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A working paper from JESNA's Lippman Kanfer Institute and The Berman Center for Research and Evaluation that presents a detailed portrait of one of the country's most innovative educational initiatives, the Los Angeles Bureau of Jewish Education's Concierge for Jewish Education program. The program is presented as an ambitious example of a range of activities that central agencies are undertaking to link educational silos in their communities.
Published: 2009
Updated: Aug. 05, 2009
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A first-of-its-kind national study, conducted by the Institute for University-School Partnership at Yeshiva University, surveyed the presidents of Jewish day schools and found that a key to more affordable schools rests with improving board functioning in two critical areas: financial planning and fundraising.
Published: 2009
Updated: Aug. 03, 2009
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The Avi Chai Foundation has allocated a sizeable grant to Or Avner, the educational umbrella organization which, among many other projects, oversees Jewish children’s summer camps in Jewish communities in the former Soviet Union. Thanks to this funding, educational projects threatened with closure due to the global financial crisis were literally saved. As in previous years, more than 2,000 children will benefit from overnight Jewish camps this summer.
Published: 2009
Updated: Jul. 29, 2009
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In this sobering paper, Dr. Steven Windmueller discusses the multidimensional effects of the global economic crisis on American Jewry, its institutions, leadership and way of life. He indicates that its full impact may not be felt for years to come.
Published: 2009
Updated: Jul. 29, 2009
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The Helen Bader Foundation is creating a permanent endowment to help low- and middle-income families afford Jewish day school in Milwaukee. The foundation will give at least $10 million over the next 10 years to create an endowment for the Helen Bader Scholarship Fund, which will be administered by the Milwaukee Jewish federation. When the gift is complete, it will be the largest ever received by the federation.
Published: 2009
Updated: Jun. 30, 2009
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On Thursday, May 21, 2009 a delegation of 9 Saudi Arabian educators and administrators visited the Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy in Kansas City. The educators were in greater Kansas City as part of the US State Department’s International Visitor Leadership Program. The focus of their mission was to compare public and private education in the United States.
Published: 2009
Updated: Jun. 09, 2009
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Legacy Heritage Fund is proud to announce the launch of the Legacy Heritage Emergency Fund for Jewish Education. Consistent with the mission of Legacy Heritage Fund to support Jewish education, the Legacy Heritage Emergency Fund for Jewish Education will enable schools to assist families committed to Jewish education to keep their children in schools despite significant financial difficulties due to the current economic environment.
Published: 2009
Updated: Jun. 09, 2009
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The Avi Chai Foundation is awarding grants to six collaborative initiatives across North America designed to cut costs involved in day school education. Day school collaborations are one way to help address the issues of high day school costs that inevitably result in high tuitions. The foundation has started a blog where the grant recipients will document their experiences and provide monthly updates about their progress, lessons learned as well unforeseen challenges along the way and how they address them.
Published: 2009
Updated: Jun. 08, 2009
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Three very differing viewpoints about the severity of the crisis over the skyrocketing cost of full-time Jewish education and possible solutions were presented at a forum co-sponsored by The Jewish Week and the Jewish Values Network in Midtown last week, as three rabbis with firsthand knowledge of the crisis shared ideas. Rabbi Jeffrey Kobrin of Ramaz, Rabbi Adam Siegel of Ben Gamla School, and Rabbi Shmuley Boteach of Jewish Values Network participated in the forum moderated by Gary Rosenblatt of The Jewish Week.
Published: 2009
Updated: Jun. 07, 2009
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The Rabbinical Council of Bergen County last week unanimously voiced its support of a community fund to raise money for day schools struggling with rising costs and skyrocketing tuitions. Following the vote, the Northern New Jersey Tuition Crisis Committee, the group of day school representatives and rabbis that proposed the kehilla fund, its unofficial name, filed incorporation papers to create Northern New Jersey Jewish Education for Generations Inc. The nonprofit organization will manage the fund — to be called Northern New Jersey Kehillot Investing in Day Schools, or NNJKIDS.
Published: 2009
Updated: Jun. 07, 2009