The current global financial downturn has adversely affected Jewish communities far and wide. One potentially devastating result, for younger families, is the challenge of affording Jewish day school tuition. A double curriculum, particularly on the high school level, requires twice the faculty needed for general studies, causing a great deal of additional expense. Even before Continue Reading »
Whereas Jewish education is and has always been essential to the perpetuation of our people and its sacred mesorah; and, Whereas many studies indicate a statistically significant correlation between an intensive Jewish education (such as a Jewish day school or yeshiva education from preschool to high school) and commitment to Jewish identity; and, Whereas education Continue Reading »
Whereas communally funded, obligatory, local Torah education for Jewish youth has been a mark of distinction and pride for Jewish communities for 2000 years since the righteous High Priest Yehoshua ben Gamla first established it during the Second Temple period (Baba Batra 21a; Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah 245:7); and Whereas currently in the United States Continue Reading »