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Jewish day school enrollment rising across denominations

One report found that non-Orthodox school enrollment has increased by 3% from 2021 to 2024, while Orthodox schools have seen a 7% increase.

Boys in the hallway at Jewish day school
An Israel Independence Day celebration at a North American Jewish day school.

Meeting today’s urgent need for Jewish community and identity - opinion

A view of Immanuel College in 2010

Top British private Jewish school closing amid funding challenges

Peter Deutsch, founder of the Ben Gamla Jewish Charter School Foundation, addresses the Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board on January 12, 2026, in Oklahoma City.

Backers of Jewish school file federal lawsuit challenging Oklahoma ban on religious charter schools


Israel's Diaspora Ministry gets biggest ever budget: NIS 500m.

Minister Amichai Chikli vowed to look for solution to the Jewish school crisis, such as the high tuition in US Jewish schools.

 DIASPORA AFFAIRS Minister Amichai Chikli in the Knesset – facing a challenge over Israel’s relations with the Diaspora.

Meet the new curriculum for teaching Hebrew in Jewish day schools

The elementary school Hebrew studies program has been dominated by the iTaLAM curriculum, which now has competition.

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Cyprus-based foundation aims to bring Jewish education worldwide

The Yael Foundation is a new foundation, established by Yael Poliavich and her husband Uri, a Jewish couple that lives in Cyprus.

 Participants are seen at the Yael Foundation conference in Paphos, Cyprus.

Four men hurl slurs, make Hitler salutes at Jewish elementary students

The bus was dropping off Jewish elementary students from a local Orthodox Jewish school in Chicago, in the West Rogers Park neighborhood before four men jumped into it, terrorizing the children.

 CHILDREN GET OFF a yeshiva school bus in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn.

Rate of sexual abuse of kids is highest among religious Zionist sector

A new study by the Ne'emanei Torah Va'avodah movement reveals dramatic data on sexual abuse victims from the religious Zionist (Tzioni Dati) sector.

 Israeli kids wearing school bags.

GOP Doug Mastriano makes Josh Shapiro’s Jewish education an issue

Josh Shapiro, the Democratic candidate for governor of Pennsylvania, attended a Jewish day school as a kid, and this week his Republican opponent made that alma mater a campaign issue.

 Former US president Donald Trump and Republican Pennsylvania governor candidate Doug Mastriano shake hands during a rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, US, September 3, 2022.

Diaspora Jews are like family, we don't need to agree - WZO Diaspora head

Representatives from the World Zionist Organization, El Al and Israel's Diaspora Affairs Ministry spoke at The Jerusalem Post's Annual Conference in a panel: Building Bridges: The Diaspora and Israel

 Jerusalem Post conference in New York 2022

'Inside Jewish Day Schools': How should North American Jews be educated?

Inside Jewish Day Schools presents a unique perspective on Jewish education in North America and the factors that contribute to successful learning, and help advance and improve Jewish education.

 HAZAMIR INTERNATIONAL Jewish High School Choir sings at the Temple Emanu-El, New York.

Former school executive allegedly stole more than $8 million from a Long Island Jewish day school

David Ostrove embezzled over $8 million from the Schechter Jewish Day School of Long Island

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Why is there such a big gap in US Jewish day school teacher salaries?

Jewish day school teachers in the Tristate area or the West Coast range from $60,000-$90,000. In Florida, the salaries range from $40,000-$75,000 and in the Midwest $32,500-$50,000.

 Jewish private school SAR High School in Riverdale, the Bronx, New York (Illustrative).