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Adam Eilath

Adam Eilath is head of school at the Ronald C. Wornick Jewish Day School in Foster City.

The scene outside La Ghriba synagogue on the Tunisian island of Djerba, bedecked with Tunisian flags for the annual Lag B'Omer pilgrimage. (Photo/Adam Eilath)
Posted inFirst Person

A broken peace left my family’s heritage trip in shards

Adam Eilath by Adam Eilath May 10, 2024May 10, 2024

This article was originally published in Distinctions: A Sephardi and Mizrahi Journal. I sit in an office in the East Bay of Northern California. There, in a room filled with […]

The scene outside La Ghriba synagogue on the Tunisian island of Djerba, bedecked with Tunisian flags for the annual Lag B'Omer pilgrimage. (Photo/Adam Eilath)
Posted inOpinion

Tragedy can’t overshadow the joys of our Tunisian Jewish pilgrimage

Adam Eilath by Adam Eilath May 24, 2023May 24, 2023
Lear Issa (left) and Shira Yosef in an episode of "Madrasa," an new Israeli TV show from writer Sayed Kashua.
Posted inTV & Film

Looking for hope in Israel? You might find it on kids’ TV

Adam Eilath by Adam Eilath January 17, 2023July 11, 2023
Rebekah, princess of the Sephardic kingdom of Galonia, on a very special Hanukkah episode of "Elena of Avalor."
Posted inHanukkah

A Sephardic girl with a bubbe? Disney blew it with their first Jewish princess.

Adam Eilath by Adam Eilath December 17, 2019December 17, 2019

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