What are some of the questions that educators should be asking now in a post-October 7 world?
The lapse of the program is drawing criticism from Jewish leaders in the state, including some who initially did not go to bat for it.
In 2022, Schwartz won the Ruby Award from the San Francisco-based Jewish Learning Works for excellence in Jewish youth education and engagement.
Schechter Manhattan’s closure means that only one school with roots in the Conservative movement remains in the five boroughs.
Those with highly engaged cultural upbringing have a more intense Jewish cultural identity, regardless of the number of years of Jewish day school education received.