The Abraham Joshua Heschel School

The Abraham Joshua Heschel School is an independent Jewish day school in New York City, enrolling between 700 and 1,000 students across pre-school, elementary, middle, and high school. The school takes its name from Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, a 20th-century scholar and civil rights activist. His commitments still shape what happens inside the building every day.

Four values anchor the academic program: intellectual exploration, integrity, love of Jewish tradition, and social justice. The school is pluralistic and egalitarian. It welcomes families from across the full range of Jewish practice and belief, and boys and girls, men and women take equal part in religious and academic life alike.

Teaching here spans two tracks at once. Faculty work inside a rigorous secular curriculum and a living Jewish community at the same time. Hebrew is taught alongside English, and some roles connect Judaic studies to core academic subjects. That kind of integrated teaching is hard to find in a New York City day school setting. It suits candidates who want their subject to carry broader meaning.

The school's finances are solid. Net assets exceeded $152 million in 2023, with annual revenue above $62 million. Fundraising grew by more than 64 percent in the same period. That financial base tends to support competitive faculty salaries, sustained investment in professional development, and stable day-to-day operations.

Heschel hires across all grade levels for teaching, administrative, and support roles. Openings span pre-school through high school, giving candidates at different career stages real options in one of the country's largest independent school markets.