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These Jewish day schools embracing AI are reimagining education for the high-tech era

January 7, 2026January 10, 2026Sara Wood

In one classroom, students create a podcast featuring an “interview” with the prophet Elijah. In another, instructors teach Jewish prayers using AI-created songs with rhyming lyrics. Elsewhere, Jewish studies classes are automatically recorded and translated into multiple languages for a multilingual student body. Welcome to Jewish day schools in the age of artificial intelligence. With […]

With rising numbers of American students considering college in Israel, a new program offers help

December 24, 2025December 25, 2025Sara Wood

With American Jews experiencing rising antisemitism, particularly on college campuses, a growing number of Jewish high school students are considering options in Israel for their college education. “In Israel, being Jewish isn’t something you manage,” said Ariel Fromowitz, a New Jersey native who moved to Israel after high school and is now studying engineering at […]

Forging Israel’s quiet heroes: Inside the Holtz Air Force High School

December 18, 2025David Leibermann

When in June the Israeli Air Force launched a high-stakes mission to bomb elements of Iran’s nuclear arsenal, many of the technical crews behind the pilots who executed the operation shared a surprising detail. They all graduated from the same high school: Holtz Interdisciplinary Air Force High School in south Tel Aviv. The school is […]

Facing antisemitism and exclusion, Jewish authors get a lifeline

December 8, 2025December 8, 2025Sara Wood

Susan Blumberg-Kason, a Jewish author whose work explores Jewish history and identity, was deep into a book about Golda Meir’s Milwaukee childhood when her literary agent abruptly dropped her early last year. The agent offered only a vague explanation, saying, “We can no longer champion your career.” Blumberg-Kason was surprised at the 180-degree turn by […]

With antisemitism and costs of living on the rise elsewhere, this Jewish day school in Dallas is booming

December 4, 2025December 4, 2025Sara Wood

DALLAS — Meral Tubi and her Israeli husband Kfir never imagined they’d one day leave their Los Angeles home to move to Texas. But something changed over the last two years. Their young children reached school age, they saw a sharp rise in antisemitism following Oct. 7, 2023, and then they experienced wave after wave […]

At Tel Aviv school of last resort, missile damage from war bring challenges—and opportunities

November 20, 2025David Leibermann

TEL AVIV — Students at the Max Fein Vocational High School in Tel Aviv are used to overcoming challenges. The school long has been known as a place where students who have fallen through the cracks in Israel’s state educational system — whether due to trauma, family problems, mental health struggles or socioeconomic hardship — […]

With students shifting their study habits, this Jewish university is embracing smart AI adoption

November 19, 2025November 19, 2025Sara Wood

NEW YORK — When Rachel Dahari went back to school in September to get a master’s degree in social work, she didn’t think the excitement around generative AI would be relevant to her education. That quickly changed when she began to learn about the many ways AI was being used at her school. Social work […]

By the thousands, IDF Lone Soldiers find support and services at unique Tel Aviv Errands Day

November 18, 2025David Leibermann

TEL AVIV — When A. moved from Florida to Israel after high school and began his mandatory service in the Israel Defense Forces, he knew it would be challenging to serve in a combat unit far from his family. “Combat service has been very difficult,” said A., whose name is being withheld to protect his […]

This mixed Jewish-Arab school in Ramle seeks to model a blueprint for Israel’s future

November 6, 2025David Leibermann

RAMLE, Israel — In the heart of the central Israeli city of Ramle, where Jews and Arabs live side by side, the Yigal Alon Multidisciplinary High School is trying to spearhead a quiet revolution. The student body reflects the full tapestry of Israeli society, with students who are Jewish, Muslim, and Christian, religious and secular, […]

Jewish women struggling with early menopause due to cancer treatment find new help

October 9, 2025October 12, 2025Sara Wood

Beverly was 41, had two children and was contemplating a third when her first mammogram revealed a lump. Diagnosed with breast cancer, Beverly, who lives in Portland, Oregon, opted for chemotherapy, immunotherapy and a double mastectomy. She knew the chemo would affect her fertility. What she didn’t know was that the type of cancer she […]