When my son, Nathan, was born 16 years ago, I was living in the city. Everyone I knew who had young children, even infants, was beginning to talk school. And it seemed like much of that school talk revolved around Jewish day schools.

Jewish day schools were going to save the Jewish people. The stats seemed to be there. Day school graduates were more connected, they joined Jewish institutions at greater rates, they stayed involved, and they married in.

What could be bad about that? more

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SYDNEY, Australia (JTA) – A New Zealand judge has allowed the kosher slaughter of animals to resume until the lawsuit filed by the Jewish community against the government comes to trial.

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