Jewish education

UK Jewish schools spend more time on security than education, antisemitism review reveals - report

The government-commissioned independent review is led by David Bell, who previously served as permanent secretary at the Department for Education from 2006 to 2011.

|ByTZVI JASPER
People attend a rally of Jewish community groups, including Campaign Against Antisemitism and Stop the Hate UK, calling for action to "extinguish antisemitism", outside Downing Street in London, Britain, May 10, 2026.
The launch event for the National Program for the Immigration of Teachers to Israel, a joint venture of the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Aliyah and Absorption and the "Nefesh B'Nefesh" organization. August 5, 2026.

Israel launches program to recruit North American Jewish teachers

The new initiative will streamline licensing, job placement, and aliyah for North American Jewish educators seeking to teach in Israel.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A MODEL OF the Second Temple of Jerusalem.

Tisha B'Av reminds us that rebuilding Israel begins with education - opinion

Perhaps the rebuilding of Jerusalem begins when we become what Isaiah called repairers of the breach, and every act of education becomes another stone in that rebuilding.

|ByOFEK MEIR
Yael Foundation Co-Founder Uri Poliavich on a visit to the Jewish school in Rome: "I am delighted that we are launching this unprecedented project that will keep Jewish communities safer and more secure."

New Yael Foundation data reveal Jewish education enrollment growing

Despite global uncertainty, Jewish education enrollment is excelerating in in 48 countries

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Facing declining enrollment, Schechter Manhattan to close at end of school year

Schechter Manhattan’s closure means that only one school with roots in the Conservative movement remains in the five boroughs.

OCTOBER 4, 2023ByBEN SALES/JTA
Upper West Side, Manhattan, New York City.

Jewish education is a vital cultural resource - opinion

Those with highly engaged cultural upbringing have a more intense Jewish cultural identity, regardless of the number of years of Jewish day school education received.

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023ByADINA BANKIER-KARP
Students from the World ORT-affiliated Colegio Leon Pinelo in Lima, Peru, prepare for Rosh Hashana.