We are posting links to relevant articles and blogs that explore solutions and models related to the Jewish day school affordability issue. Some have been proposed and/or implemented in different jurisdictions.
- The Middle Class is Being Priced out of Judaism, by Julie Matlin (The Forward, July 10, 2019)
- The Future Is Here: Tuition-Free Jewish Day School in Myrtle Beach, by Tzipora Reitman (Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters News, October 10, 2018)
- Bi-Cultural Day School and Jewish HS of CT Announce Merger, by Yvette Finkelstein (The Jewish Link–Bronx, Westchester & Connecticut, August 29, 2018)
- Back to School: A Path to Sustainability, by Chavie Kahn (Lehrhaus, August 27, 2018)
- A Call to Action: Invest in Jewish Education, by Stephanie Rubel (Atlanta Jewish Times, August 3, 2018)
- Want To Make ‘Doing Jewish’ Affordable? Focus On Our Schools, by Dr. Yasmine Kalkstein (The Forward, July 18, 2018)
- Milwaukee Jewish Day School reworks approach to tuition, by Rob Golub (The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle, June 20, 2018)
- Let’s talk about Jewish day school fees, by Becci Krispin (J-Wire, June 12, 2018)
- Will Day School Be Affordable Again? by Rabbi Rafi Eis (Lehrhaus, June 4, 2018)
- New York school funding law means STEM fields could see more yeshiva grads, by Cathryn J. Prince (The Times of Israel, January 18, 2018)
- Day schools: Don’t force scholarship families to raid their 529s, by Shai Franklin (The Times of Israel, January 4, 2018)
- Many middle-income households must ask for ‘handouts’ for kids’ Jewish education, by Cathryn J. Prince (The Times of Israel, January 4, 2018)
- The case for day schools, by Dr. Erica Brown (The Times of Israel, January 2, 2018)
- A Jewish Father responds to his critics, by A Jewish Father (The Times of Israel, September 14, 2017)
- I can ‘do Jewish’ on just $40,000 a year, by A Jewish Father (The Times of Israel, September 11, 2017)
- Affordable Tuition: Paths Forward, by Gabe Aaronson (Kol HaBirah, September 14, 2017)
- Why are Orthodox Jews moving to South Bend, Indiana? School vouchers, by Ben Hartman (JTA, September 7, 2017)
- Feedback from Schools to the Tuition Article, by the Editor (Kol HaBirah, August 24, 2017)
- Tackling Tuition, Part 2: The Case of Baltimore, by Gabe Aaronson (Kol HaBirah, August 24, 2017)
- The Delusion of Affordability, by Glenn E. Andrew (eJewish Philanthropy, August 7, 2017)
- Tackling Tuition with Local Day Schools, by Gabe Aaronson (Kol HaBirah, August 4, 2017)
- Q&A with Rabbi Noteh Glogauer: Schools Are Missing the Mark, by Sheri Shefa (CJN, May 15, 2017)
- Jewish Day Schools: It’s Time for a Tuition Revolution, by Shawn Evenhaim (eJewish Philanthropy, March 14, 2017)
- Does a “Loyalty” Tuition Grant Program Work? (Jeducation World, by Steve Freedman, February 3, 2017)
- New advocacy push delivering hundreds of millions in gov’t money to Jewish schools, by Abigail Pickus (JTA, January 25, 2017)
- Blended Learning Model Shows Promise, Nonprofit Says, by Amy Sara Clark (The New York Jewish Week, January 18, 2017)
- Are Day Schools Worth the Money? by Aryeh Klapper (The Lookstein Center for Jewish Education, January 11, 2017)
- Hogan Boosts Nonpublic School Funding, by Justin Silberman (Baltimore Jewish Times, December 22, 2016)
- Trump education pick pits Jewish education needs against church-state fears, by Ron Kampeas (The Times of Israel, November 30, 2016)
- 2016 Resolution: Communal Funding of Jewish Education, adopted by direct vote of the RCA membership (November 29, 2016)
- Is There Still a Tuition Crisis? by Gershon Distenfeld (Jewish Link of New Jersey, November 03, 2016)
- How We Did It: Stable Tuition Four Years in a Row and Now a $1,000 Decrease, by Rabbi Adam Englander (Jewish Link of New Jersey, October 27, 2016)
- On Making Peace with Sending My Children to Jewish Day School (Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals)
- Yeshivat He’Atid Cost Per Student Fell Below Tuition in 2015-16 (Jeducation World, Sept. 16, 2016)
- Afternoon charter schools: A suggested solution to day school tuition insanity, by Reuven Spolter (The Times of Israel, September 9, 2016)
- Jewish Day School Tuitions Revealed in Anonymous Online Spreadsheet, by Josh Nathan-Kazis (The Forward, September 6, 2016)
- The Role of Government in Education, by Milton Friedman (The Tikvah Fund, August 1, 2016)
- HALB Students Post Academic Gains As Costs Drop $450K (5 Towns Jewish Times, July 27, 2016)
- Yeshiva Day Schools: Give Parents a Choice, by Yigal Gross (Times of Israel blog, July 14, 2016)
- The Yeshiva Day School System — Costs and Considerations, by Yigal Gross (Times of Israel blog, June 24, 2016)
- The Tuition Crisis At 20: What Now? (The Jewish Week, June 20, 2016)
- American Jewry Will No Longer Be the Center of the Jewish World, by Elliot Abrams (Mosaic Magazine, April 26, 2016)
- Driving Rabbi Sacks, by Rabbi Eddie Shostak (CJN, April 16, 2016)
- The Day School Enterprise Can Succeed (eJewish Philanthropy, March 1, 2016)
- The Man Behind Birthright Turns His Attention Toward Day Schools as the Next Frontier in Building Jewish Identity (Jewish Exponent, February 17, 2016)
- Israel illiteracy rampant among young Jews, US Jewish leader warns (Times of Israel, February 14, 2016)
- Day Schools: Are They Good for the Jews?, by Eric Petersiel (Union for Reform Judaism blog, January 28, 2016)
- Conservative, Orthodox, pluralistic and Reform day school organizations to merge (JTA, January 19, 2016)
- Is the Diaspora dying? (Jerusalem Post, January 9, 2016)
- The Othering of Tzedaka in Jewish Education (e Jewish Philanthropy, April 15, 2015)
- CJN Debate Jewish Education: Day Schools Worth Fighting For, by Lorraine Sandler (CJN, March 18, 2015)
- $15 million challenge gift from the Gottesman Family Supporting Foundation (Jewish Community Foundation of Greater MetroWest NJ E-Newsletter, April, 2014)
- A formal Jewish education? Sorry, can’t afford it, by Sam Ser (Times of Israel, January 30, 2014)
- The case for Jewish day school, by Mitchel Malkus (Washington Jewish Week, January 22, 2014)
- Should I Feel Guilty About My Kids’ Financial Aid? by Alina Adams (Kveller, October 14, 2013)
- How Can Jewish Day Schools Effectively Make Their Schools Affordable for The New Middle Class? (Avi CHAI Foundation, July 17, 2013)
- Putting A Cap On Day School Tuitions (The New York Jewish Week, May 21, 2013)
- The Moral Costs of Jewish Day School (Jewish Ideas Daily, May 14, 2012)
- Making Day School Affordable, by Naomi Zeveloff (Forward, February 6, 2012)
- School Tuition Should Be Based on Income (The Forward, October 31, 2011)
- Dan Perla on Day School Tuition- income-based is OK, fair share is not (blog post response to article above, May 22, 2013)
- Jewish School Tuition Crisis: Parents Feeling ‘Priced Out’ of Their Religion (Huffington Post, March 23, 2011)
- Continued Angst Over Day School Tuition (The New York Jewish Week, January 18, 2011)
- The Best Form of Birth Control (Blog post, August 6, 2010)
- Sending My Children to Day School: It Shouldn’t Be So Hard (The Forward, February 8, 2010)
- Struggling To Afford Day School: The STEPPY Syndrome (The Forward, January 20, 2010)
- Jewish Day Schools in the U.K.: More Students, Less Money (The Forward and Nathan Jeffay in Ha’aretz, September 18, 2008)
- Is Jewish day school tuition a form of birth control? (Blog post, January 12, 2005)
- American Jewry’s Financial Birth Control (torah.org, not dated)
- The Four Levers of Jewish Day School Affordability and Sustainability, by Yehudah Potok (Prizmah: Center for Jewish Day Schools, not dated)
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