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Torah Academy: Creating Community Every Day

Amy Purdy, Jewish Exponent, June 25, 2009

Torah Academy defines itself as "not just a school, but a kehillah" -- an educational community within the larger Jewish community. The Orthodox day school in Wynnewood was founded in 1963; it serves boys and girls from nursery through eighth grade in the lower school, and young women in grades nine through 12 in the girls high school. More

Politz Academy Education Offers Tradition and Quality

Amy Purdy, Jewish Exponent

Politz Hebrew Academy is more than a school, it’s like a family, according to parent and PTO president Dolly Orbach.
“Children at the school feel loved and cared for,” she says. And she should know: The Orbachs’ children, Mattan and Tal,
attend the elementary school. Politz is a 25-year-old Orthodox day school in Northeast Philadelphia, where general studies and Judaic studies are equally important — and both are intertwined
with midot tovot, Hebrew for “good values.” Some 260 students attend Politz, from kindergarten through eighth grade, and a nursery-school class for 4-year-olds is planned for fall 2009.
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Abrams Hebrew Academy

Amy Purdy, Jewish Exponent

Day-school education embraces community, classroom technology and love of Israel
Abrams Hebrew Academy, a 103-year-old community day school in Yardley, Bucks County, combines commitment to community, state-ofthe-art classroom technology and love of Israel to create a vibrant academic environment rooted in Jewish tradition. Currently, 280 students attend Abrams from preschool
through eighth grade. Students are nurtured in small classes; each student has equal access to Jewish texts and is taught skills and knowledge so they can confidently define their place in Jewish life. Read more (opens PDF)

Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy: Jewish Day School Education for the 21st Century

Lynn B. Edelman, Amy Purdy (Feb. 2009)

What would you call a school that boasts a 100% college acceptance rate…..fields championship sports team……attracts students from three states and counts two Rhodes Scholars, a Pennsylvania State Representative and a citizen of the world who covered the Beijing Olympics in China among its alumni?  You’d call this school the Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy, where over 300 students in grades 6-12 are actively engaged in shattering the myths of Jewish Day School education.  more

Affording a Jewish education just got easier.

June 29, 2007

We’re making it easier than ever for families with a broad range of incomes to afford an outstanding Jewish day school education. Tell a friend. 5768 is going to be a banner year for our community as Akiba Hebrew Academy is officially renamed the Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy. A generous gift from The Barrack Foundation and funds from anonymous donors provide generous, new tuition aid dollars for qualified families in our community.It’s not too late to apply for September, 2007. To learn more, interested families should contact Vivian Young, Director of Recruitment and Admission: 610-667-4070 ext 144 or vyoung@akibaweb.org.

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Day Schools Listing

There are six Jewish Day Schools in the Greater Philadelphia region including Abrams Hebrew Academy; Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy; Politz Hebrew Academy of Philadelphia; Raymond and Ruth Perelman Jewish Day School; Kohelet Yeshiva High School (formerly Stern Hebrew High School) and Torah Academy of Greater Philadelphia. Find out more... more

The Pros and Cons of a Day School Education

One parent shares her family’s thoughts about the possibility of her daughter attending a Jewish day school. more