Public Education
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Background Historically, the public schools have been the ladder that American Jews, and so many others, used to climb from poverty to affluence in American life.
Jewish Learning
High School
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Whereas the senior high school years afford the religious school a unique opportunity to convey to rapidly maturing minds the depth and scope of Jewish belief and practice, and Whereas the principle of a continuing, life-long practice of the practice of the study of Torah is one of the major
Federal Aid to Education
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America's system of public education is not fulfilling either the needs of individuals or of the nation as a whole. There are gross inequities in the quality of education in different sections of the country.
Confirmation Grade
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45th Council November 1959 Miami Beach, FL Whereas, under the guidance of the Commission on Jewish Education, many congregations have increased the level of their grade of Confirmation to at least the tenth grade (public school equivalent) and have benefited thereby in being able to present the message of Judaism
Day School Movement
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Background In 1985 the Union of American Hebrew Congregations resolved to endorse Reform Jewish day schools, to encourage the establishment of day schools, and to authorize the Department of Education to provide materials, curricula, and teacher training for these schools.