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Shalhevet High School in Los Angeles invested in remote learning technology during the pandemic. In the fall, students located in Arizona will begin to attend Shalhevet classes via video. (Photo by Tushar Dwivedi via JTA)
(JTA) When Brooke and Scott Stein began considering where to send their children for high school, they encountered plenty of strong options in the Phoenix area, but each fell short in at least one important regard: The ideal school coed, college preparatory, Jewish didn’t exist where they live.
Entrepreneurial and ambitious, the couple belongs to a growing, largely Modern Orthodox synagogue that long had dreamed of opening such a school. The costs and risks were too daunting, however, until the pandemic arrived and upended conventional thinking.
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Shalhevet High School in Los Angeles invested in remote learning technology during the pandemic. In the fall, students located in Arizona will begin to attend Shalhevet classes via video. (Courtesy/Tushar Dwivedi via JTA)
JTA When Brooke and Scott Stein began considering where to send their children for high school in Phoenix, Arizona, they found plenty of strong options, but each fell short in at least one important regard: The ideal school coed, college preparatory, Jewish didn’t exist where they live.
Entrepreneurial and ambitious, the couple belongs to a growing, largely Modern Orthodox synagogue that had long dreamed of opening such a school. The costs and risks were too daunting, however, until the pandemic arrived and upended conventional thinking.
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