Should schools suspend students for chanting ‘From the river to the sea’? A federal investigation in Minnesota will test the issue.
A school district that suspended students who used the phrase is accused of Islamophobic discrimination
Education
The Latest
-
Fast Forward -
Fast Forward Chaya Raichik, Libs of Tiktok creator, appointed to Oklahoma Dept. of Education committee
The culture-war agitator, whose posts have been linked to bomb threats at Oklahoma schools, will influence their bookshelves
-
Fast Forward Feds to investigate Teaneck, NJ, school district where students held pro-Palestinian walkout
Local Jewish leaders had encouraged families to file complaints over the district’s handling of Oct. 7 and its aftermath
-
Fast Forward More than 1,000 Israeli children enrolled in day schools in the U.S. and Canada after Oct. 7
New report says day school enrollment and inquiries spiked after Oct. 7, including from local families worried about antisemitism
-
Fast Forward American Jewish University finds new buyer for its campus: The Jewish school next door
A happy ending for community leaders who hoped property would stay in Jewish hands
-
News Illinois tax credit program for private schools set to end, upsetting Jewish advocates
“Invest in Kids,” which benefitted hundreds of low-income Jewish day school students, had the backing of the local federation
-
Fast Forward Meeting a deadline, Education Department briefs Jewish groups on new efforts to combat campus antisemitism
Attendees were divided over just how aggressively the education department should prioritize antisemitism concerns
-
Fast Forward An LA charter school housed at a synagogue taught 1st-graders about ‘the genocide of Palestine’
Teachers described the lessons on social media. One also complained about Israeli flags on the synagogue campus
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
Culture Why saying ‘L’shana Tova’ on Rosh Hashanah may not be the correct phrase
- 2
Culture A Jewish prophet of the 1980s would be horrified to see that we didn’t heed his warnings
- 3
Opinion With killing of Hezbollah’s chief, Israel occupies the inarguable moral high ground
- 4
Opinion This is the most disorienting Rosh Hashanah in memory
In Case You Missed It
-
Film & TV How Leonard Cohen — and a Yom Kippur prayer — inspired a coming-of-age epic
-
Opinion A year after Oct. 7, Israel has the chance to remake its future — for better or worse
-
Opinion Campus protests defined the year since Oct. 7. Could they actually change U.S. policy?
-
Special Report At the kibbutz hit hardest on Oct. 7, a wrenching debate over how to rebuild
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
