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I’m an NYC schools consultant. Here’s what I tell parents worried about antisemitism.

Since Oct. 7, some parents are asking if a school’s climate is right for Jewish students.

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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.

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.

On Campus

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

Jewish schools

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

Jewish schools

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

Schools

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

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

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

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

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

On Campus

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

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