Posts Tagged: Yeshiva
Why We Need Yeshivas — and Why They Must Compromise
What is a yeshivah? It's a place where you sit, literally. Of course, you can do many things when you sit -- from meditation to wasting...
Rocket Hits School in Israel’s South: ‘On a Normal Day 450 Students Study Here’
A yeshiva school in Israel’s southern city of Ashkelon, which is the home of 450 students, took a direct hit from the heavy barrage of...
To Keep Young Jews, We Must Tell Them to Question Their Teachers
For me, it is a great privilege to dedicate my life to Jewish education, and I wouldn't exchange it for anything else. But I have...
Priests Walked Into an Israeli Yeshiva — And No, You Haven’t Heard This One Before
JNS.org -- I recently saw worlds being created. My 50 Catholic students at the four-year degree program of the Salesian Pontifical University housed in Jerusalem's Ratisbonne monastery, together with four...
Making Jewish Education Better, Safer and More Affordable
We hear the same complaint every year: The cost of tuition for day schools is a burden that many Jewish families can’t afford. This grievance is understandable. With tuition...
We Must Seek Common Ground in Fight for Oversight of Yeshiva Curriculums
It has come to our attention that Mr. Ezra Friedlander, of the public relations firm The Friedlander Group, is circulating an article that attempts to negatively...
Report: Fearing Antisemitic Attacks, Dozens of New York Rabbis Ask De Blasio for NYPD Protection of Yeshivas
Twenty four rabbis sent a letter to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio calling for heightened security at Jewish schools, the New York Daily...
How to Solve the Jewish Day School ‘Tuition Crisis’
Everyone asks us, what can be done about the cost of a day school education? Week after week, the tuition crisis comes to our attention, front...
Hamas Says ‘Keeping All Options Open’ as Israel Ratchets Up Search for Abducted Teens
"All options of the Palestinian resistance remain open," a Hamas official vowed Monday, as Israel strove to find and free three teens kidnapped Thursday near...
New Program Increases Options for Yeshiva Students Seeking to Earn a BA in Israel
JNS.org - For Anglo university students who are spending a semester abroad in Israel, or those who have recently made aliyah, the Israeli...
Not Fitting Into Judaism’s Little Boxes
I was brought up to be an outsider. My late father, Kopul Rosen, was born in London, educated primarily in Mir in Lithuania, and served...
Jewish Education Can Make Us the ‘Choosing People’
JNS.org - I'll never forget the words of my Hebrew school teacher: "While we may have once been the Chosen People, now we are the...
Late Night with Jew In The City (INTERVIEW)
Contrary to initial assumptions, it was surprising to learn from the eponymous blogger behind the Jew In The City that the website's moniker is NOT...
To Defend or Not to Defend: Orthodox Jews in the IDF
There is a serious battle going on in Israel, not against its external enemies or internal deficiencies, but over the issue of whether ...
