Two-Sided Budget
For Philadelphia's organized Jewish community, this might well be a tale of two state budgets.The first represents the best of times: Pennsylvania's $27.66 billion...
Yeshiva Making a Name for Itself
As spring weather brightened the hallways at Kohelet Yeshiva High School in Merion Station this semester, students raced newly created robots, tinkered on a...
Vouching for School Choice
Sensing an opportunity to make school vouchers a reality in Pennsylvania -- and a potentially big jump in government funds for day school parents...
Rwanda and Its Relevant Lessons
Even though the Holocaust ended nearly 70 years ago, Jamie Etkind's parents still avoid buying German cars.
Even though the Holocaust ended nearly 70 years...
Class Act: Grads Take on Reality
The headlines are stark, even dire: "Recent college graduates face educational second thoughts," reports The Philadelphia Inquirer. "Prospects dim for new grads seeking jobs,"...
The (Mock) Votes Are In
Avi Romanoff spent months preparing to play the role of former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman in a mock school primary.The 15-year-old sophomore at the...
Learning Quality Values From the Start
Tiny hands shoot up as Leslie Maizel selects two volunteers for a role-play exercise at Temple Beth Hillel-Beth El's preschool in Wynnewood.
She positions the...
Local School Leaders Visit Israeli ‘Village’ Devoted to At-Risk Youth
As leaders of two Philadelphia schools for kids who struggle with poverty or foster care, Gabriel Kuriloff and Autumn Graves face extra obstacles as...
Making Hebrew School Accessible
Jackie Bobrin doubted her 8-year-old son Ethan would be able to attend religious school. "Regular" life was difficult enough with the behaviors his doctors...
Rabbi to Teach Students, and ‘Touch Their Hearts’
According to Rabbi Vivian Mayer, the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College's vision of successful rabbinic training includes not only imparting knowledge to its students, but also...