Jewish Education
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“This policy eases financial pressure on families, strengthens communities and expands educational opportunity at no cost to the state—priorities that resonate across party lines,” Sydney Altfield, of Teach Coalition, told JNS.
“There was nothing that explicitly connects antisemitism studies, which is a subdiscipline more popular in Europe, with the discipline of Holocaust studies,” Professor Adam Rovner told JNS.
“Jewish ideas are central to the foundations of Western culture and the American constitutional order,” a senior university official stated.
The ZEI Fellowship will train North American Jewish high school educators to teach Israel and Zionism through an intensive program and new curriculum.
The fourth annual summit will address innovation, leadership, Jewish identity and the challenges of modern education.
As antisemitism rises in North America, Club Z founder Masha Merkulova tells JNS that Jewish teens must be equipped long before they reach college.
Liza Wiemer, author of “The Assignment,” says she believes that it was included because “it gives students multiple ways to use their voices.”
The new Nelech initiative offers a high school program with Israeli students as an immersive introduction to the realities of life in the Jewish state.
How can we translate the Shoah’s testimonies into actionable, practical lessons for the 21st century?
Rabbi A.D. Motzen, who praised the move, told JNS that there is no opt-out mechanism.
“Religious schools cannot be shut out of state programs just because they are religious,” an attorney for the school stated.
