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The Kehillah Jewish High School's Moot Beit Din team making their case.
Posted inEducation

Kehillah high school team wins national ‘Moot Beit Din’

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky June 1, 2020
A girl poses in the cap and gown of her graduation outfit in poppy fields near the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve on April 16, 2020 in Lancaster, California, where the annual spring bloom is underway.  (Photo/JTA-AFP via Getty Images-Frederic J. Brown)
Posted inUncategorized

High school graduation and then… college? Here’s what local Jewish corona-grads are planning.

by J. Staff June 1, 2020October 23, 2023
McClymonds High School in Oakland Unified School District, which voted May 28 to support the state's proposed high school ethnic studies curriculum. (Photo/Wikimedia-Daniel Olsen-CC BY 2.5)
Posted inEducation

Oakland school board votes to support ethnic studies curriculum

by Dan Pine May 28, 2020June 1, 2020
Jewish LearningWorks’ David Waksberg speaking to a group of Jewish educators. (Photo/Courtesy Jewish LearningWorks)
Posted inNews

Class dismissed: Jewish LearningWorks CEO David Waksberg retires

by Dan Pine May 28, 2020June 12, 2020
(Photo/Flickr-Robert Couse-Baker CC BY 2.0)
Posted inEducation

Why Jews should support the state’s high school ethnic studies curriculum

Rabbi Dev NoilyHazzan Shulamit Wise Fairman by Rabbi Dev Noily and Hazzan Shulamit Wise Fairman May 27, 2020May 27, 2020
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond (center) met with Jewish leaders on Jan. 7 to discuss the controversial draft ethnic studies curriculum for California high schools. (Photo/Twitter-Rick Hirschhaut)
Posted inCalifornia

Ethnic studies model curriculum no longer includes BDS, state officials say

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman May 22, 2020May 25, 2020
Students at Nishmat in Jerusalem wear masks and are separated by Plexiglas barriers to protect against the coronavirus. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Nishmat)
Posted inIsrael, U.S., Education, News

As colleges go virtual, students instead are heading to Israel on gap year programs

Josefin Dolsten by Josefin Dolsten and JTA May 21, 2020
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 inLocal Voice

Why are school boards OK’ing California’s flawed ethnic studies model?

Rabbi Serena Eisenberg by Rabbi Serena Eisenberg May 21, 2020
Evan Wolkenstein is the author of "Turtle Boy." (Photo/Fred Greene; detail from book cover)
Posted inBooks

Q&A: JCHS teacher discusses his debut novel, ‘Turtle Boy’

Laura Pall by Laura Paull May 20, 2020May 20, 2020
Vallejo Unified School District building. (Photo/Rachel Raskin-Zrihen)
Posted inEducation

Vallejo school board tables vote on ‘anti-Jewish’ ethnic studies curriculum

Rachel Raskin-Zrihen by Rachel Raskin-Zrihen May 14, 2020May 25, 2020

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