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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)
Posted inEducation

Parents opposing S.F. teacher union’s BDS stance take concerns to school board 

by Gabriel Greschler June 9, 2021June 10, 2021
Members of the United Educators of San Francisco, the union that represents the school district's teachers, rally for Proposition 15 in Oct. 2020. (Photo/Brooke Anderson)
Posted inEducation

After BDS endorsement, S.F. teachers’ union passes resolution against antisemitism

by Gabriel Greschler June 3, 2021June 3, 2021
The University Center at University of San Francisco. (Photo/Wikimedia)
Posted inNews

Jewish USF student files complaint over email’s ‘delegitimization’ of Israel

by Gabriel Greschler June 2, 2021June 7, 2021
Gen Xia Ye Slosberg
Posted inBay Area, Education, Jewish Life, News

A Jewish-Asian college student grieves a lost senior year, and so much more

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA June 2, 2021June 2, 2021
Yosef Rosen teaching a senior seminar, Issues in Jewish Thought, at Jewish Community High School of the Bay in San Francisco. (Photo/Courtesy JCHS)
Posted inEducation

Graduation 2021: Socially distanced, but still together

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 28, 2021June 2, 2021

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