I’ve been a Jewish day school teacher for 20 years. I make less money than I did in my 20s
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Opinion I’m a Jewish day school student. We need to learn Palestinian history.
Young Jews are increasingly alienated from Israel after receiving a one-sided education about the Jewish state
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Fast Forward PA governor race: Mastriano attacks Shapiro for going to Jewish day school
‘He grew up in a privileged neighborhood and attended one of the most privileged schools in the nation as a young man,’ said the GOP nominee, a Christian nationalist
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News Former Ohio National Guardsman accused of threatening Jewish school charged with selling ghost guns
In a Discord group chat, Thomas Develin allegedly posted a photo of himself holding a handgun captioned: ‘I’m at a Jewish school and about to make it everyone’s problem’
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News In advance of the inauguration, Jewish parents and schools are on edge
Nicole Goldstein’s children grew up on Capitol Hill; the grand monuments of the National Mall are their backyard. “It’s their Capitol,” she said. Her children, a daughter in middle school and a son in high school, felt personally attacked as they watched rioters break the windows and storm the Capitol. “We have spent a lot…
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Culture Will Jewish schools finally address their segregationist past?
Editor’s note: In observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the Forward is resurfacing some of our recent coverage related to the Black-Jewish experience and racial justice. This article originally appeared in July, 2020. In the two months since George Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police, American Jewish day schools have begun to rethink how…
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Life Shabbat-observant youth soccer club forms in honor of Miami teen’s death
Sholem Benchimol was a talented soccer player with aspirations of one day becoming a professional. But although he trained diligently with a soccer club after school, when game day arrived he usually couldn’t play — because most youth soccer games take place on Saturday, the Jewish day of rest. Sholem, born into an Orthodox Jewish…
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News Some of L.A.’s Orthodox day schools set to reopen—as ‘camps’
With Los Angeles County banning even private schools from opening because of the coronavirus pandemic biting into the fall semester, at least four Orthodox day schools in the area have found a way to legally bring students to campus. They are calling it camp. The schools have opened or plan to open soon for optional…
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