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State Schools Superintendent Tony Thurmond speaking to the press Aug. 14 about the state's proposed high school ethnic studies curriculum. (From left) Assemblyman Marc Berman, Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson, Thurmond, Senator Ben Allen, Assemblyman Jose Medina (Photo/Facebook-Abby Porth)
Posted inEducation

‘Liberated’ educators implement their own ethnic studies programs

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman July 15, 2021July 16, 2021
Teachers, students and school board members in the Milwaukee area hold a news conference opposing new bills seeking to bar schools from teaching ideas linked to critical race theory, June 12, 2021. (Photo/Flickr-Milwaukee Teachers' Education Association)
Posted inOpinion

Banning critical race theory will gut the teaching of Jewish history

Henry Abramson by Henry Abramson and JTA July 14, 2021
A view of the Holocaust Memorial in New Orleans. A Louisiana legislator recently abandoned a bill that would have mandated Holocaust education in the state after controversies over its language, origins and backers. (Photo/JTA-Dan Soto via Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inEducation

When Holocaust education meets critical race theory: A partisan history debate unfolds in Louisiana

by Eleanor Stern and JTA July 8, 2021
Polish leaders in a virtual session with Rabbi David Cooper (upper right) of Kehilla Community Synagogue of Piedmont.
Posted inBay Area

Polish leaders wrap up year of learning with Bay Area rabbis

by J. Staff July 6, 2021July 7, 2021
Redwood High School in Larkspur. (Photo/Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inEducation

Citing local incidents, Marin includes antisemitism in ethnic studies curriculum

by Gabriel Greschler June 30, 2021July 1, 2021
Jewish educator Rachel Biale and her husband, UC Davis Jewish Studies Professor David Biale, are behind a new initiative designed to replace the closing HaMaqom.
Posted inEducation

New Lehrhaus rises from HaMaqom’s ashes

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman June 29, 2021June 30, 2021
Members of the Los Angeles teachers' union celebrate the end of a strike, Jan. 22, 2019. (Photo/Wikimedia-Mike Chickey)
Posted inEducation

After S.F. teachers’ union vote on Israel, others follow suit around the country

by Gabriel Greschler June 28, 2021June 28, 2021
Rabbi Dorothy Richman teaches a Talmud course in 2013 offered through HaMaqom (then called Lehrhaus Judaica), which has announced it will close at the end of its 2021 summer term. (Photo/File)
Posted inEducation

Decision to close HaMaqom ‘irreversible,’ leadership says

by Sue Fishkoff June 22, 2021June 23, 2021
Jehon Grist teaching Hebrew in the early days of Lehrhaus Judaica, now know as HaMaqom | The Place, which has announced it will be shutting its doors for good at the end of its summer term. (Photo/File)
Posted inEducation

Jewish education hub HaMaqom to close after 47 years

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman June 17, 2021June 22, 2021
A view of San Francisco Unified School District's Mission High School from Dolores Park. (Photo/Flickr-Don Barrett CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
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Parents opposing S.F. teacher union’s BDS stance take concerns to school board 

by Gabriel Greschler June 9, 2021June 10, 2021

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