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Rabbis Protest Family Separation As ‘Moral State Of Emergency’
American Jewish leaders and community members are traveling to immigration detention sites around the country to protest the separation of immigrant children from their parents, which one rabbi called a “moral state of emergency.” Rabbi Elliott Tepperman of Bnai Keshet in Montclair, New Jersey traveled on Father’s Day along with other faith leaders and several…
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New York Stalls On Yeshiva Education Reform — And Activists Demand Answers
In 2015, New York City announced it was launching a major investigation into secular education standards at yeshivas. Three years later, no such report has surfaced. Now, activists are calling on the city’s public advocate and comptroller to investigate the city itself for failing to address what they say are widespread educational shortcomings in the…
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Elite Hasidic Girls School Scrambles To Keep Lid On Sex Misconduct Scandal
The principal of a prominent all-girls’ yeshiva in Brooklyn promised change after the school was rattled by an allegation of sexual misconduct by students against a long-time employee in May. But in a letter sent to parents and in a phone interview with the Forward, the school’s longtime principal denied that any misconduct actually took…
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Jews Furious After Sessions Speech Consider Boycott Of OU’s Ubiquitous Symbol
Jewish advocates mulled boycotting Orthodox Union products leading up to Shabbat after the organization honored Attorney General Jeff Session’s while he was under fire from progressive groups for the Trump administration’s policies separating immigrant families. The Orthodox Union said they “took advantage of a private opportunity” before his Leadership Mission keynote address on June 13…
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Sex Abuse Prevention Program Targets Orthodox Camps
This summer, as parents pack their children’s things for Orthodox Jewish sleep away camps, their soon-to-be counselors are preparing in a different way: By taking a sex abuse prevention course. The course, created two years ago by an Israel-based nonprofit called ASAP, will be in use this year at over a hundred summer camps, mostly…
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Jewish Theological Seminary Appoints First Female Provost
For the first time in its 132-year history, the Jewish Theological Seminary of America will have a female provost. Dr. Shuly Rubin Schwartz will assume the position in July. She previously served for 25 years as the dean of the seminary’s Albert A. List College, the undergraduate dual-degree program with Barnard College and Columbia University,…
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Camp Ramah Says No Way To IfNotNow’s Harsh Criticism Of Israel
Across the country, Jewish kids are counting down the days to the end of school, and the start of camp and its summertime pleasure of swimming, dancing and color wars. But even as families begin packing, the Conservative movement’s Camp Ramah has refused to allow a left-wing Jewish advocacy group that opposes the Israeli occupation…
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Elite Riverdale School Fostered Intense Anti-Israel Climate, Parents Say
More than 100 parents at the elite Riverdale Country School in the Bronx criticized administrators for allowing what they described as intense anti-Israeli sentiment to fester on campus during a packed, emotional meeting the evening of June 11. The assembly was held at the start of the school’s summer break, days after the administration announced…
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Orthodox Group Must Call Out Sessions For ‘Tearing Families Apart’: Jewish Orgs
Progressive Jewish organizations called on the Orthodox Union to question Attorney General Jeff Sessions about his immigration policies during his scheduled speech at the OU’s annual Leadership Mission in Washington D.C. on Wednesday. Sessions is slated to focus on “religious liberty” and security for religious schools and synagogues when he speaks during the reception. The…
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Orthodox To Dominate American Jewry In Coming Decades As Population Booms
It’s been nearly five years since the Pew Research Center released its “Portrait of Jewish Americans.” Given its stark conclusions, the study ruffled some feathers even as it expanded our notions of Jewish community. It highlighted the impact of intermarriage and the growth of the Orthodox community, and has impacted policy making for Jewish communal…
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Riverdale Private School Investigates Teacher Over Israel Comments
A history teacher at an elite Riverdale private school is being investigated after some parents took issue with statements he made about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, according to administrators and reports. Riverdale Country School instructor Shawn Redden’s job was in limbo after he engaged students in a history class following the killing of 60 Gazans by…
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