Posts Tagged: Jewish education
Effective Jewish Advocacy Begins With Jewish Education
Since its passage in December, UN Security Council Resolution 2334, which claimed that Israel′s settlement activity and sovereignty over the Western Wall are "flagrant violations" of international...
Major Jewish Group Says Trump Pick of School-Choice Champion as Education Secretary Good News for Community
The executive director of the public-policy arm of the largest Orthodox Jewish organization in the United States told The Algemeiner on Thursday why President-elect Donald...
Ivanka Trump at Florida Synagogue: My Father Called Before Jewish High Holidays and Said ‘You Better Pray Hard for Me’
Ivanka Trump -- the Jewish daughter of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump -- told a synagogue gathering in the battleground state of Florida on Thursday...
A Commencement Message and a Call to Judaism
Your birth was your defining moment -- yet you didn't ask to be born at all, much less to the family you were born into. You didn't...
A New Israel Divide: One Family vs. A School and a Jewish Community (PART TWO)
JNS.org - (Part 2 of a two-part series. Read Part 1 here.) In the first part of this series, we described the developing legal drama between the Rachmuth family and...
A New Israel Divide: One Family vs. a School and a Jewish Community (PART ONE)
JNS.org - (Part 1 of a two-part series) Ask two Jews, you get three opinions — or is it four? We’re a people so fractious that we...
We Must Show Our Children That Judaism Is a Religion of Rebellion
The establishment of the state of Israel, together with the challenges that modernity has presented to the Jewish people, have confronted Judaism with a reality...
Senator Schumer: Condoning Terror Against Israel Led to Paris Attacks
Because the world failed to rise up against terrorism directed against Israel beginning in the 1970s, the type of terrorism witnessed last Friday across Paris, killing more than...
$300K in Jewish Education Funding Aids Houston Families Affected by Flood
JNS.org - Two grants totaling $300,000 from the Jim Joseph Foundation and The AVI CHAI Foundation have provided scholarships for Jewish day schools, early childhood programs,...
The Ties That Bind: Marking 20 Years of a Reimagined B’nai Mitzvah Process
JNS.org - In recent years, many communities have taken a fresh look at their b’nai mitzvah ceremonies. How can it be more relevant? More inspiring? And...
Major School District’s Jewish Leader Has Big-Picture Vision for Public Education
JNS.org - Cindy Marten respects private educational institutions in the Jewish community and elsewhere, but at the very least, she believes that Jewish parents should give...
Jewish Schools, Organizations Close Early Amid Baltimore ‘Purge’ Rumors
As Baltimore continued to reel from three days of intense rioting, Jewish schools and organizations in Baltimore shut their doors early on Tuesday amid rumors...
Riding the Wave of Change in Part-Time Jewish Education
JNS.org - Amid the numerous studies and analyses regarding Jewish American life, a simple fact remains: part-time Jewish education is the most popular vehicle...
Sheldon Adelson: Political Parties ‘on the Same Side’ When it Comes to Israel
JNS.org - Jewish philanthropist Sheldon Adelson, a major funder of the Republican Party, told a gathering of Israeli Americans that U.S. political parties are...
