yeshivas Archives – Jewish Journal

NYC Health Department: Yeshivas Must Exclude Unvaccinated Students or Risk Being Shut Down

Erin Ben-Moche April 8, 2019

Sense of siege in Kiryas Joel amid FBI raids and scrutiny of yeshivas

Jewish Journal May 17, 2016

Even before FBI investigators descended last week on the Satmar Chasidic village of Kiryas Joel, there was a growing sense in this insular community that it and its unique way of life were under attack.

Buoyed by charedi growth, Jewish school enrollment in NY up by 4.4 percent in one year

Jewish Journal May 3, 2016

Enrollment in New York State’s Jewish day schools and yeshivas increased by 4.4 percent last year.

N.Y. voters pass bond measure offering up to $38 million for Jewish schools

Jewish Journal November 5, 2014

Voters in New York state passed a schools bond act that may provide up to $38 million in reimbursements to Jewish day schools and yeshivas.

Schools Work Hard to Make the Grade

Nancy Sokoler Steiner February 17, 2005

The Abraham Joshua Heschel Day School West team labored close to two years on their assignment. They administered surveys, compiled data and poured through reams of material. This homework, however, was completed not by students, but by staff and faculty. And the project was not so much required as extra credit.

Sin City Shaliach

Gaby Wenig November 15, 2001

The table is sumptuously laid out for 16, with appetizer plates and enough silverware to promise a multicourse meal. With smells of chicken soup and sounds of seven children playing, it\’s just a typical Friday night in … Las Vegas.