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a frumpy beige couch
Posted inParenting

Here’s everything I haven’t done during the pandemic

by Julie Levine August 3, 2020August 4, 2020
a classroom with desks spaced evenly throughout
Posted inEducation

Our national shame: Why are our schools being left to fend for themselves?

Drew Himmelstein by Drew Himmelstein July 30, 2020July 30, 2020
landscape photo of a dusky sunset over a lake
Posted inColumns

Will there ever be another family summer like this one?

by Julie Levine July 9, 2020
a boy in a talit reads from the Torah while a man in a talit stands next to him
Posted inMixed & Matched

Can we raise our child Jewish without a hard commitment?

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler July 7, 2020
an empty classroom with rows of desks
Posted inEducation

We love our kid’s school, but it perpetuates an unfair system

Drew Himmelstein by Drew Himmelstein July 2, 2020July 2, 2020
two images: the cover of the book "I Am The Tree of Life: My Jewish Yoga Book," which features an illustration of a dark-skinned boy in a yoga tree pose; and a photo of the author, a smiling white woman with long dark hair standing in front her synagogue.
Posted inReligion

S.F. rabbi’s picture book brings kids to Torah by way of yoga

Laura Pall by Laura Paull July 1, 2020July 8, 2020
(Graphic/JTA-Kveller)
Posted inCulture

A Jewish anti-racist reading list for children of all ages

Lior Zaltzman by Lior Zaltzman and JTA June 11, 2020
Campers at Camp Tawonga, a Jewish summer camp near Yosemite, in 2018. (Photo/Facebook-Camp Tawonga)
Posted inParenting

Jewish community has been a lifeline to me as a mother. It’s time to return the favor.

by Julie Levine June 10, 2020June 10, 2020
2017 Camp Kee Tov campers Jules Rabinowitz, Isabelle Keim and June Waggoner. (Photo/Courtesy Emily Schnitzer)
Posted inBay Area, Kids & Family, Jewish Life, News

Jewish day camps prep for a fun but unusual summer

Rachel Raskin-Zrihen by Rachel Raskin-Zrihen June 9, 2020June 9, 2020
(From left) Drew Himmelstein's husband, Aaron, and their sons, Harvey and Nate. (Photo/Himmelstein)
Posted inParenting

A lovely return home, but in Maine my kids ran free

Drew Himmelstein by Drew Himmelstein June 4, 2020

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