Education
Hassidic Schools Have No Intention Of Providing An Adequate Education
Without State Oversight, Ultra-Orthodox Yeshivas Will Continue To Neglect Secular Studies
The Truth About Secular Studies In Haredi Schools
Students in Haredi schools get more secular education than you think.
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Jewish Boarding School That Closed After Financial Struggles Will Reopen
American Hebrew Academy, a Jewish boarding school that closed, will reopen.
American Hebrew Academy
Editor’s note, 9/18/19, 5:15 p.m.: The Forward has removed this article, published Sept. 11, after learning that it was based on an erroneous reading of public documents related to a loan agreement between American Hebrew Academy, a Jewish boarding school in North Carolina that announced its closure in June, and Puxin Limited, a Chinese educational company. An updated article on the school’s plans to reopen in 2020 can be found here, along with an accounting of the errors, which The Forward regrets.
Iraqi Victims Of The Nazis Deserve Compensation. Why Is Israel Denying Them?
Israel has no right to deny Iraqi Jews the same compensation that other victims of the Holocaust are receiving.
California Education Board Rejects New Curriculum Accused Of ‘Anti-Jewish’ Bias
The draft as written fails to meet the standard of being “accurate, free of bias [and] appropriate for all learners in our diverse state.”
New Oregon Law Will Require Schools To Teach The Holocaust
The legislation began as the initiative of a 14-year-old student who struck a friendship with a survivor.
This Great, Flawed Man Created A Jewish Boarding School — And Doomed It, Too
They never ran “half a program. It always seemed like they would somehow be able to keep it going.”
A Unique Jewish Boarding School Closes Abruptly, And Alumni Mourn
“The American Hebrew Academy began as a dream, it was a dream fulfilled for 18 years, and it is a dream that must, unfortunately, come to an end.”
American Hebrew Academy, Prestigious Jewish Boarding School, Closes Abruptly
The closure of the American Hebrew Academy, a prestigious school in North Carolina, stunned faculty and students.
