First-ever Solomon Schechter day school in North America goes Orthodox

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(New York Jewish Week) - The first sign that things were changing at Schechter Queens came when the school began receiving requests from parents to let students hold an Orthodox prayer service.

As the first Jewish day school named for Solomon Schechter, an influential rabbi in Conservative Judaism, Schechter Queens only offered egalitarian prayer, where boys and girls prayed together. But families at the school pressed for students to have the option to choose a non-egalitarian option.

That was seven years ago. After the Orthodox prayer service launched, it became so popular that only two s...