Some of the most interesting and creative work in all of Jewish studies today is happening neither in universities nor as part of a yeshiva curriculum.
Those who defend ḥasidic yeshivas against increasing state regulation have conjured up an unrecognizable fairy-tale world. But the arguments of the state’s defenders are even worse.
Maury Litwack’s campaign to rescue America’s non-public schools and solve the Jewish community’s tuition crisis.
Not the exclusive domain of scribes
Musar, Modern Orthodoxy, and pedagogy.
American civilization seems to be undergoing a cultural crisis. What does this mean for the purpose and prospects of Jewish schools?
Even before the pandemic, Jewish families were turning to smaller and more independent methods of schooling. But they need legal and financial help.
After the Great Disruption, a new renaissance can emerge, marrying Jewish classical education and novel technology, and confronting the cultural crisis with Jewish exceptionalism.
Starting with education.
The school-choice advocate joins us to talk about what the just-released ruling means for education in America generally, and for Jews specifically.
Marvin Schick, in memoriam.
“If a father doesn’t teach his son a trade, it’s as if he taught him highway robbery.”
Albany should instead be encouraging alternatives to public schooling—religious schools included.
If traditional schools are going to teach secular subjects, it makes sense to teach them traditionally