NYC public schools don’t have the final two days of Passover off next year. A petition is trying to change that. Next year will be the first time in decades that the NYC Department of Education hasn’t given the entire Passover holiday as a vacation.
Teachers’ unions are increasingly debating Israel — and in some places are backing boycotts The National Educational Association, the largest teachers’ union in the country, is the latest to attract outside attention for pro-Palestine advocacy.
West Virginia lawmakers pass bill allowing Bible courses in public schools. A Jewish third-grader testified that it’s a ‘bad idea.’ The measure would allow social studies electives on the Hebrew Scriptures, Old Testament and New Testament.
United States Virginia Beach will suspend school calendar that starts on Rosh Hashanah following Jewish complaints