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Professor Theresa Montaño of CSU Northridge is one of the driving forces behind the Liberated Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum Institute.
Posted inCalifornia

‘Liberated’ ethnic studies group launches with help from original California curriculum drafters

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman February 26, 2021January 25, 2022
Feinstein Elementary, named for the current U.S. senator and former San Francisco mayor, was slated for renaming under an SFUSD board plan. (Photo/Google Maps)
Posted inEducation

Renaming of SF schools suspended: Feinstein and Sutro safe for now

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 23, 2021
Students at Amador Valley High School in Pleasanton look at art from the center in March 2020.
Posted inNews

In East Bay, traveling Holocaust ‘center’ uses art to tell story of the Shoah

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 22, 2021
Professor Sam Shonkoff will be the first holder of the Taube Family Chair at the Richard S. Dinner Center for Jewish Studies.
Posted inPhilanthropy

Taube Philanthropies endows new Jewish studies chair at Graduate Theological Union

by J. Staff February 12, 2021February 16, 2021
Feinstein Elementary, named for current U.S. Senator and former San Francisco mayor Dianne Feinstein, will be renamed under the new plan. (Photo/Google Maps)
Posted inOpinion

S.F. school board must prioritize reopening schools, not renaming them

by J. Editorial Board February 4, 2021February 4, 2021
"The Fight for Ethnic Studies in Ca.," a forum organized by the San Francisco Arab Resource and Organizing Center on Feb. 2, 2021.
Posted inCalifornia

Latest salvo in ethnic studies curriculum: Its writers want no part of it

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman February 3, 2021February 4, 2021
Ofek Hub teacher Mor Cohen. (Photo/Polaris Banks)
Posted inEducation

Jewish class shut down by Covid? Here’s an Israel-focused alternative

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 3, 2021
Gold Rush-era Jewish philanthropist and S.F. mayor Adolph Sutro (Photo/Wikimedia Commons); and Sen. Dianne Feinstein, also a former mayor of San Francisco (Photo/JTA-Drew Angerer-Getty Images)
Posted inEducation

SF school board approves plan to rename 44 schools, including Feinstein and Sutro

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman January 27, 2021January 27, 2021
Lowell High School
Posted inEducation

Lowell principal: ‘Highly likely’ that student is behind racist, antisemitic posts 

by Gabriel Greschler January 26, 2021January 28, 2021
UC Merced professor Abbas Ghassemi. (Photo/Courtesy UC Merced)
Posted inEducation

UC Merced prof who posted antisemitic tweets is off teaching roster

by Gabriel Greschler January 19, 2021

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