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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
Harkham Hillel Hebrew Academy in Beverly Hills. (Photo/Louis Keen)
Posted inEducation

Los Angeles Jewish schools won the right to reopen. Then Covid struck again.

Louis Keene by Louis Keene and Forward December 8, 2020December 8, 2020
Susan Katz is an author and founder of ConnectingAuthors. (Photo/Courtesy Katz)
Posted inTalking With ...

A writer who helps kids calm racing minds

by Liz Harris December 7, 2020
Youth Spirit's Tiny House Village in Oakland will begin housing homeless youth in January 2021. (Photo/Daniel Arauz)
Posted inUncategorized

Tiny colorful houses for homeless Oakland youth almost ready

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 4, 2020December 4, 2020
Liam Lindenbaum's "Mandalorian: The Child in Vegetables" was a hit in the South Peninsula Hebrew Day School's charcuterie competition.
Posted inSmall Bites

Vegetable ‘Baby Yoda’ among kids’ food contest winners; fighting food insecurity with community fridges

Alix Wall by Alix Wall December 3, 2020December 3, 2020
A Nov. 2020 session of Temple Isaiah's JQuest Hebrew school. (Photo/Courtesy Temple Isaiah)
Posted inEditorial

Learning Hebrew in an hour a week? It’s complicated

by J. Editorial Board November 27, 2020November 25, 2020
A recent session of Temple Isaiah's JQuest Hebrew school. (Photo/Courtesy Temple Isaiah)
Posted inEducation

Learning Hebrew in ‘Hebrew school’? That’s not always the point.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 23, 2020November 24, 2020

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