New York Sun

Jewish Group Moves To Open Religious Charter School in Oklahoma, Possibly Giving the Supreme Court Another Chance To Weigh in

A legal battle over the creation of the nation’s first religious charter school may wind up before the U.S. Supreme Court again, as a Jewish foundation is hoping to open a religious charter school in ...
Jewish Journal

Rabbis of LA | How Rabbi David Kasher Spans the Secular and Religious Worlds

For most of the year, Rabbi David Kasher grew up “as a regular American kid,” spending the school year with his hippie mother in Oakland. But summers were spent with his religious father in Brooklyn. ...
The Jerusalem Post Blogs

Oklahoma board to vote on application for religious Jewish charter school

The proposal would integrate Oklahoma academic standards with daily Jewish religious instruction, including Hebrew, Jewish texts, holidays and religious practice. A Jewish education group seeking to ...
The Forward

Jewish group revives religious charter school fight in Oklahoma, months after test case stalled at Supreme Court

(JTA) — Months after a Supreme Court deadlock blocked an attempt by a Catholic church to create the nation’s first openly religious, publicly funded charter school, a Jewish group is now advancing a ...
Jewish Exponent

Rabbi Daniel Levitt: Bala Cynwyd Resident Forges Jewish Connections at Gratz College

Discover the journey of Rabbi Daniel Levitt, director of adult Jewish learning, and his passion for Jewish education.
Brandeis University

Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Studies in Jewish Education

This project focused on the distinctive forms of Jewish learning that can occur when individuals and groups experience the cultural arts. Learning in cultural arts contexts is a broad field of inquiry ...
In These Times

The Jewish Diaspora Movement

As newly ordained rabbi Louisa Solomon crunched the numbers on her new Jewish education project, she encountered a good problem: Too many people wanted to attend. “People just started coming up to me ...
Sun Sentinel

Nearly a quarter of Americans raised Jewish have left the religion, survey says

Almost one in four U.S. adults raised Jewish do not identify as religiously Jewish anymore, according to a recent study by the Pew Research Center. The study, published on March 26, surveyed ...
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For the 1st time, religious 1st-graders in Israel outnumber secular ones by thousands

For the first time in Israel’s history, this year thousands more children will begin first grade in religious Jewish schools than in secular ones, according to data the Education Ministry provided to ...
The Chronicle

‘A great place to be a religious person’: A glimpse into Duke’s Religious Life Fair

Dozens of religious organizations gathered on Bryan Center Plaza to showcase their groups Sept. 8 as part of Duke’s Identity, Culture and Religion week, the third in Duke’s six Welcome Weeks. Their ...
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Oklahoma board to vote on application for religious Jewish charter school, teeing up potential battle

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