Education
A high school student was required to watch a short video about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as part of his online summer course taken through the York Region District School Board.
Part-time engineering lecturer Stephen Lamonby at Solent University said he was “excited to meet a Jewish physicist.” He also noted that Germans, too, were “good at engineering.”
“Just like after the temples were destroyed we formed new ways of worship, now we are learning Torah and even making shiva calls online. If the virus can travel, so can Jewish life,” says Rabbi Jack Riemer.
The proposed educational directive has been accused of anti-Semitism and anti-Israel bias, with little, if any, Jewish input into what will be taught to public-school students.
Israeli education minister: Schools to open, but with restrictions
Students from grade five and up will now mostly study remotely with class sizees to be capped at 18 students.
Boston-based philanthropic partnership to transition to Hillel International
“We have an unprecedented opportunity to engage and inspire thousands of Jewish students who have yet to be connected to the richness and beauty of Jewish communal life,” said longtime CJP staff member Cheryl Aronson.
Marcus steps down from civil-rights post at US Department of Education
After two years, he has decided to return to private life.
Rep. Scott DesJarlais (R-Tenn.) urges investigating whether the Ivy League school’s MacMillan Center has been violating the Higher Education Act by receiving grant money and demonizing Israel.
Expected to be signed into law, it will also establish a commission to study best practices for teaching such subjects in New Hampshire public schools.
Yehoshua Bedrick, director of policy at EdChoice, told JNS that the decision is “a major victory for religious liberty and for families seeking to provide their children with an education in accordance with their religious tradition and values.”
Jordanian think tank claims that the bible proves “Jerusalem was always an Arab city.”
Im Tirtzu says it launched the site to show that the delegitimization campaign against the Jewish state “is often created, bolstered and spearheaded by Israelis themselves.”
