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      Story Project member Peter Krohn speaks to Wheatland students about his family's experience in the Holocaust. (Photo/Gabe Stutman)

      Northern California

      Teens from viral swastika photo face Holocaust survivor families

      “It was a long walk from the car.” That’s how the mom of a Wheatland High School student described returning to campus on March 8 with her son for the…
      By Gabe Stutman Mar 14, 2022
      Israeli teen emissaries with the ShinShinim program, Noa Herman (second from left) and Nir Chen (right), having lunch with students at Wornick Jewish Day School in Foster City.

      Education

      Teen emissaries bring Israel to Bay Area students

      At the start of the current school year, Wornick Jewish Day School in Foster City added a highly effective learning tool to its Hebrew-language classes:…
      By Dan Pine Mar 9, 2022
      Some of Lisa Liss' students pose as the container of bandages is loaded onto a truck for LA.

      Education

      Students' Bandage Project honors 1.5 million children of Holocaust

      Lisa Liss, who teaches fifth and sixth grades at Woodlake Elementary School in Sacramento, has been on a mission. Every year, she works with her students…
      By Robert Nagler Miller Mar 8, 2022
      A woman watches Audrey Azoulay, UNESCO's director-general, speak during an online commemoration on International Holocaust Remembrance Day in Dublin, Jan. 27, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Artur Widak-NurPhoto via Getty Images)

      World

      Survey: German youth want new ways to learn about the Holocaust

      A new survey of youth in Germany shows growing interest in Nazi-era history, but it also suggests that their attention span is shrinking.  According to…
      By Toby Axelrod, JTA Feb 2, 2022
      UC Berkeley (Photo/file)

      Education

      Hillel portal offers another option for college scholarship search 

      Jewish students looking for college scholarships know it can be time-consuming and often overwhelming. Luckily, some of the legwork has been done already,…
      By Larry Sokoloff Jan 21, 2022
      A Jewish student reads a statement in opposition to a resolution for a consulting contract between the Liberated Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum Coalition and the Castro Valley school district. (Screenshot)

      Education

      Castro Valley schools approve 'liberated' ethnic studies curriculum

      The Castro Valley school board unanimously approved a contract Wednesday night with a controversial consortium of ethnic studies teachers who have…
      By Gabe Stutman Jan 20, 2022
      Stanford University's campus from above / Wikimedia Commons

      Bay Area

      Stanford to investigate claim that it had Jewish quotas in 1950s

      That Ivy League schools placed quotas on the number of Jews admitted to their classes through much of the first half of the 20th century has long been…
      By Shira Hanau, JTA Jan 12, 2022
      Art projects are one way Yom Rishon School brings Jewish studies alive. (Photo/Sue Fishkoff)

      Education

      A ‘first day’ of Jewish education — in Russian

      Natalia Tsvibel is a whirling dervish of a teacher. Moving quickly around the room at the Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto, eyes wide and arms spread wider,…
      By Sue Fishkoff Dec 29, 2021
      Abraham Falk-Rood in his classroom at Rudsdale Newcomer High School in Oakland.

      Talking With ...

      Q&A: He teaches immigrant teens who live on their own

      Abraham Falk-Rood, 32, teaches English at Rudsdale Newcomer High School in Oakland. All of his students are immigrants ages 16 to 19, many of whom crossed…
      By Liz Harris Oct 26, 2021
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