The Engaged Jewish Parent: What Should We Be Thinking About as the School Year Begins? A Conversation with Naomi Schaefer Riley and David BernsteinTook place Wednesday, September 21, 2022 | 7:30 PM ETThe Tikvah Center | 165 E. 56th St, 4th Floor | New York, NY 10022...

Apart from raw animus against the Jewish State, how could any thoughtful person today regard Russia and Israel on the same plane when Russia is waging a war of aggression? The campus of Harvard University at Cambridge, Massachusetts. AP/Elise Amendola, file During my...

The answer to ideological education isn’t to ban the ideology but to make room for alternative views.

Conventional wisdom has it that there are only two sides in the culture war over kids’ instruction on race and racism in America. Those on the right want to impose state-level bans on teaching critical race theory in public schools. Some also want to remove particular books from libraries and curriculums. On the left, people want to teach about America’s history of racism and contemporary systemic racism but from only one perspective, with little if any room for debate.

Is this really the only way to teach about racial equality? The obvious answer is no.   When, about 10 years ago, I headed a pro-Israel organization that educated and trained high school and college students, I heard a frequent refrain from Jewish college students,...