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Israeli first- to third-graders social distance and bring doctor’s notes at the entrance to their Jerusalem school, May 3, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Olivier Fitoussi-Flash90)
Posted inNews

‘The entire system got confused’: Israeli schools reopen, but many parents aren’t sending their kids back

by Sam Sokol and JTA May 14, 2020May 14, 2020
Mercy High School students at the Farkas Center's Kristallnacht event in November 2018. (Photo/Adrian Schrek)
Posted inUncategorized

Holocaust center loses home at SF Catholic school but vows to continue

by Gabriel Greschler May 13, 2020
Jewish Community for Literacy lead tutor Beverly Ark celebrates Read Across America Day with a student at Parker Elementary in Oakland. (Photo/Jo Budman)
Posted inEducation

Jewish Coalition for Literacy gives 1,000 youngsters in Bay Area the gift of reading

by Liz Harris May 12, 2020May 13, 2020
Jody Passanisi and her kids
Posted inEducation

The means of community have changed, the meaning has not

Jody Passanisi by Jody Passanisi May 4, 2020
Yavneh Day School teacher Jenessa Schwartz's third-grade daughter Ramona at Yavneh's all-school tefillah. (Photo/Courtesy Jenessa Schwartz)
Posted inEducation

Jewish schools making the grade with distance learning

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 27, 2020April 27, 2020
Cindy Schlesinger will be the new head of school at Yavneh Day School starting in July.
Posted inEducation

Yavneh’s new head of school takes over at a trying time

by Dan Pine April 20, 2020
Erel Arnold, who graduated from Jewish Community High School of the Bay last year, heard about the opportunity to call senior residents through his sister, a junior at the high school. (COURTESY ARNOLD)
Posted inUncategorized

Jewish teens and quarantined seniors find companionship over the phone

by Gabriel Greschler April 14, 2020April 24, 2020
Jeremy Bruner, a senior at Bentley Upper School in Lafayette, with his dog Snowy. (EDEN BRUNER)
Posted inEducation

No graduation, no prom, no hanging out — tough times for Jewish high school seniors

by Gabriel Greschler April 7, 2020April 7, 2020
Jaimie Baxter, co-executive director of HaMaqom | The Place
Posted inEducation

From Israeli politics to Moroccan Passover, online classes spring forth from HaMaqom

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 31, 2020March 31, 2020
Empty entrance to the Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto, which closed its facility in March due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo/Courtesy OFJCC)
Posted inBay Area

JCCs close, hundreds furloughed as Bay Area Jewish orgs feel weight of coronavirus

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman March 30, 2020March 31, 2020

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