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Moses Prince of Egypt Exodus
Posted inHolidays

Passover and the California ethnic studies curriculum

Rabbi Beth SingerRabbi Jonathan Singer by Rabbi Beth Singer and Rabbi Jonathan Singer March 5, 2021
Professor Theresa Montaño of CSU Northridge is one of the driving forces behind the Liberated Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum Institute.
Posted inCalifornia

‘Liberated’ ethnic studies group launches with help from original California curriculum drafters

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman February 26, 2021January 25, 2022
Feinstein Elementary, named for the current U.S. senator and former San Francisco mayor, was slated for renaming under an SFUSD board plan. (Photo/Google Maps)
Posted inEducation

Renaming of SF schools suspended: Feinstein and Sutro safe for now

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 23, 2021
Gold Rush-era Jewish philanthropist and S.F. mayor Adolph Sutro (Photo/Wikimedia Commons); and Sen. Dianne Feinstein, also a former mayor of San Francisco (Photo/JTA-Drew Angerer-Getty Images)
Posted inEducation

SF school board approves plan to rename 44 schools, including Feinstein and Sutro

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman January 27, 2021January 27, 2021
Lowell High School
Posted inEducation

Lowell principal: ‘Highly likely’ that student is behind racist, antisemitic posts 

by Gabriel Greschler January 26, 2021January 28, 2021
Sequoia Union High School District office in Redwood City. (Photo/Wikimedia-Jeanjung212 CC BY-SA 4.0)
Posted inEducation

Peninsula school district to create its own ethnic studies curriculum

by Dan Pine November 2, 2020November 10, 2020
a classroom with desks spaced evenly throughout
Posted inUncategorized

Let’s keep educating our kids, but give school a rest during this ‘shmita year’

Vicki Haberkorn Abeles by Vicki Haberkorn Abeles October 21, 2020October 22, 2020
the main entrance to a yellow public school building
Posted inNews

Jewish high school students ask Marin district to take action against antisemitism

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA October 1, 2020
Gavin Newsom
Posted inCalifornia

Gov. Newsom rejects high school ethnic studies mandate

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman October 1, 2020October 9, 2020
A Kristallnacht event held by the Helen and Joe Farkas Center for the Study of the Holocaust in Catholic Schools at Mercy High School in San Francisco, Nov. 2018. (Photo/Adrian Schrek)
Posted inEducation

A recent survey found young adults ignorant about the Holocaust — or did it?

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky September 22, 2020September 30, 2020

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