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.

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.

‘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.

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

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

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

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Why Jewish day school students should recite the Pledge of Allegiance

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

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Toronto ex-day school teacher charged with having child porn

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Schechter network partnering with Montessori group

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