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Student Population at NYC Jewish Schools Rivals Numbers at Charter Schools

October 9, 2018, by

The number of students attending Jewish day schools and yeshivas in New York City is nearly as large as the entire New York City-based charter school population, according to the New York state Department of Education. The number K-12 students attending Jewish day schools and yeshivas in the city now exceeds 110,000, an increase of

Palermo, Sicily, to Get First Synagogue in 500 Years

January 10, 2017, by

The Roman Catholic Church in Palermo is giving the Jewish community ownership of part of a church and monastery complex built atop the ruins of a medieval synagogue. The move is being viewed as a gesture of reconciliation more than 500 years after the expulsion of Jews from Sicily. The church will finance renovations in