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      The preschool at Congregation Beth Ami in Santa Rosa. (Photo/Courtesy)

      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
      Mt. Eden High School teacher Paul Maciel holds a copy of "The Hidden Tyranny" as he speaks out against fellow teacher Henry Bens at the March 8 Hayward Unified School District board meeting. Behind him, community members wear blue in solidarity with the Jewish community. (Screenshot)

      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
      The Governor's Holocaust and Genocide Education Council meeting for the first time on Feb. 15, 2023. (Photo/Office of the Governor)

      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
      The Leviathan Jewish Journal debuted in 1972. (Photo/Leviathan Jewish Journal Archive)

      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
      Yair Naftalin-Kelman spoke at the Berkeley School Board meeting in February to urge them to listen to Jewish families.

      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
      Lior Ben-Hur teaches music at Camp Ramah. (Photo/Courtesy Ben-Hur

      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
      (From left) Josef Paldus-Farmwald with his Moldaw buddies, Manny and Bee Cherkas, Jan. 18, 2023. (Photo/Sarah Sherwood)

      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
      a woman kneels next to a child on a playground

      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
      Students at Fremont High School attend a Jan. 11 assembly on antisemitism.

      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
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