Jewish day schools
Community Day School. (Photo courtesy of Community Day School)
July 9, 2026, 10:05 am
Choosing more than a school
You are choosing the community that will help raise your family.
By Casey Weiss
Sledders enjoy the slopes at Frick Park during a beautiful Pittsburgh day. (Photo by Adam Reinherz)
January 29, 2026, 11:29 am
Snow days, Zoom lessons and community efforts: How day schools weathered Fern
For school leaders, calling a 'snow day' isn’t always the easiest decision. Doing so, while braving recent conditions, reflects a communal climate
By Adam Reinherz
Students and parents at Pittsburgh's Jewish day schools receive boost from a Pennsylvania Department of Education grant. (Photo courtesy of Hillel Academy of Pittsburgh)
December 12, 2025, 9:56 am
$200K state grant to bolster student support and parent programming at Jewish day schools
'Educating the whole child isn’t just teaching them a skill or a particular piece of knowledge or information...It’s dealing with their character. It’s dealing with their confidence.'
By Adam Reinherz
Kindergarten students at Hillel Academy of Pittsburgh enjoy hands-on learning with members of the school's support services and University of Pittsburgh Department of Occupational Therapy. (Photo courtesy of Hillel Academy of Pittsburgh)
December 2, 2025, 6:48 pm
With eye to future, educators aid ‘COVID kindergarteners’
Five years later, pandemic shadows linger. Helping Pittsburgh’s youth requires 'inquiry and partnership,' say local educators
By Adam Reinherz
Students from Community Day School and Joseph and Florence Mandel Jewish Day School gather outside the Tree of Life building for a joint commemoration on Oct. 27, 2025. (Photo by Adam Reinherz)
October 28, 2025, 9:08 am
Day school students from Pittsburgh and Cleveland embrace lessons of Oct. 27
Remembrance is important, educators say, but students also need to know the 'world is made up of more goodness than evil'
By Adam Reinherz
With AI use in schools more prevalent, school leaders change perspective. (Photo by Ron Lach via Pexels)
August 15, 2025, 9:34 am
Once disparaged now embraced, AI receives about-face at Jewish day schools
As educators shift stance on AI in school, key word becomes 'resource'
By Adam Reinherz
Within Allegheny County, 1 in 6 children 'may not have enough food,' according to the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank. (Photo by Photo by Anastasia Shuraeva via Pexels)
August 1, 2025, 3:31 pm
Jewish day schools tackle hunger with compassion and care
About 1 in 5 Pittsburgh residents 'struggle to have healthy, adequate and culturally appropriate food.' As students return to class, three schools renew commitment to keeping students fed
By Adam Reinherz
Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh creates opportunities to engage with the Pittsburgh Jewish community. (Photo by Joshua Franzos)
July 25, 2025, 2:48 pm
Jewish Federation announces more than $7.6 million in allocations
'It's important to know that an organization here in Pittsburgh has raised dollars and is then putting them into the community in places that serve both the Jewish community and the Pittsburgh community as well'
By Adam Reinherz
Community Day School. (Photo courtesy of Community Day School)
April 17, 2025, 9:10 am
If we want Jewish life to survive, we must invest in the living
Jewish continuity has never come from educating others about our suffering. It always comes from educating our children about their story, faith and future.
By Mendy Cohen
A child scrolls from bed. (Photo by Kampus Production via Pexels)
December 11, 2024, 9:24 am
Pittsburgh school leaders tell parents healthy screen use includes saying ‘No’
'We need to work collaboratively and collectively as a community in order to address the larger issues that our children are facing or will face'
By Adam Reinherz
Community Day School. (Photo courtesy of Community Day School)
October 21, 2024, 11:01 am
CDS data breach spurs digital review and recommitment to student safety
'We will continue to act as an institution of integrity and transparency. The sacred duty of educating and protecting our students is our No. 1 priority'
By Adam Reinherz
Learning reaches new heights. (Photo by Alexandre Dulaunoy via Flickr at https://rb.gy/fpj353)
August 26, 2024, 12:46 pm
Classrooms Without Borders invests year in day school educators before taking them to Israel
'After Oct. 7 we learned how much help the Jewish day schools need'
By Adam Reinherz
AI allows children new access to knowledge. Photo via iStock
September 13, 2023, 9:57 pm
Local educators grapple with AI in the classroom
Teachers maintain artificial intelligence is like an ice cream sandwich: great, but not always optimal
By Adam Reinherz
Elke Goldblum, CDS's Social Emotional Learning Program Coordinator leads a student huddle for Yom Ha'atzmaut activities. Photo courtesy of Community Day School
August 7, 2023, 11:58 am
New academic year brings changes to local Jewish schools
Back to school brings new buildings, educational opportunities and greater financial support for staff
By Adam Reinherz
Jan Levinson. Photo courtesy of Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh
July 14, 2023, 7:51 pm
Incoming Federation board chair, Jan Levinson, looks to the future
By actualizing organization's strategic plan, longtime volunteer aims to bolster community
By Adam Reinherz
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