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The “Not a Citadel, a Sanhedrin” Edition
26 Mar 2025
Marking the centennial of the Hebrew University's founding in Jerusalem, the episode dives into the significance of its establishment amidst a politically ch...
26 Mar 2025
eJewishPhilanthropy
Reimagining Jewish citizenship in perilous times: A call for a clear articulation and standards for Jewish civics education
26 Mar 2025
Jewish communities today are facing significant challenges and opportunities, including polarization, rising antisemitism, and political shifts, particularly...
26 Mar 2025
eJewishPhilanthropy
Becoming, belonging and building: Thresholds for Jewish college students
26 Mar 2025
Jewish Threshold Development Theory is being applied by Hillel to support Jewish college students in navigating identity, community, and contribution amidst ...
26 Mar 2025
Lehrhaus
The Jewish Governess
26 Mar 2025
The narrative recounts the unique situation of a Jewish governess, Miss Sarah Rosen, employed at Longhaven Manor, a household torn between her unconventional...
26 Mar 2025
Living Lchaim
The Hasidic Man with a Money Warning for EVERY Family
25 Mar 2025
Mendy Feferkorn addresses financial challenges within the Hasidic and broader Orthodox Jewish communities, emphasizing responsible financial management align...
25 Mar 2025
Mishpacha
Like Mother, Like Daughter
25 Mar 2025
Cindy Scarr reflects on the profound realization that her mother has often shared and anticipated her interests, confirming King Solomon's assertion that "th...
25 Mar 2025
Mishpacha
Motherboard: Craft Without Clutter
25 Mar 2025
"Motherboard: Craft Without Clutter," by Cindy Scarr, in Mishpacha Magazine, offers practical advice for organizing art supplies in homes, particularly for f...
25 Mar 2025
Mishpacha
“If My Child Is a Bully, Is It My Fault?”
25 Mar 2025
The article explores whether a child's bullying behavior is a reflection of parental failure or home environment issues. Rabbi Yerachmiel Garfield suggests t...
25 Mar 2025
18forty
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Sylvia and Simon Jacobson: How Different Generations Talk About Jewish Life [Divergence 1/6]
25 Mar 2025
Sylvia and Simon Jacobson engage in a profound discussion on the intergenerational continuity of Jewish life through the lens of the Chabad movement. They ex...
25 Mar 2025
JTA
For the first time, an undergraduate pro-Palestinian protester is facing deportation
25 Mar 2025
Yunseo Chung, a Columbia University undergraduate and legal permanent U.S. resident, has filed a lawsuit against President Trump and his administration chall...
25 Mar 2025
Moment
Meet Abby Roth: Ben Shapiro’s ‘Classically’ Conservative Sister
24 Mar 2025
Abby Roth, known as Classically Abby, is the sister of conservative commentator Ben Shapiro. A classically trained opera singer, Roth began her online presen...
24 Mar 2025
Emes Ve-Emunah
What Jewish Education Should Look Like
24 Mar 2025
The opening of the new Arie Crown Hebrew Day School campus in Chicago marks a milestone in Jewish education, reflecting a commitment to excellence in both Je...
24 Mar 2025
JTA
These Chicago teens joined a Jewish community response to the mental health crisis
24 Mar 2025
In response to the rising mental health crisis among teens, exacerbated by factors such as social media, academic pressure, and antisemitism, Jewish teens in...
24 Mar 2025
The Beinart Notebook
What if Columbia Were Investigated for Anti-Palestinianism?
24 Mar 2025
Peter Beinart explores the nuances of anti-Palestinianism in the context of growing discussions on antisemitism at universities like Columbia. He suggests th...
24 Mar 2025
eJewishPhilanthropy
A vision-based approach to Israel engagement
24 Mar 2025
Adam Levi argues for a new approach to Israel engagement, emphasizing critical and active engagement over the historically passive relationship many American...
24 Mar 2025
The Beinart Notebook
Nadia Abu El-Haj: “Mahmoud is Not Safe”
23 Mar 2025
Peter Beinart's piece highlights the challenges faced by pro-Palestinian activists in academia, focusing on Nadia Abu El-Haj, a prominent professor at Columb...
23 Mar 2025
Forward
Beware an administration that bellows 'English Only' and 'America First' while decimating education
22 Mar 2025
Aviya Kushner reflects on the potential cultural and social impacts of an executive order by President Trump to shut down the U.S. Department of Education an...
22 Mar 2025
JTA
Columbia bans face masks in protests and acquiesces to other Trump administration demands
21 Mar 2025
Columbia University has yielded to several demands from the Trump administration to regain $400 million in federal grants, following the administration's con...
21 Mar 2025
eJewishPhilanthropy
Strengthening Jewish education from the inside out: Supporting our teachers
21 Mar 2025
The management of Jewish Education Innovation Challenge (JEIC) presents a response to Hillel David Rapp's critique on Jewish day schools' investment prioriti...
21 Mar 2025
Future of Jewish
Australia’s Most Dangerous Export
20 Mar 2025
Helen Dale's essay examines the global spread of settler-colonial ideology originating from Australia, likening it to the Sicilian mafia as a detrimental exp...
20 Mar 2025
The Beinart Notebook
Nadia Abu El-Haj: Mahmoud is Not Safe
20 Mar 2025
Peter Beinart announces a Zoom call featuring a discussion with Nadia Abu El-Haj, a prominent academic at Barnard College and Columbia University. The sessio...
20 Mar 2025
JTA
3 more New York City yeshivas lose status and funding over secular education standards
20 Mar 2025
Tensions continue to rise as three more New York City yeshivas lose their legal status and public funding due to non-compliance with state secular education ...
20 Mar 2025
Jewish History Lectures
Why I love my job as a historian of the Jewish people
20 Mar 2025
In this video, a historian shares their passion for studying and teaching Jewish history. They describe the unique challenges and rewards of piecing together...
20 Mar 2025
eJewishPhilanthropy
Redefining the role of Jewish day schools
20 Mar 2025
Jewish day schools in the U.S. currently serve fewer than 5% of non-Orthodox Jewish children, missing an opportunity to strengthen Jewish identity and commun...
20 Mar 2025
Unorthodox
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How Universities Lost Their Way, With Cary Nelson
20 Mar 2025
Cary Nelson discusses the ideological decline in universities, particularly how anti-Zionism has contributed to current campus climates of ideological confor...
20 Mar 2025
Unorthodox
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How Universities Lost Their Way, With Cary Nelson
20 Mar 2025
Cary Nelson discusses how universities have shifted from their foundational principles of free inquiry to embracing ideological conformity, driven partly by ...
20 Mar 2025
Jewish Insider
Trump’s war on Columbia comes for Middle East studies
20 Mar 2025
Following critiques of its perceived political bias, Columbia University's Middle Eastern studies department faces unprecedented government intervention prop...
20 Mar 2025
Chabad.org
Blind Judge REVEALS The Challenges Of Getting A Law Degree While Disabled
19 Mar 2025
Richard Bernstein, a justice on the Supreme Court of Michigan who was blind from birth, shares his journey to obtaining a law degree and the challenges he fa...
19 Mar 2025
The Beinart Notebook
Debate with Jeffrey Lax
19 Mar 2025
Peter Beinart engages in a thought-provoking Zoom discussion with Professor Jeffrey Lax, a fellow faculty member at CUNY and an advocate against antisemitism...
19 Mar 2025
JTA
In jailhouse letter, Mahmoud Khalil urges renewed student pro-Palestinian protests
19 Mar 2025
Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian protester and leader of pro-Palestinian advocacy at Columbia University, has become a contentious figure following his arrest b...
19 Mar 2025
Ami
The Life and Legacy of Rav Nota Schiller zt”l
19 Mar 2025
Rav Nota Schiller, ztl, emerged from Brooklyn’s secular environment to leave an indelible mark on Jewish education by co-founding Yeshivas Ohr Somayach. Orig...
19 Mar 2025
Mishpacha
Software Savvy: Part 23
18 Mar 2025
Cindy Scarr recounts her experience assisting her former employer, SmartSchool, in improving employee adoption of a new internal system. Despite the frustrat...
18 Mar 2025
18forty
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Eitan Hersh: Can the Jewish Left Talk With the Jewish Right? [Outreach: Bonus]
18 Mar 2025
Political scientist Eitan Hersh discusses strategies for fostering constructive dialogue among students with diverse political and religious perspectives, pa...
18 Mar 2025
JTA
University of Amsterdam ends student exchange with Hebrew U, saying it’s complicit with Israeli military
18 Mar 2025
The University of Amsterdam has halted its student exchange program with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, citing the latter's alleged complicity with Isra...
18 Mar 2025
Mishpacha
Let’s Talk Bullying (Feat. Dr. Rona Novick)
18 Mar 2025
Dr. Rona Novick joins Rabbis Garfield and Schonfeld in a discussion about effective ways for parents and schools to address bullying. They explore how to cre...
18 Mar 2025
eJewishPhilanthropy
At last, a Jewish therapeutic school: A parent’s perspective
18 Mar 2025
Shoshana Moskowitz shares her deeply personal narrative about the struggles faced by her son Moshe, who battles with anxiety and ADHD. Despite supportive eff...
18 Mar 2025
Jewish Action
Taking Back our Schools—and Childhood
18 Mar 2025
Jewish day schools across the U.S., including YULA and BMA, are increasingly banning or restricting smartphone use on campuses to combat growing mental healt...
18 Mar 2025
Jewish Action
Leaving the Fold: The OU’s new study provides insight into attrition
18 Mar 2025
The Orthodox Union's Center for Communal Research has conducted an important study, "Attrition and Connection in American Orthodox Judaism," which explores t...
18 Mar 2025
Jewish Action
When School and Family Don’t Match
18 Mar 2025
School and family misalignment is a significant factor influencing students' religious identity within the Orthodox Jewish community, as highlighted by a stu...
18 Mar 2025
Jewish Action
Kosher ADHD: Surviving and Thriving in the Torah-Observant World
18 Mar 2025
"Kosher ADHD: Surviving and Thriving in the Torah-Observant World" by Drs. Simcha Chesner and Sara Markowitz delves into the unique challenges faced by indiv...
18 Mar 2025
Jewish Action
How Will We Face Our Father?
18 Mar 2025
Rabbi Moshe Hauer discusses the profound impact a thoughtful educator can have on students, illustrated through a letter from a young man who was influenced ...
18 Mar 2025
Lehrhaus
Remembering the Future:Reflections on the Six Remembrancesfor a People That Needs to Learn to Step Back From History
18 Mar 2025
Benjamin Miller's article delves into the spiritual significance of the six remembrances found in many Jewish prayer books. These remembrances, ordered not c...
18 Mar 2025
JTA
Citing Jewish group’s targeting, Cornell grad student files suit against deportations of pro-Palestinian activists
17 Mar 2025
Momodou Taal, a Cornell University grad student, has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration's efforts to deport pro-Palestinian activists, assertin...
17 Mar 2025
Forward
Trump's crusade against Columbia is ripped straight from Hungary's anti-Soros playbook
17 Mar 2025
Emily Tamkin draws parallels between Donald Trump's administration's attacks on Columbia University and Viktor Orbán's targeting of the Central European Univ...
17 Mar 2025
The Beinart Notebook
You Are No Longer a Jew
17 Mar 2025
Peter Beinart discusses the contentious redefinition of Jewish identity within the American Jewish community, highlighting issues around support for Israel a...
17 Mar 2025
Israel: State of a Nation
Hamas brainwashed a generation with Faufa the Mouse | Eylon Levy with Saul Sadka
15 Mar 2025
Eylon Levy and Saul Sadka discuss the long-term implications of Hamas's use of a children's character, Faufa the Mouse, as a tool for radicalization in Gaza....
15 Mar 2025
The Beinart Notebook
James Schamus on the Crisis at Columbia
14 Mar 2025
James Schamus, a Columbia University professor, discusses the challenges currently facing free speech at the institution, especially in the context of pro-Pa...
14 Mar 2025
The Free Press
EXCLUSIVE: Trump Administration Tells Columbia How to Get Its $400M Back
13 Mar 2025
The Trump administration's antisemitism task force issued a directive to Columbia University on how to recover $400 million in federal funds, which were cut ...
13 Mar 2025
Forward
Trump wants campuses to fight antisemitism. Here's how they should actually do it
13 Mar 2025
David N. Myers critiques the Trump administration's approach to handling antisemitism on college campuses, particularly in relation to punitive measures take...
13 Mar 2025
Forward
'Nobody can protect you,' Columbia dean warns foreign students after Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest
13 Mar 2025
The arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian activist and former Columbia University student, has sparked significant controversy and concern among internatio...
13 Mar 2025