Knife-wielding woman arrested outside Toulouse Jewish school

Published on February 6, 2013

A knife-wielding woman was arrested after threatening a student of the Toulouse Jewish school where an Islamist radical murdered four people nearly a year ago.

Suspected arson reported at London-area Jewish school

Published on October 10, 2012

Police in the London area reportedly are investigating a suspected arson attack at a Jewish primary school.

Shalhevet looks for financial security in property sale

By Julie Gruenbaum Fax
Published on September 12, 2012

Shalhevet high school is close to finalizing a deal to sell more than half of its 2.4 acres to a property developer who plans to build an apartment complex on the lot at the corner of Fairfax Avenue and San Vicente Boulevard. The plan will put Shalhevet on firmer financial footing, head of school Ari Segal told the Boiling Point, Shalhevet’s school newspaper. The school currently carries heavy debt and has limited funds for capital improvements and programming, Segal said.

French shooter was on U.S. “no fly” list

Published on March 22, 2012

The French Islamist gunman suspected of murdering seven people who was killed in a shootout with police on Thursday was on a "no fly" list maintained by U.S. authorities, two American officials said.

Toulouse shooting suspect’s standoff continues [VIDEO]

Published on March 21, 2012

The standoff in France between police and Mohammed Merah, the suspect in the shooting at a Jewish school in Toulouse, stretched into its 13th hour Wednesday.

Thousands march in memory of Toulouse victims

Published on March 20, 2012

Thousands silently demonstrated Monday evening in Paris to pay tribute to the four victims of a shooting attack at a Jewish school in southwestern France.

Jewish school is denied request to change basketball tourney time

Published on February 27, 2012

An Orthodox high school in Texas was rejected in its request to have the state basketball semifinals rescheduled to avoid a conflict with the Jewish Sabbath.

Jewish school in Bulgaria vandalized

Published on March 25, 2010

Anti-Semitic graffiti was spray-painted on the walls of a Jewish school in the capital of Bulgaria.

A Star of David equated with a Nazi swastika and the words "stop occupation" were spray-painted on the wall of the Dimcho Debeljanov Jewish School, the only Jewish school in Sofia.

L.A.‘s Jewish high schools are all over the map

By Julie G Fax
Published on February 28, 2008

In the early 1980s, when Dina and her husband Michael were applying to Los Angeles Jewish high schools, there was only one choice -- YULA (then known as Yeshiva University of Los Angeles). The Los Angeles Jewish community has expanded and matured since then, and its high school scene now offers nuanced choices with differences in overall philosophy, academic approach, religious level and social atmosphere.Because of that range, a steadily growing number of families with teens are opting for Jewish immersion.

Is this a job for a nice Jewish boy or girl? You bet it is!

By Michael Zeldin
Published on February 28, 2008

Facing this shortage of qualified Jewish educators at every job level and in every educational setting, I find myself wondering why more young Jewish adults, especially among this current idealistic generation, aren't choosing careers in Jewish education. Why aren't more of them clamoring to be Jewish educators?

Hebrew at Florida charter school approved, challenges remain

By Larry Luxner
Published on September 20, 2007

It's 7:55 a.m., and parents are dropping off their kids in front of the Ben Gamla Charter School along busy Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, Fla. Amid a noisy melange of languages -- English, Spanish, Hebrew, French and Russian -- the uniformed children say their goodbyes and rush off to class at one of the nation's first Jewish-oriented charter schools.

A Jewish Revival

By Ruth E. Gruber
Published on November 11, 1999

For European leaders, the recent inauguration of three Jewish schools in Central Europe symbolizes far more than a Jewish revival.

Chaya’s Dance

By Beverly Gray
Published on April 8, 1999

Six years ago, Carol Solomon attended Yom Kippur services in Copenhagen. Flipping through the back of the English language prayerbook, she came upon a poem, translated from Hebrew, called "The Letter of the Ninety-Three Maidens." Based on an actual letter that was found after the Holocaust, it tells of young girls at a Jewish school in Cracow who took poison rather than allow themselves to be defiled by Nazi soldiers. Historians question the letter's authenticity. But for Solomon, "something about this story just captured my heart."

Building Bridges Through Teaching

By John Fishel
Published on June 18, 1998

I thought the readers of The Jewish Journal wouldbe interested in one of the many things The Jewish Federation does tobuild bridges between Israel and our community.