Helene Wingens
By Helene Wingens
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Opinion Are Jewish Day Schools the Answer?
For non-Orthodox Jews in America, sending one’s child to a Jewish day school has long been considered the best defense against assimilation. So consistently have studies proven this point that it is a mystery why more money isn’t spent on subsidizing those parents who can’t afford to send their children. These schools have become overwhelmingly…
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Opinion Jewish Day Schools? Our Future Depends on Them
Jordana Horn’s recent article asks the singular question, Who Says You Need Day School? The question is simple and so is the answer. Nothing less than the future of the Jewish people rests on the existence of vibrant Jewish day schools. If we are to have a future as a people — we need day…
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