JEWISH EDUCATION

We make it possible for children and families to have greater accessibility to the Jewish education that meets their needs.

• We support nearly 300 Jewish day schools and yeshivot in New York City, Long Island, and Westchester through scholarships, endowments, teacher benefit packages, and professional training and development.
  
  
• Through the Day School Challenge Fund Initiative we helped secure $82 million in endowment funds for New York Jewish day schools and yeshivot to sustain these schools for the future.
  
  
• Our advocacy efforts helped secure $70 million in security and capital funding (a 55% increase) from New York State.
  
  
• We’re working to bolster the capacity of New York day schools and yeshivot to meet the needs of students with learning challenges. We’re supporting schools through incentive grants to deepen existing work or create new programs to better identify and support students with learning challenges.
  
  
• Through the Shalom Hartman Institute we are helping New York Jewish day schools develop thoughtful Israel education that allows students to understand the history, diversity, and complexity of the Jewish homeland. 

We make it possible for children and families to have greater accessibility to the Jewish education that meets their needs.

• Through The Jewish Education Project, our support helps provide professional training for early childhood, congregational, and Jewish day school educators, as well as for professionals working with teens in Jewish youth groups and organizations.

We make it possible for children and families to have greater accessibility to the Jewish education that meets their needs.

• We support Keshet, an organization that works to promote the full equality of LGBTQ+ Jews and their families in Jewish life, providing consultations, workshops, and immersive trainings for educators and leaders from day schools and synagogues.
  
  
• We support Pride Camps at each of the three Henry Kauffman Campgrounds sites- New Country Pride, 92NY Camp Pride, and Camp Ga’avah, where young people learn about LGBTQ+ identity and history, in addition to enjoying all the fun of traditional camp activities

We make it possible for children and families to have greater accessibility to the Jewish education that meets their needs.

• We fund the Hadar Institute, a program that creates vibrant egalitarian communities to explore Jewish texts and traditions within a contemporary context. Our funding helps offer immersive experiences, including an intensive yearlong yeshiva program, summer programs, Shabbatons, classes, and public lectures.
  
  
• We fund the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America, a leading center of Jewish thought and education and creator of podcasts, educational events and programs, and immersive leadership experiences. In New York, Hartman brings its signature Israel education program to a wide variety of audiences including teens, college students, clergy, and educators.