In the wake of an order by the New York State Board of Regents that private schools — including yeshivas — demonstrate that their secular studies curricula are substantially equivalent to …
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9/29/22
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There has always been a tension at the core of the concept of Yeshiva College. A Yeshiva is an institution committed to the yoke of heaven and to the observance of the Torah’s commandments, …
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By Rabbi Hershel Billet
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9/22/22
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Rep. Lee Zeldin, the Republican candidate for governor, joined a chorus of Jewish leaders on Tuesday in attacking the state Board of Regents following its action to crack down on secular-subject shy …
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9/14/22
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The state Board of Regents unanimously approved regulations on Tuesday that require private schools to prove they are teaching the same core subjects, in English, that public schools cover. On …
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9/14/22
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Nefesh B’Nefesh brought 225 olim back home to Israel on Tuesday, aboard its first post-pandemic El Al charter flight.
“I’ve missed this sight,” NBN co-founder Rabbi …
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The Jewish Star
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8/18/22
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Twenty-eight US undergraduates are participating in the 11th annual Summer Science Research Internship Program, a joint initiative of Bar-Ilan University and Yeshiva University enabling students to …
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8/10/22
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YUConnects and the Young Israel of Woodmere attracted 80 guests, ages 24 to 32, to a Shabbos for Singles last weekend.
The group began Shabbos Parshas Chukas with its own minyan for Kabbalas …
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7/13/22
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The North Shore Hebrew Academy Middle School Megillah Readers Program, initiated two decades ago by Dr. Paul Brody …
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7/13/22
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Bar-Ilan University in Ramat Gan has inaugurated a Center for Energy and Sustainability and launched a Multidisciplinary School for Sustainability and the Environment. Over the next decade, it plans …
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6/28/22
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Messages of Jewish pride, family continuity and history were front and center for HAFTR third graders who participated in the school’s M’Dor L’Dor: Generation to Generation program …
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6/16/22
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