New Anne Frank Center aims to reshape racism education By Yonat Shimron, RNS Sep 20, 2021 The red-brick Georgian-style home on a tree-lined street at the heart of the University of South Carolina campus has no signs out yet. It is as anonymous, for the moment, as the red-brick Dutch townhouse where Anne Frank hid with her family from German soldiers. Opened Sept. 15, on the eve of Yom Kippur, the… Read More
Bay Area A life devoted to Jewish teaching earns her Diller’s new award According to her official bio, Bay Area Jewish educator Irene Resnikoff has been teaching for 55 years. Not entirely true. Resnikoff, 74, started even… By Dan Pine Sep 10, 2021
Education Lawmakers approve revised ethnic studies bill — now Newsom must decide again A landmark bill to make ethnic studies a high school graduation requirement in California cleared both houses of the Legislature on Wednesday. The measure… By Gabe Stutman Sep 9, 2021
Bay Area It’s back! New Lehrhaus to kick off first classes next month While the Bay Area community was still mourning the loss of beloved Jewish educational organization HaMaqom, known for 45 years as Lehrhaus Judaica,… By Maya Mirsky Sep 9, 2021
Sports Bay Area athletes sought for Jewish scholarship awards The Jewish Sports Hall of Fame of Northern California, a nonprofit celebrating Jewish achievement in athletic pursuits from billiards to baseball (to… By J. Staff Sep 3, 2021
California This L.A. rabbinical school is moving into a Catholic university The Academy for Jewish Religion California has rented space in several locations during its 21-year existence as a transdenominational seminary that… By Yonat Shimron, RNS Sep 3, 2021
Philanthropy Goldmans fund gleaming new arts center for East Palo Alto youth What if we started with a blank sheet of paper and asked East Palo Alto youth, what do you want? That’s the question John and Marcia Goldman posed to the… By Liz Harris Sep 2, 2021
Education Lehmann rekindles family connection as new head of Hausner school Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School in Palo Alto, a prominent K-8 institution attended by the families of some of Silicon Valley’s tech leaders, has hired a… By Gabe Stutman Aug 25, 2021
Education Kehillah students must be vaxed. Other Jewish schools weigh options. Last Wednesday, California became the first state in the country to require educators at both public and private schools be vaccinated or get tested… By Gabriel Greschler Aug 18, 2021