Government
Orthodox Jews campaign to push Senate for $10B school choice billAn association of Orthodox Jews is launching a national campaign to encourage the Senate to pass national school choice legislation and double the bill’s maximum funding amount. The Educational Choice… Read More
Public Education
CA agrees to stop excluding Jewish private schools from receiving funding for students with disabilitiesJewish parents in California have won a major victory after the stateâs department of education agreed in federal court to halt its exclusion of Jewish private schools from receiving funding… Read More
Public Education
Jewish teacher suing Portland teachers’ union over alleged antisemitic curriculum(The Center Square) â The Freedom Foundation has filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of a Jewish public-school teacher in Oregon who claims the teacherâs union he is compelled to associate… Read More
Culture
Antisemitic attacks in U.S. last year highest on record since 1979(The Center Square) â The number of antisemitic attacks tracked by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) in 2024 were the largest on record since it began reporting antisemitic incidents in 1979. Read More
Culture
âFree Mahmoud!â: Anti-Israel protesters occupy Trump Tower lobby(Daily Caller News Foundation) â A crowd of anti-Israel protesters forced their way into Trump Tower in New York City Thursday to demand that President Donald Trumpâs administration release Mahmoud… Read More
Culture
More border crisis-fueled terrorist attacks likely, experts warn(Daily Caller News Foundation) â Experts and available data suggest that the alleged terrorist attack against Chicagoâs Jewish community in October wonât be the last time a suspected extremist is… Read More
Courts
Orthodox Jewish families win appeal against California for religious discrimination in special ed caseOrthodox Jewish families scored a legal victory when a U.S. Court of Appeals overturned a prior ruling. In accordance with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), California allows students… Read More
Culture
Jewish 7th grader harassed so badly at California public school she transferred to private Jewish schoolA Jewish girl is suing her California school after alleged harassment by staff and fellow students forced her to leave the school. The 12-year-old Jewish girlâs family filed the lawsuit… Read More
Culture
Banner announcing Jewish speaker at university vandalized with pro-Palestinian graffiti within hours(Daily Caller News Foundation) â A banner announcing a Jewish speaker at the University of Iowa was vandalized with pro-Palestinian graffiti just hours after being unveiled, the Daily Caller News… Read More
Culture
Jewish college students feel increasingly unsafe on university campuses, new survey findsA recent survey of Jewish university students and recent graduates found that Jewish students feel increasingly unsafe on Americaâs college campuses and are being both verbally and physically harassed as… Read More
Culture
Jewish school enrollment grows as parents ‘rethink their educational priorities’Amid the rise of antisemitism in the United States since the Israel-Hamas war began, Jewish parents are rethinking how their children are educated. âItâs been very hard for the Jewish… Read More
Culture
Jewish college students in the U.S. face antisemitism, little help from officials(The Center Square) â The rise of pro-Palestinian protests on U.S. university campuses often feature protesters calling for violence against Jews, leaving Jewish students feeling unsafe and frustrated by the… Read More
Culture
Christian, Jewish leaders condemn ongoing political and spiritual âpersecutionâ of Päivi Räsänen(The Daily Signal) â An interfaith coalition has offered prayers of solidarity to two evangelical Christians facing their third trial for declaring that homosexuality violates the Bible, a position… Read More
Public Education
Anti-Israel demonstrators harass Jewish students in library of Cooper Union college(Daily Caller News Foundation) â Jewish students at the prestigious Cooper Union college in New York City huddled in a library as pro-Palestine protesters tried to breach the entrance. The… Read More
Public Education
NYC Department of Education accuses Orthodox Jewish schools of failing students, even though they score higher than public schoolsNew York City has accused Orthodox Jewish, or yeshiva, schools of not adequately educating their students in âsecularâ topics. After an eight-year investigation, the NYC Department of Education… Read More