Jewish education

ConnectEd launches online English-speaking community for Jewish educators

Initially developed for Hebrew-speaking educators, the form offers webinars, peer learning, working groups, and collaborative projects for Israel's English-speaking community.

Visitors at the ANU Museum of the Jewish People.
Miami: Students at Lehrman Community Day School mark Oct. 7, as part of UnitEd’s global schools Zoom ceremony in 2024.

More than a safe haven: Jewish schools after Oct. 7

Learning Hebrew at the Alliance Rachi School in Paris2

Who will teach the next generation?

Jewish children gather around a teacher for an engaging Jewish educational event in a Synagogue

Eight Jewish educators named winners of global Jewish teachers award


What the Jewish community teaches about hope in action, not as a feeling - opinion

The Hope Study from M²: The Institute for Experiential Jewish Education, found that “community” was the most powerful driver of hope among professionals at Jewish organizations.

 Hope vs. happiness: Which matters more? Researchers explain. Illustration.

Jewish group revives push for public funding for religious schools that stalled at Supreme Court

The National Ben Gamla Jewish Charter School Foundation intends to apply for a statewide virtual high school integrating Oklahoma academic standards with daily Jewish religious studies.

The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., is pictured on July 30, 2024.

Carrying backpacks and tradition: Inside Zurich’s Noam School

In a time of rising antisemitism, a small Jewish school in Zurich is shaping the next generation with a blend of academic excellence, Jewish tradition, and acts of everyday kindness

IN AN unsettled Europe, Jewish education is not only about grades but about building community.

How Jewish people and organizations can rebuild trust two years after Oct. 7 - opinion

With the remaining living hostages recently returned and a fragile ceasefire in Gaza, we might be turning a new page in the book of our history.

AVINATAN OR, who was released in October 2025 by Hamas from captivity in Gaza, is reunited with his girlfriend, Noa Argamani. She was also taken captive on October 7, 2023, and was rescued in 2024.

How a Mexican Jewish school is shaping young Jewish leaders

This relatively small Jewish community in Mexico City manages to maintain its identity, thrive economically and culturally, and raise a young generation that feels both Jewish and Mexican

AT YAVNE, being deeply Jewish and proudly Mexican are complementary aspects of a rich, multifaceted identity.

New York becomes latest experiment in subsidies for Jewish day school tuition

The UJA Federation of New York has started a three-year $15 million pilot fund to help cover Jewish day school tuition in New York City, Westchester, and Long Island.

A classroom at the Darchei Torah Boys School in Far Rockaway, Queens, New York on May 16, 2018

No. 19: Uri Poliavich: A game-changer for Jewish education and identity

Uri Poliavich understands that Jewish schools must be more than a safe haven; they must be centers of excellence that parents and children actively run toward.

Uri Poliavich

Modern Learning Meets Ancient Lessons

New Parisian Jewish school is redefining education by blending time-honored heritage, innovative, cutting-edge pedagogical approach, and multilingual immersion

THE INSTITUTE has quickly materialized into a thriving community of 140 students aged three to 10.

No Jewish child’s mind left behind: Rethinking Jewish education - opinion

Because the point is not merely to float. The point is to soar.

WORLD JEWISH CONGRESS President Ronald Lauder speaks at the Global Forum for Combating Antisemitism in Jerusalem in 2017. Organizations such as the Lauder Foundation have begun to shift Jewish education priorities, says the writer.

Jewish education: The first line of defense for Jews worldwide - opinion

'Education has to be the first line of defense because without it, most Jews will be unable to stand up and be proud.'

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