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News about New York schools and Jewish education.

Rabbi Katja Vehlow in her office at Fordham University, Sept. 13, 2024. (Luke Tress)

Meet the first campus rabbi in the 183-year history of Fordham, one of NYC’s largest Catholic universities

“I had always hoped to be a campus chaplain, but I never thought I would be one,” said Rabbi Katja Vehlow.

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A protester wearing the headband of the PFLP terror group at Baruch College in New York City, June 6, 2024. (Luke Tress.

Report ordered by Hochul calls for ‘overhaul’ of CUNY antisemitism policies

Hochul said she has ordered CUNY to implement the report's recommendations.

40-year-old indicted for burning Israeli flag at April Columbia University protest

Carlson is not a student, staffer or faculty member at Columbia, the Manhattan district attorney's office said.

The Shefa School, designed for kids with learning disabilities, welcomes its students to a new, $100M Upper West Side campus

By Julia Gergely September 3, 2024 1:41 pm

Emet Classical Academy, NYC Jewish school focused on the ‘great intellectual history of the west,’ is opening with 40 students

By Jackie Hajdenberg August 28, 2024 2:04 pm

NYC schools chancellor removes two elected parent leaders over Israel-Hamas war controversies

By Julia Gergely June 17, 2024 8:08 pm

The entrance to the Museum of Jewish Heritage in Manhattan, May 23, 2024. (Luke Tress/JTA)

New program will send 85,000 8th graders to NYC’s Holocaust museum to curb spike in antisemitism

By Luke Tress May 23, 2024 3:04 pm

Gavel and handcuffs on a leather surface. (David Talukdar/Getty Images)

Manhattan Jewish day school removes teacher following arrest over past child sex abuse allegations

By Luke Tress May 21, 2024 4:04 pm

At The New School, an anti-Zionist campus rabbi is ‘not so radical,’ students say

By Jackie Hajdenberg May 9, 2024 2:04 pm

What to know as NYC public schools chief David Banks testifies about antisemitism to Congress

By Luke Tress May 7, 2024 7:40 pm

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