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School
Standoff

Disagreements over direction
of Frankel Jewish Academy
remain unresolved.

Keri Guten Cohen I Story Development Editor

T

he heat continues to rise on a long-simmering con-
flict involving Frankel Jewish Academy and some
parents, rabbis and community leaders who feel the
non-denominational Jewish high school is becoming less
inclusive.
What started as a conflict over a Reform
For a
rabbi who taught at FJA has grown to wider
disputes over some of the school's policies
related
and practices. For example, complaints
editorial,
have surfaced about FINs most recent board
election and board governance change,
see
leading to a legal complaint being filed June
page 41.
12 that seeks to compel the board to release
information. (See accompanying story.)
All the while, community leaders have tried to cobble
a compromise. These efforts have included many private
meetings between the parties, carefully worded letters,
countless hours of shuttle diplomacy and more — mostly

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Rabbi Eric Grossman, head of school, speaks at the
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