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2022
- Meyerland Jewish day schools see increased enrollment during COVID-19 Pandemic, Houston Chronicle (Jan)
- What are the Pillars of a Jewish Education?, Jewish Boston (Jan)
- The Taxonomy and Blessing of a Mistake, Jewish Boston (Feb)
- BPY's Strassman Named to Prizmah Women's Leadership Cohort, Jewish Link (Feb)
- Caring for School Leaders, Ejewish Philanthropy (Feb)
- NY Yeshivos and Jewish Day Schools See Significant Uptick In Enrollment in Last 2 Decades, The Jewish Voice (March)
- Jewish Day School Tuition Just Got More Affordable, The Cholent (April)
- Three things I learned about day schools from Prizmah's new development survey, EjewishPhilanthropy (April)
- Boston Jewish community responds to Mapping Project: Threat to all of us, Cleveland Jewish News (June)
- Hidden Sparks helps find each child's own light, Times of Israel (June)
- Addressing the Jewish Day school teacher shortage, eJewishPhilanthropy (June)
- The State of the Field: Hebrew Education in North American Jewish Day Schools (June)
- Making big bets on Jewish day schools (July)
- What Makes a Day School Great (August)
- Addressing the Challenges of a Jewish Education Worldwide in a Changing World (November)
2021
- With New Initiative on Changing School Culture, Jewish Schools Focus on Anti-Racist Education, JTA (April)
- Students in Arizona, teachers in LA: A Jewish high school plans a post-COVID hybrid future, JTA (March)
- Will Day Schools’ New Students Stay, Post-Pandemic, eJewish Philanthropy (February)
- Concurrent Teaching: How Is It Affecting Our Students And Teachers?, Jewish Link (January)
- Federation Helps Teachers Teach Their Hybrid Classrooms, Jewish Standard (January)
- Jewish Day Schools Make The Grade, Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters (January)
- The Surprising Success of Day Schools in a Time of Crisis, Commentary Magazine (January)
- Jewish Educators Talk About How Things Have Changed During Pandemic, Jewish Exponent (January)
- Marking one year of COVID in Jewish education, eJewish Philanthropy (March)
- Beginning Another Year with Covid in Jewish Education, eJewish Philanthropy (September)
- Caring for the Mental Health of Adults in our Schools, eJewish Philanthropy (May)
- Pandemic Fuels 3.7% Increase Jewish Day School, Yeshiva Population, eJewish Philanthropy (October)
- US: Enrollment in Jewish day schools continues to see increase as pandemic lingers, Israelhayom (October)
- Enrollment in Jewish day schools continues to see increase as pandemic lingers, Clevelandjewishnews (October)
- How we talk about our day schools, eJewish Philanthropy (October)
- A new Prizmah report quantifies the impact of the pandemic on day schools and yeshivahs, eJewish Philanthropy (August)
- Gender equity must be promoted at Jewish non-profits, The Jerusalem Post (November)
2020
- Growing Jewish Day School Enrollment – a Blip or the Start of a Trend? By Paul Bernstein, eJewish Philanthropy (December)
- COVID-Keepers: Jewish Education Leaders on the Possibilities Emerging from the Pandemic, by Ben Berger, Paul Bernstein, David Bryfman, Jeremy Fingerman, Anna Hartman, Miriam Heller Stern, Avi Orlow, Susan Wachsstock; eJewish Philanthropy (November)
- NY Day Schools Adjust to the Ever-changing Demands of Covid-19, The New York Jewish Week (November)
- Good News on Alternative Tuition Programs, eJewish Philanthropy (November)
- Kathy Manning, former Jewish Federations head, wins North Carolina congressional race, JTA (November)
- How to Reduce Stress and Increase Learning: The Power of Professional Networks During COVID, eJewish Philanthropy (October)
- Virtual classes, services and offerings, starting September 23, Cleveland Jewish News (September)
- What’s Going on in Jewish Education? Answers from Leaders in the Field by Ben Berger, Paul Bernstein, David Bryfman, Jeremy Fingerman, Anna Hartman, Miriam Heller Stern, Avi Orlow, Susan Wachsstock; eJewish Philanthropy (September)
- Mental Health in Day Schools On Our Minds by Paul Bernstein, eJewish Philanthropy (September)
- Jewish day schools open for the year with new safety precautions and plans for possible closures by Shira Hanau, JTA (September)
- Has Remote Learning Set Back Jewish Day School Students?, eJewish Philanthropy (September)
- New Data Reveals That With Support, Jewish Day Schools Thrive by Paul Bernstein, eJewish Philanthropy (September)
- What’s Going on in Jewish Education? Answers from Leaders in the Field by Ben Berger, Paul Bernstein, David Bryfman, Jeremy Fingerman, Anna Hartman, Miriam Heller Stern, Avi Orlow, Susan Wachsstock; eJewish Philanthropy (August)
- A rabbi and dad is starting an online Jewish day school to help families get through the pandemic by Josefin Dolsten, JTA (August)
- Are families fleeing Jewish day schools? Far from it, but it’s complicated by Ben Harris, JTA (July)
- Prizmah Partners With Two NJ Yeshiva Counselors to Hold National Conference by Harry Glazer, Jewish Link (July)
- Supporting Jewish day schools by WJW Editorial Board, Washington Jewish Link (July)
- First-ever National Jewish Educator Census Underway, eJewish Philanthropy (July)
- Retooled approach for special-ed students brings surprising results during distancing era, JTA (June)
- Here’s how Jewish schools found creative ways to maintain community during COVID lockdown, Arizona Jewish Post (June)
- Here’s how Jewish schools found creative ways to maintain community during COVID lockdown, JTA (June)
- Amid the Pandemic, Jewish Day Schools Survive (And Even Thrive), Jewish Journal (June)
- Alumni call on Jewish day schools to do more to fight racism, JTA (June)
- RKYHS Students Attend Private Event With Ambassador Rob Dermer, Jewish Link (May)
- Pandemic Pressures Mount on Jewish Day Schools, The New York Jewish Week (May)
- Jewish day schools get creative as they eye uncertain financial future, JTA (May)
- How Jewish Day Schools Plan to Live With Coronavirus in America, Haaretz (April)
- Historic unemployment makes Jewish schools early victims of virus’ economic impact by Molly Boigon, The Forward (April)
- Week 2 of Zoom events, who is watching what?, by Melissa Weiss, Jewish Insider (April)
- Amid massive unemployment, the worst is likely yet to come at Jewish nonprofits by Aiden Pink and Molly Boigon, The Forward (March)
- Jewish Day Schools – Resilience and Innovation in the Face of Coronavirus by Paul Bernstein, eJewish Philanthropy (March)
- How SAR switched to online learning during its coronavirus closure by Ben Sales, Jewish Standard (March)
- STEM programs redefine learning at Jewish day schools by Traci Stratford, Jewish United Fund News (January)
2019
- The Jewish American Landscape by Michael A. Kay, The Jewish Link (January)
- Atlanta Jewish Day School Conference Challenges 'Dare to Dream' by Jan Jaben-Eilon, Atlanta Jewish Times (February)
- First Day of Prizmah Conference 2019 by Dr. Sarah Levy, Prizmah: Center for Jewish Day Schools (March)
- Jewish Day Schools Dare to Dream by Paul Bernstein, eJewish Philanthropy (March)
- Upbeat Gathering For Day School Educators, The New York Jewish Week (March)
- Cherished Colleagues Sharing a Dream by Noa Grant and Rob Goldberg, Prizmah: Center for Jewish Day Schools (March)
- Remarks by Yossi Prager at Prizmah 2019 Conference, eJewish Philanthropy (March)
- Enjoy the Music– A Footnote to Yossi Prager’s Speech at Prizmah 2019 by Micah Lapidus, MicahLapidus.com (March)
- Jewish Day School Leader Speaks at National Conference, Sarasota Magazine (March)
- Day School Educators Balancing Boom and Bust by Gary Rosenblatt, The New York JewishWeek (March)
- Aviv: Blended Learning is the Future of Jewish Education by Dan Aviv, The Canadian Jewish News (March)
- Hearing a Call For Change in Jewish Education-- Loud and Clear by Sharon Freundel, Jewish Education Innovation Challenge (March)
- Post-Purim, Post-Conference Reflections by Paul Bernstein, Prizmah: Center for Jewish Day Schools (March)
- Getting Comfortable With Discomfort: Reflections from Prizmah by Rabbi Dov Emerson, Prizmah: Center for Jewish Day Schools
- Tribute to the AVI CHAI Foundation by Amy Platt, Prizmah: Center for Jewish Day Schools (March)
- Dare to: breathe, enjoy, learn, and explore by Jordan Silvestri, Prizmah: Center for Jewish Day Schools (March)
- Ten Reasons to Send Your Student to a Jewish Day School by Jody Passanisi, eJewish Philanthropy (March)
- Ha'lkar: The Innovators Mindset by Amy Gold, Jewish Boston (March)
- Hearing a Call for Change in Jewish Education Loud and Clear by Sharon Freundel, Arizona Jewish News (April)
- Opinion | Hearing a Call for Change in Jewish Education — Loud and Clear by Sharon Freundel, Jewish Exponent (April)
- Bialik Students Participate in Prizmah Moot Beit Din International Court Competition, The Jewish Standard Magazine in Canada (April)
2018
- Prizmah CEO Paul Bernstein Chosen for Algemeiner's 'J100' by Yvette Finkelstein, The Jewish Link (October)
- Unlocking the Potential of Jewish Day Schools by Paul Bernstein, eJewish Philanthropy (November)
- Rebuilding Our Burning World by Rabbi Marc Baker, CJP (November)
- Passing the Baton by Mem Bernstein, eJewish Philanthropy (November)
- The Top 100 People Positively Influencing Jewish Life, The Algemeiner Jewish 100 (November)
- Grabbing the Baton by Gail Norry and Ann Pava, eJewish Philanthropy (December)
- Re-digging the Wells of the Day School Field by Deena K. Fuchs, eJewish Philanthropy (December)