Jewish education

Jewish education organization targets program at adults with intellectual disabilities

The program, called What’s Mine is Yours: Jewish Adult Learning for All., aims to provide Jewish academic resources for adults with disabilities, who have few options for Jewish educations.

GRADUATES FROM a What's Mine is Yours class at Keshet in Chicago.
People charge their devices, eat and warm themselves at a mobile resilience hub set up in a residential district amid electricity and heating interruptions on Jan. 20, 2026 in Kyiv, Ukraine.

After 4 years of war, Ukraine’s Jews adapt to a life of sirens, shortages and uncertainty

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Elite South African school apologizes over refusal to play Jewish day school at fixture

'In the Diaspora we need to continue with Jewish education.’ Tal Ben-Shahar at the Yael Awards in Vienna earlier this month.

Teaching Jewish happiness after October 7: An educator's fresh approach to Jewish pride


Counterpoint turns 50: Celebrating the Jewish education program's success

The story of one of the most successful informal Jewish education programs in the English-speaking world.

 The Counterpoint 50 logo

Rising antisemitism, war in Israel causes 226% increase in adult Jewish learners

“We recognized the heightened need for educational resources within the Jewish community right after the Hamas attacks and the global rise in antisemitism."

 HUNDREDS GATHER for a pro-Israel rally in Philadelphia’s Independence Square, sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia, last month.

Jewish schools must embrace Sephardi and Mizrahi culture - opinion

What do students learn about Sephardi and Mizrahi artists? What melodies are used in prayer? How are holiday programs structured?

 THE TOOLKIT includes images of Sephardi culture.

Antisemitism shouldn't be our only focus - opinion

Today, more than ever, we must busy ourselves with positive expressions of Jewishness, peppering our lives with learning, understanding, observance, connections, and community.

 PRESENTING THE CER Prize to then-German chancellor Angela Merkel, together with Brussels’ Chief Rabbi Albert Guigui, 2013

Traveling to Israel today still has valuable lessons to teach - opinion

The trust and respect developed and cultivated during the pandemic are vital now as educators face unprecedented challenges in a post-October 7 world.

 PARTICIPANTS TAKE part in the recent IETA gathering.

Post-October 7, teachers gather to secure the future of Jewish education

Between Monday and Wednesday the Yael Foundation hosted a conference to gather Jewish educators and community leaders to discuss ideas for improving Jewish education.

 Yael Foundation CEO Chaya Yosovich at the 2024 conference Gala.

US, Canadian Jewish day schools develop framework of research, data collection

At Prizmah, we model what it means to be a data-driven organization by using data to craft organizational strategy, define programmatic goals, and evaluate and measure impact.

 AT PRIZMAH, questions researched include: How does my school tuition cost-per-student and fundraising compare to others?

Tikvah Fund, conservative think tank, to open ‘classical’ Jewish day school in New York City

Emet Classical marks the first prominent experiment in a Jewish version of the classical education model.

 Upper East Side, NYC

North American Jewish day schools provide light in darkness - opinion

Now more than ever, we must invest in Jewish day schools to provide our kids – our Jewish future – with the knowledge, the tools, and the pure and simple love of Israel that will empower them.

 AN ACTIVITY in solidarity with Israel takes place at the Bi-Cultural Hebrew Academy – Jewish Day School in Stamford, Connecticut.

Haredi girls lead the achievements of girls in Israel in mathematics, reading

The results are from the PISA test conducted last year, postponed from 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

 Ultra Orthodox girls go to their haredi school "Mishkenot Da'at" which is located on the premises of the secular "Language and Cultures" school, in Beit Shemesh, on September 8, 2014.