Jewish leaders

A classroom at the Darchei Torah Boys School in Far Rockaway, Queens, New York on May 16, 2018

New York becomes latest experiment in subsidies for Jewish day school tuition

Uri Poliavich

No. 19: Uri Poliavich: A game-changer for Jewish education and identity


Modern Learning Meets Ancient Lessons

New Parisian Jewish school is redefining education by blending time-honored heritage, innovative, cutting-edge pedagogical approach, and multilingual immersion

THE INSTITUTE has quickly materialized into a thriving community of 140 students aged three to 10.

No Jewish child’s mind left behind: Rethinking Jewish education - opinion

Because the point is not merely to float. The point is to soar.

WORLD JEWISH CONGRESS President Ronald Lauder speaks at the Global Forum for Combating Antisemitism in Jerusalem in 2017. Organizations such as the Lauder Foundation have begun to shift Jewish education priorities, says the writer.

Jewish education: The first line of defense for Jews worldwide - opinion

'Education has to be the first line of defense because without it, most Jews will be unable to stand up and be proud.'

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Israel needs a reimagined educational system that teaches how to disagree respectfully - opinion

The Hebrew state education system must now awaken to its historic responsibility. It must renew its commitment to the values of a Jewish and democratic state.

 Ultra orthodox jewish kids seen the first day of school at an Ultra-Orthodox school in Neve Yaakov Neighborhood of Jerusalem on August 9, 2021.

The challenge of Jewish day schools: Getting alumni involved - opinion

Alumni are a key demographic in ensuring the financial future of Jewish educational institutions.

 BERMAN HEBREW ACADEMY in Maryland: Jewish day schools are more than academic institutions; they are identity incubators, the writer maintains.

Jewish schools, families poised for windfall under new federal tax-credit program

The $1,700 federal tax credit to support private school tuition delivers a long-sought victory to Orthodox Jewish advocacy groups and other religious education proponents.

Orthodox Jewish children get off a Yeshiva school bus, as New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio declared a public health emergency in parts of Brooklyn in response to a measles outbreak, in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City, US, April 9, 2019.

The many faces of Shavuot harvest, revelation, and tradition

The Torah is described as the Tree of Life, and there is a legend that Mount Sinai once was a “green mountain” covered with trees and shrubs.

 Another biblical name for Shavuot is Yom HaBikkurim (Day of the First Fruits), referring to the joyful pilgrimage to Jerusalem, where the Israelites offered up baskets of their first ripe fruits and bread baked from the newly harvested wheat.

How can we connect and nurture Jewish communities outside of major cities? - opinion

When Jews living in small, rural, and remote communities don’t feel connected to the larger community, they are often left with a worrying sense of alienation.

 CONGREGATION B’ER CHAYIM in Cumberland, Maryland, is one of the 10 oldest to be continuously used in the US, the writer notes.

Jewish schools around the world face historic opportunity amid enrollment wave - opinion

The power of the Jewish education system is being revealed. Jewish schools, where hundreds of thousands of Jewish children around the world currently study, have become an anchor.

 View of an empty classroom at a school in Givatayim, during a teacher's strike, on May 6, 2025

The magic of learning Torah together: Reshaping 21st-century Jewish learning - opinion

Judaism isn’t just transmitted from one generation to the next passively, it is transformative, especially when learned with a partner

 Aish, Partners in Torah and Jewish learning on Tiktok and Instagram

Parental interest in Jewish school enrollment surged since Oct. 7, study finds

The UnitEd study also found that Jewish schools around the world have experienced new and complex challenges since October 7 which many report feeling unprepared for. 

  A school bus is seen in Brooklyn in New York, United States of America, on July 4th, 2024.