Bay Area Storm damage shutters Beth Ami's preschool indefinitely Updated March 28 at 9:24 a.m. with correct date of citation. The preschool at Congregation Beth Ami in Santa Rosa will close indefinitely starting next… By Emma Goss Mar 27, 2023
Bay Area Tensions high after Hayward teacher assigned antisemitic lessons At a meeting of the Hayward Unified School District school board on Wednesday, a speaker walked up to the podium holding a copy of “The Hidden Tyranny,”… By Maya Mirsky Mar 9, 2023
California Meeting kicks off attempt to improve Holocaust education A council formed to address Holocaust and genocide education in California schools convened for the first time last month with its first initiative:… By Lillian Ilsley-Greene Mar 2, 2023
Bay Area Leviathan: UCSC's Jewish student journal turns 50 Just seven years after the founding of UC Santa Cruz, 15 Jewish students published the university’s first Jewish periodical: the Leviathan Jewish Journal.… By Emma Goss Feb 28, 2023
Bay Area Berkeley High graduation on Shabbat despite years of pleas In early February, 17-year-old Yair Naftalin-Kelman took to the podium at a meeting of the Berkeley Unified School Board. Wearing his kippah, as he does… By Lillian Ilsley-Greene Feb 27, 2023
Music Lior Ben-Hur puts his ‘Heart’ into Bay Area music education For 20 years, Israeli-born singer-songwriter Lior Ben-Hur has been performing his music for Jewish audiences in the Bay Area. Now, with his nonprofit… By Lillian Ilsley-Greene Feb 22, 2023
Seniors Buddy program between Hausner teens, Moldaw seniors is a ‘win-win’ For Josef Paldus-Farmwald, an eighth-grader at Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School in Palo Alto, there’s one hour every other Wednesday that he eagerly… By Emma Goss Feb 8, 2023
Education At Sherith Israel’s new preschool, the kids will stay outside Congregation Sherith Israel will open a new preschool this fall that will be held largely outdoors, joining a growing Bay Area trend of turning nature… By Lillian Ilsley-Greene Feb 1, 2023
Education High school in Sunnyvale puts sharp focus on antisemitism After years of antisemitic incidents at Fremont High School in Sunnyvale, including threats of violence against Jewish students and two instances of… By Lillian Ilsley-Greene Jan 30, 2023