Jewish education

Jewish education organization targets program at adults with intellectual disabilities

The program, called What’s Mine is Yours: Jewish Adult Learning for All., aims to provide Jewish academic resources for adults with disabilities, who have few options for Jewish educations.

GRADUATES FROM a What's Mine is Yours class at Keshet in Chicago.
People charge their devices, eat and warm themselves at a mobile resilience hub set up in a residential district amid electricity and heating interruptions on Jan. 20, 2026 in Kyiv, Ukraine.

After 4 years of war, Ukraine’s Jews adapt to a life of sirens, shortages and uncertainty

 South African flag.

Elite South African school apologizes over refusal to play Jewish day school at fixture

'In the Diaspora we need to continue with Jewish education.’ Tal Ben-Shahar at the Yael Awards in Vienna earlier this month.

Teaching Jewish happiness after October 7: An educator's fresh approach to Jewish pride


At Vienna’s Yael Awards, Jewish education is framed as infrastructure, not crisis response

With antisemitism rising, the Yael Foundation shifts the conversation from reactive measures to long-term investment, honoring schools that treat Jewish education as the backbone of resilience

Survivor Agam Berger played "Hallelujah."

Own your flame

How the Yael Awards are blazing the future of Jewish education

Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli presenting an award to Deputy Mayor of Rome Tobia Zevi, who received it on behalf of the Mayor of Rome Roberto Gualtieri, honored for his unwavering support, his commitment to Jewish education, and his role in strengthening Jewish life in Rome and beyond.

Top Jewish educators from around the world selected as finalists for the 2026 Yael Awards

"Education is the most important investment we can make for a strong Jewish future.”

The Yael Awards statue

Learning Hebrew in bomb shelters: How Dnipro Jewry endures Russian invasion

The war opened new opportunities for Dnipro's Jews to reconnect to Judaism, finding purpose and hope amid the missile barrages.

Dnipro, Ukraine in January 2026.

Tulsa’s Jewish community pushes back on Oklahoma Jewish charter school proposal

“To bypass community consultation in favor of an externally driven initiative is a serious error,” the community stated.

Peter Deutsch, founder of the Ben Gamla Jewish Charter School Foundation, addresses the Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board on Jan. 12, 2026, in Oklahoma City.

Affordable tuition for 2026: The resolution Jewish education needs this New Year's - opinion

Strengthening Jewish education in America strengthens the Jewish future everywhere. The opportunity is real. The timing is right. Now we must choose to act.

A classroom at the Darchei Torah Boys School in Far Rockaway, Queens, New York on May 16, 2018

Early childhood will be the foundation of a Jewish Renaissance - opinion

Jewish continuity is shaped long before adulthood, and early childhood education must become a priority.

Preschoolers at Temple Judea ECC, which received a grant from EarlyJ to open a toddler classroom.

Choosing to lead with hope - opinion

Hope is the belief that the world can be made whole and that Jews have a role in doing just that.

THE WRITER speaks with Rachel Goldberg-Polin and Jon Polin at an event hosted by The Jewish Education Project, the UJA-Federation of New York, and RootOne, at The Temple Emanu-El Streicker Cultural Center, earlier this month.

What the Jewish community teaches about hope in action, not as a feeling - opinion

The Hope Study from M²: The Institute for Experiential Jewish Education, found that “community” was the most powerful driver of hope among professionals at Jewish organizations.

 Hope vs. happiness: Which matters more? Researchers explain. Illustration.

Jewish group revives push for public funding for religious schools that stalled at Supreme Court

The National Ben Gamla Jewish Charter School Foundation intends to apply for a statewide virtual high school integrating Oklahoma academic standards with daily Jewish religious studies.

The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., is pictured on July 30, 2024.