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Gov. Josh Shapiro with the Jewish day school students from across the state who visited the state capital as part of Teach PA's Advocacy Day. (Photo provided by Etti Martel) 
May 5, 2026, 12:06 pm
Day school students take advocacy to Harrisburg in Teach PA trip
“I think it was helpful,” Rosenblum said. “It was good to go, and I think it will become a yearly tradition.”
By David Rullo
Scott Sokol, head of school at MetroWest Jewish Day School in Framingham, Massachusetts, leading morning circle, in 2019. (Courtesy of MWJDS)
February 2, 2026, 4:36 pm
Boston-area Jewish day school closing after 25 years, says model not ‘sustainable’
Currently, there are only about 20 students enrolled at MetroWest Jewish Day School, officials say.
By Jackie Hajdenberg
A classroom at the Darchei Torah Boys School in Far Rockaway, Queens, New York on May 16, 2018 (Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)
September 29, 2025, 12:52 pm
New York becomes latest experiment in subsidies for Jewish day school tuition
UJA-Federation launches $15 million, three-year pilot to ease costs for families and Jewish communal workers.
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Photo by Brigitte Werner.
July 5, 2022, 9:49 am
Where have all the teachers gone?
“It’s been hard to hire teachers,” he said. “It’s getting harder and harder for the past five, six years. Every year, there are fewer responses to our ads."
By David Rullo
Rabbi Gil Perl is the founding head of school at Jewish Leadership Academy. (Courtesy of Jewish Leadership Academy)
February 22, 2022, 3:07 pm
In Miami, a selective new Jewish school hopes to attract top students
The school aims to merge traditional Jewish learning with the trappings of the nation’s most elite private schools.
By Andrew Lapin
Lily Karoll logs on for some online learning with Hillel Academy. Photo courtesy of Shoshi Butler
April 2, 2020, 8:37 am
Day school students embrace online learning
Jewish day schools embrace the virtual classroom
By Justin Vellucci
Hillel Academy librarian Bonnie Morris reads to a class of young students. Photo by Toby Tabachnick
October 11, 2017, 12:13 pm
Local day-school libraries survive, in a way, in the digital age
Nowadays, teenagers mostly carry the world’s knowledge in a pocket, a smartphone or computer at home.
By Toby Tabachnick
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