Jewish education

Israel partners with JPost to launch major new global initiative for Diaspora teachers 

At the annual New York conference, Yom Tov Raanan revealed a joint award to recognize outstanding educators driving Zionist pride and identity worldwide. 

Yom Tov Raanan, Ministry of Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism
Chagit Leviev Sofiev speaks at the opening gala of the Jerusalem Post Annual Conference in New York, May 31, 2026.

Leviev Foundation announces new $50 million educational initiative

Ambassador Mike Huckabee, the US Ambassador to Israel, delivered the commencement address at Yeshiva University in New York City, where he was awarded the Presidential Medallion. May 28, 2026.

Amb. Huckabee honored at Yeshiva University, delivers commencement speech to grads

The Apple company logo.

What do Apple, Nike, and Mount Sinai have in common? - opinion


Illinois tax credit program for private schools set to end, upsetting Jewish advocates

The lapse of the program is drawing criticism from Jewish leaders in the state, including some who initially did not go to bat for it.

 The Illinois State Capitol from a distance.

Jenessa Schwartz, Bay Area day school teacher and cancer ‘thriver,’ dies at 41

In 2022, Schwartz won the Ruby Award from the San Francisco-based Jewish Learning Works for excellence in Jewish youth education and engagement.

 Students from the World ORT-affiliated Colegio Leon Pinelo in Lima, Peru, prepare for Rosh Hashana.

Facing declining enrollment, Schechter Manhattan to close at end of school year

Schechter Manhattan’s closure means that only one school with roots in the Conservative movement remains in the five boroughs.

 Upper West Side, Manhattan, New York City.

Jewish education is a vital cultural resource - opinion

Those with highly engaged cultural upbringing have a more intense Jewish cultural identity, regardless of the number of years of Jewish day school education received.

 Students from the World ORT-affiliated Colegio Leon Pinelo in Lima, Peru, prepare for Rosh Hashana.