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Children light candles as part of their lessons at Yachad Religious School in Oak Park Michigan. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Yachad)
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Hebrew school enrollment across US down by nearly half since 2006, report says

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev and JTA April 20, 2023April 20, 2023
The damaged and leaky ceiling in one of Beth Ami's preschool classrooms on March 23. According to the former staffer who took the photo, it has looked like this since Jan. 9.
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Mass resignations and health concerns led to Beth Ami preschool closure, parents and staff say

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss April 11, 2023April 12, 2023
The preschool at Congregation Beth Ami in Santa Rosa. (Photo/Courtesy)
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Storm damage shutters long-running Santa Rosa synagogue preschool indefinitely

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss March 27, 2023March 29, 2023
Mt. Eden High School teacher Paul Maciel speaks out against fellow teacher Henry Bens at the March 8, 2023 Hayward Unified School District board meeting, while holding a copy of "The Hidden Tyranny," a hoax antisemitic text Bens taught in class at Mt. Eden. (Screenshot)
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‘Why is nothing being done?’ Tensions high after suspension of Hayward teacher who taught antisemitic lessons

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 9, 2023March 15, 2023
The Governor's Holocaust and Genocide Education Council meeting for the first time on Feb. 15, 2023. (Photo/Office of the Governor)
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Meeting kicks off attempt to improve Holocaust education in California

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene March 2, 2023March 6, 2023
The Leviathan Jewish Journal debuted in 1972. (Photo/Leviathan Jewish Journal Archive)
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Started as a Jewish hippie journal, UC Santa Cruz’s Leviathan turns 50

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss February 28, 2023March 6, 2023
Yair Naftalin-Kelman spoke at the Berkeley School Board meeting in February to urge them to listen to Jewish families.
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Berkeley High graduation on Shabbat despite years of pleas

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene February 27, 2023March 8, 2023
Lior Ben-Hur teaches music at Camp Ramah. (Photo/Courtesy Ben-Hur
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Israeli-born musician Lior Ben-Hur puts his ‘Heart’ into Bay Area music education

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene February 22, 2023February 23, 2023
(From left) Josef Paldus-Farmwald with his Moldaw buddies, Manny and Bee Cherkas, Jan. 18, 2023. (Photo/Sarah Sherwood)
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Buddy program between Hausner teens, Moldaw seniors is a ‘win-win’

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss February 8, 2023February 15, 2023
a woman kneels next to a child on a playground
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At Sherith Israel’s new preschool, the kids will stay outside 

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene February 1, 2023

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