Jewish education
Communal priorities in hostile times.
Teenagers may love their smartphones, but they know intuitively that real learning doesn’t happen on screens.
Jewish schools can illuminate the tradeoffs of screen-mediated learning, and show the country how to refocus on education’s higher purposes.
“Having a serious religious background today is probably one of the best gateways to being open to reading classical texts.”
The yeshivas take their case to New York’s highest court.
A new philanthropic agenda.
“We cannot innovate our way out of this problem.”
A storied Conservative institution goes Orthodox.
American Jewry has spent over $100 million in Hebrew education. The results are far from impressive.
“Home of the Victory of Knowledge.”
The state can mandate educational requirements, but parents retain a right to determine how they fulfil them.
Is that a kaftan or a kimono?
Rabbinic “fellows” and their graduation odes.