Halachic Musings: Smile! It’s Back To School
It is the first week of school across the tristate area, and students will be greeted by their teachers, both new and old. Many of these teachers have been...
SKA’s Class of 2019 Says Goodbye
High school may be over for the recent graduates of the Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls but they’ll always be a part of the SKA community.
The SKA...
Why We Must Be Concerned About NYS Proposed Regulations
By Richard Altabe
More than 125,000 private and religious school parents, alumni, educators, and others have submitted comments to the state education department opposed to the proposed new regulations for...
SKA/DRS Faculty Learn at Inservice
Faculty members of HALB’s Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls and the Davis Renov Stahler High School for Boys were privileged to hear from Dr. Deborah Gilboa, a...
Big Ideas at Brandeis
Brandeis is so excited to welcome everyone back to another incredible year. The toddler program is excited to be working with New York State to open a third classroom...
Mesivta Yam HaTorah Welcomes New Faculty Members
Mesivta Yam HaTorah is excited to welcome the following new faculty members for the upcoming 2019–2020 school year.
Rabbi Yosef Jaffe, halachah, bekiyus, and Chumash rebbe.
Originally from Passaic, New Jersey,...
Neo-Nazi Website Publishes Photos of Yeshiva University Students
A U.S. neo-Nazi website with the tagline, “No Jews, Just Right,” has published the photos of thousands of students and faculty at Yeshiva University (YU) in New York City.
The...
Local Officials Speak Up Against Oversight for Private Schools
The New York State Education Department has announced its plan to dramatically expand its authority over private schools by implementing a set of regulations titled “Substantially Equivalent Instruction for...
Raising Responsible Digital Citizens
By Dr. Eli Shapiro
I began exploring the norms of responsible technology-related behavior, and how that definition evolves with technology, while doing my doctoral dissertation on cyberbullying in 2012.
I realized...
CAHAL Anticipates Record Enrollment for September 2019
After 27 years of providing outstanding education to hundreds of Jewish children in our community yeshivas, CAHAL is anticipating the 2019–2020 school year with the largest enrollment and number...
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Statement from The Orthodox Union and the Orthodox Union-Jewish Learning Initiative on Campus
This morning, the following guidance was shared with the students in our...
Are We Midgets or Giants
Moshe Taragin
More than two centuries of Egyptian persecution and oppression had shuttered the Jewish imagination. We couldn’t imagine anything beyond the squalor and misery...