Alumni call on Jewish day schools to do more to fight racism. A leader of a network of Jewish day schools said the calls built on a foundation of social justice taught by these schools.

Omer Balva in his senior photo from Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School. Courtesy of Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School. All three of the letters expressed horror over Hamas’ Oct. 7 attacks.

When Ilana Goldberg scrolled through Instagram, much of her feed consisted of black squares as part of an initiative called #BlackoutTuesday to honor the Black Lives Matter movement.