Jewish education

Who will teach the next generation?

A Jerusalem summit will bring together more than 300 educators from Israel and around the world to share ideas, confront common challenges, and strengthen the connections that sustain Jewish life.

Learning Hebrew at the Alliance Rachi School in Paris2
Jewish children gather around a teacher for an engaging Jewish educational event in a Synagogue

Eight Jewish educators named winners of global Jewish teachers award

ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt speaks onstage at ADL's Never Is Now conference on March 3, 2025 in New York City.

One lesson on antisemitism reduces belief in antisemitic tropes in teens ADL study finds

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


The conversations that Jewish educators must have now - opinion

What are some of the questions that educators should be asking now in a post-October 7 world?

 IVY SCHREIBER, managing director of Professional Learning and Growth in New York, meets with Jewish educators at Project Beta-A, The Jewish Education Project's Fellowship for Part-Time Jewish Education.

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.