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First-ever Solomon Schechter day school in North America goes Orthodox

Summarizing Jackie Hajdenberg in JTA · Published Monday, January 6, 2025
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JL;DR SUMMARY The Solomon Schechter School of Queens, the first day school named after the influential Conservative Rabbi Solomon Schechter, has transitioned to an Orthodox educational model, rebranding itself as Queens Hebrew Academy. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish Education  Orthodox Judaism  Conservative Judaism  American Judaism  Jewish Denominations  Secular Studies  Solomon Schechter  Bukharian Jews  Demographic Change  Queens Hebrew Academy 

Places mentioned

Kew Gardens Hills, New York, United States
"He estimates that 90% of the students or more identify as Orthodox  in keeping with the schools location in Kew Gardens Hills, a heart of Orthodoxy in New York City."
Forest Hills, New York, United States
"Many of them come from the local Bukharian Jewish community, centered in the nearby neighborhoods of Forest Hills, Rego Park and Little Neck."
Rego Park, New York, United States
"Many of them come from the local Bukharian Jewish community, centered in the nearby neighborhoods of Forest Hills, Rego Park and Little Neck."
Little Neck, New York, United States
"Many of them come from the local Bukharian Jewish community, centered in the nearby neighborhoods of Forest Hills, Rego Park and Little Neck."
Uzbekistan
"Bukharian Jews, whose ancestry comes from the Bukhara region of Uzbekistan and incorporates some Persian Jewish traditions, were able to somewhat maintain their Jewish practice during the Soviet era."
New York City, New York, United States
"About 465 students are enrolled at the school, Kalman said. He estimates that 90% of the students or more identify as Orthodox  in keeping with the schools location in Kew Gardens Hills, a heart of Orthodoxy in New York City."
Queens, New York, United States
"We lack good schools, Khaimov said about Queens. And Schechter is known for having very robust, at least, secular studies, and I think thats why some Bukharians were attracted to that school in the first place."
Israel
"wrote Troy, who now lives in Israel and recently published a book called To Resist the Academic Intifada: Letters to My Students on Defending the Zionist Dream."
Hollis Hills, New York, United States
"In Hollis Hills, where Chazan lives, her Bukharian neighbors have raised children who have now established their own families in the neighborhood."

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