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Ronald C. Wornick Jewish Day School

A classroom at Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School in Palo Alto in 2020. (Photo/Gabriel Sanchez)
Posted inBay Area

Some Bay Area Jewish day schools to close Friday amid security concerns

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman October 12, 2023October 13, 2023

Updated Oct. 12 at 10:25 p.m. Three Bay Area Jewish day schools plan to close Friday amid security concerns and following what one head of school described as an “exhausting […]

Noah, a student at Brandeis Marin, in a first-grade class in 2021. (Photo/Anya Shuteroff)
Posted inEducation

Pandemic’s impact on Jewish schools: more students, more financial need

Jew,  Jewish,  J. The Jewish News of Northern California
Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss May 27, 2022June 8, 2022
Israeli teen emissaries with the ShinShinim program, Noa Herman (second from left) and Nir Chen (right), having lunch with students at Wornick Jewish Day School in Foster City.
Posted inEducation

Teen emissaries bring Israel to Bay Area students, gain appreciation for U.S. Judaism

by Dan Pine March 9, 2022March 9, 2022
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
Ron Wornick reads to a class at the school that bears his name. (Photo/ Courtesy Ronald C. Wornick Jewish Day School)
Posted inEducation

Passionate about education, Ronald C. Wornick dies at 89

by Dan Pine August 3, 2021August 4, 2021
UCSF's Dr. Robert Wachter was part of a Federation-sponsored webinar on post-pandemic reopening in the Jewish community.
Posted inBay Area

Communal leaders fire questions at doctor as they plan post-pandemic reopenings

by Sue Fishkoff April 22, 2021April 22, 2021
Students at South Peninsula Hebrew Day School during recess, Sept. 10, 2020. (Photo/Patrick Hathaway)
Posted inEducation

Four Jewish schools get waivers for in-person learning; others waiting to hear

by Gabriel Greschler September 10, 2020September 16, 2020
Workers at Tel Hashomer Hospital, which was converted to receive the Israelis who were under quarantine on the cruise ship Diamond Princess in Japan due to the spread of the coronavirus, Feb. 20, 2020. (JTA/AVSHALOM SASSONI/FLASH90)
Posted inBay Area

CORONAVIRUS UPDATES: Local Jewish groups cancel trips, services, other events

by Gabriel Greschler and J. Staff March 6, 2020March 25, 2020
Michael Berenbaum, director of the Sigi Ziering Institute for Exploring the Ethical and Religious Implications of the Holocaust. (American Jewish University)
Posted inNews

Scholar’s talks on Peninsula could touch ‘raw nerve’ with tough topics

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 24, 2019
Kehillah Jewish High School volleyball players at Cristo Rey San Jose Jesuit High School, Oct. 28, 2019. /Ryan Greenfield
Posted inBay Area

Kehillah girls volleyball wins berth in playoffs

by Dan Pine October 30, 2019October 30, 2019

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