Libraries may need ‘a book that disputes the Holocaust,’ Washington school employee says
The comment was the latest incident in which the Holocaust has been caught up in the rancor over public school curriculums
The comment was the latest incident in which the Holocaust has been caught up in the rancor over public school curriculums
A superintendent's vague condemnation falls flat in a district with its own real problems
The comments are the latest in a string invoking the Holocaust by conservatives concerned about how race and gender are taught in schools
Tales of being forced to sing Christmas carols and recite the Lord's Prayer abound
(JTA) — Students at a selective New York City public school participated in a moment of silence for the Palestinian victims of violence on the Gazan border with Israel, angering some parents. The moment of silence was held a week ago at the Beacon School located in the Hell’s Kitchen area of Manhattan. The school…
The “Twelve days of Christmas” can be an excruciatingly long period of time to endure — especially if you are a teenager with all of that time off from school, but do not actually celebrate Christmas. This is my pending predicament for the upcoming holiday season and one I have experienced for the past three…
All across New York City, Muslims are cheering Mayor Bill de Blasio’s decision to close public schools on the two holiest days of their religious calendar. And Jews should be cheering right along with them. Why should we be happy to see the city observe Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha, days that commemorate the end…
Jews hold education sacred, and for good reason. An educated citizenry is a necessary precondition for any democracy. Similarly, for Jews of the rabbinic era — characterized by, among other things, a devolution of authority to local rabbinic leaders — education and learning have become a necessary precondition for engagement in the full kaleidoscope of…
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