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.