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Contra Costa Jewish Day School Principal Eden Allswang Bruner will take over as head of school this summer when Dean Goldfein transitions to an emeritus role. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inEducation

After 25 years leading a Jewish day school, he’s stepping down — but not retiring

by Dan Pine May 21, 2025May 21, 2025

Dean Goldfein still remembers opening day of the Contra Costa Jewish Day School back in 2001, when he welcomed a small student body of 23 children into two rented classrooms.  […]

The entrance to Kehillah Jewish High School in Palo Alto. (Photo/Courtesy)
Posted inLocal Voice

College applicants wonder: What if they didn’t admit me because I’m Jewish?

by Kaylin Liang May 31, 2024
Maya Mazin during a presentation on her family's World War II history at Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School. (Photo/Courtesy Mazin)
Posted inYouth Voice

I feel lucky to attend a Jewish day school during such a tumultuous year

Maya Mazin (Photo/Courtesy) by Maya Mazin May 24, 2024May 24, 2024
David Weiner, admissions director and enrollment manager at Kehillah Jewish High School in Palo Alto, atop the Oriental Pearl Tower in Shanghai, on a visit to recruit Chinese students for Kehillah, March 2024. (Photo/Courtesy)
Posted inEducation

From Shanghai to Palo Alto: Kehillah Jewish High School looks to China for new recruits

by Sue Fishkoff March 29, 2024April 8, 2024
11th-graders Mirabai Ari (left) and Ben Imershein with their adopted drain, "Drain and Abel" (Photo/Courtesy JCHS)
Posted inEducation

‘Drain and Abel’: JCHS students join city’s punny ‘Adopt-A-Drain’ program

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 12, 2023January 12, 2023
Students at Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School organized a bake sale to raise funds for Ukrainian refugees. (Photo/Courtesy Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School)
Posted inBay Area

Selling cupcakes (and more) for Ukraine at Hausner Jewish Day School

by Ryan Torok April 6, 2022April 13, 2022
Foreground: Rabbi Daniel Lehmann is the new head of school at Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School. Background: a socially distanced second-grade classroom at Hausner in July of 2020. (Photo/Gabriel Sanchez)
Posted inEducation

Rabbi Daniel Lehmann rekindles family connection as new head of Hausner school

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman August 25, 2021
Students at Kehillah Jewish High School in Palo Alto during the 2020-21 school year. (Photo/Deena Riddle)
Posted inEducation

Kehillah students must be vaxed. Other local Jewish schools are still weighing their options.

by Gabriel Greschler August 18, 2021August 23, 2021
Shalhevet High School in Los Angeles invested in remote learning technology during the pandemic. In the fall, students located in Arizona will begin to attend Shalhevet classes via video. (Photo/JTA-Tushar Dwivedi)
Posted inUncategorized

Students in Arizona, teachers in LA: One Jewish high school’s plans for a post-Covid future

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev and JTA April 2, 2021April 2, 2021
Rabbi Perry Tirschwell (right) will replace Rabbi Shaye Guttenberg (left) as head of school at South Peninsula Hebrew Day School.
Posted inEducation

New head man for Peninsula Orthodox school

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 29, 2019April 1, 2019

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