Ideas

Running a Jewish day school just got a lot more expensive — and parents shouldn’t be the only ones paying the price

In the Jewish worldview, Jewish education is not a consumer good but a communal obligation.

Ideas

I organized a solidarity mission from Israel to New York City during the pandemic. This is what I heard.

“The Jewish New York I saw was switched off,” writes Gary Levy, a member of the Dror Israel education movement.

Ideas

We can’t kvell over Kamala Harris’ Jewish husband while we demonize interfaith marriage

It’s hypocritical to celebrate the Jewish ties of any celebrity while discriminating against the very relationships that tie them to the community, writes Alicia Chandler.

What I wish they taught us in Hebrew school

It’s been 3 years since Charlottesville. We’re suing to break the cycle of terror that followed.

After Charlottesville, Trump violated George Washington’s promise to American Jews

Powerful Jewish women face vicious tropes — they’re being used against Biden’s VP choice, too

Rochester’s Jews want to help end racial segregation. First we need to acknowledge how we’ve contributed to it.

We run Jewish day schools in NY. To reopen safely, we need our community’s support.

Peter Beinart ignores an inconvenient truth: Israelis and Palestinians haven’t given up on a two-state solution

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