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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
Roger Grunwald as Shmuel, an Auschwitz survivor, in "The Mitzvah."
Posted inTheater

One-man play goes online to deliver Holocaust lessons to new generation

by Dan Pine January 19, 2021January 20, 2021
A socially distanced classroom. (Photo/From file)
Posted inLocal Voice

The irrelevance of day school Jewish studies, and how to fix the problem

Micha Levin by Micha Levin January 13, 2021January 13, 2021
Burlingame High School students wore school colors, red and black, to a day of "unity against hate," Sept. 10, 2019. (Photo/Gabe Stutman)
Posted inYouth Voice

Students are key to fighting antisemitism in high schools. I should know.

Michaela Pelta by Michaela Pelta January 11, 2021January 12, 2021
Rabbi Lauren Henderson (left) and another student look at source sheets at a Jewish learning session at Base Hillel Chicago, November 2016. (Photo/Couretsy Hillel International)
Posted inEducation

I resisted the call to include non-male voices every time I taught Torah. Then I tried it.

Avigayil Halpern by Avigayil Halpern and JTA January 5, 2021January 8, 2021

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