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Middle-Class Squeeze
Families are feeling the squeeze of the upward crawl of day school tuition over the last several years, which has brought the average tuition for elementary and middle school to about $12,600 and for high school to as much as $20,000. Those numbers are about 30 percent above what a year of schooling cost four years ago and nearly double 10 years ago.
All-Female Plays Fill Niche for Frum
For \”Portraits in Faith,\” Robin Garbose\’s husband, Levi, adapted a novel by Marcus Lehman, a 19th-century German writer who is something of a John Grisham of the Orthodox world. His books typically are plot-driven, hard-to-put-down novels that are infused with messages of faith.
One Community
Our Torah study was enriched by a day in Tel Aviv where we visited some of the projects supported by The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles\’ Tel Aviv-Los Angeles Partnership, including the Shevach Mofet School, a high school in which the majority of the students are immigrants from the former Soviet Union.
Critical Response
Yeshiva University is enmeshed in its own battle over gay and lesbian couples less than a month after the Reform movement affirmed the right of its rabbis to officiate at same-gender commitment ceremonies.
New Articles
Chosen Links – Colleges and Passover Edition – April 25, 2024
Nova Festival Exhibit in Manhattan Harrowing and Inspiring
Steve Garvey Holds Press Conference Calling for Action Against Pro-Palestinian Campus Protests
West Hollywood’s MASH Gallery Exhibition to Feature Female Jewish Art
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