day schools

For Jewish schools, Thanksgiving presents a new test of COVID rules and parent trust

“I’m going to trust that this is a community that’s going to look out for each other,” one mother said, hoping other parents take the pandemic as seriously as she does.

By Shira Hanau November 23, 2020 11:51 am

Messages in Jewish New York City school parent chats advise against COVID testing to prevent shutdowns

The WhatsApp message comes as cases are on the rise in many Orthodox communities and flies in the face of public health messaging.

September 24, 2020 4:12 pm

‘This is what we expected’: COVID closures and quarantines already widespread at New York-area Jewish day schools

“Whenever they would have opened, it would have happened,” one local pediatrician said of the COVID cases and exposures in schools.

September 14, 2020 4:48 pm

Are families fleeing Jewish day schools? Far from it, but it’s complicated.

By Ben Harris July 28, 2020 3:11 pm

Alumni call on Jewish day schools to do more to fight racism

By Shira Hanau June 11, 2020 7:05 pm

Here’s how these Jewish day schools are navigating the perilous political divide

By Derek Kwait November 3, 2017 1:51 pm

Ideas

Why Jewish day school students should recite the Pledge of Allegiance

By Abby W. Schachter May 16, 2016 11:33 am

Conservative, Orthodox, pluralistic and Reform day school organizations to merge

January 19, 2016 6:04 pm

Toronto ex-day school teacher charged with having child porn

December 18, 2015 2:31 pm

Schechter network partnering with Montessori group

August 20, 2014 3:12 pm

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