Jay Leberman, head of Perelman Jewish Day School, had lobbied for years to retain Saligman Middle School, which he helped found, as a separate entity. But in the midst of mounting pressure to merge the city's two Jewish middle schools, he's had a change of heart and released a proposal for a unified day school system.
A Temple senior fights a seemingly losing battle to reschedule the school's commencement ceremony next spring because it conflicts with the second day of the religious holiday of Shavuot.
Despite a failed attempt to merge two Jewish middle schools over the past few months, a flurry of activity in the past week suggests that the effort may not be over yet.
Jewish educational leaders appear determined to continue building on the legislative victory scored this summer when the state approved a new tax credit program aimed at making private schools more affordable.
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