Jewish Education
Experts in a literary genre often overlooked in Israel explain what makes it so unique.
Rabbi Chaim Dovid Zwiebel, executive vice president of Agudath Israel of America, said “excluding religious-school students from a state aid program that benefits other private-school students is discriminatory and unconstitutional.”
Matthew McGrath, 37, of Middletown, N.Y., broke into Camp Young Judea in the town of Union Vale and caused damage to the property.
Chana Sutofsky wrote in a Facebook post: “It’s truly a sad day when people whose highest values are peace, performing acts of lovingkindness, self-improvement, study and prayer are targeted by such hate.”
Shmuel Silverberg, 19, of Ohio, attended Yeshiva Toras Chaim, a boys high school and “beit midrash” program for post-high school studies.
“Our goal is to be on every campus,” says program co-founder Brian Blehar—“to arm the kids with the facts” and with the ability to defend themselves.
At $1,000 per grant, One Happy Camper has meant the allocation of some $100 million in philanthropic funds to Jewish camps.
It uses Israeli songs, educational games, outdoor activities, sports and cooking workshops to provide campers with basic vocabulary.
The season comes with some changes in place for safety and mental health after not seeing friends and staff for two years, and after a year in which the coronavirus has taken its toll.
“Until now, we have been reaching just 70 schools each year, but there are 1,500 Jewish schools in the world, and we want to help all of them,” said inister for Diaspora Affairs Omer Yankelevich.
The collection comes online exactly 97 years after the author’s death on June 3, 1924.
“We were pleasantly surprised,” said Rabbi Shlomo Soroka, director of government affairs for Agudath Israel of Illinois who has also led the Jewish organization’s efforts in Missouri.
