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Yavneh Day School

A student looks at an unrolled Torah at Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School. (Photo/file)
Posted inEducation

‘It was all my kids wanted to talk about’: How Bay Area Jewish schools handled Uvalde tragedy

by Dan Pine June 3, 2022June 7, 2022

On typical school days, Jamie Zimmer’s biggest concern is whether the snacks her students bring from home are certified kosher. During the week of the horrific mass shooting at a […]

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
Rachel Michelberg is the author of “Crash: How I Became a Reluctant Caregiver.”
Posted inBooks

Memoir: Faced with a lifetime of caregiving after husband’s accident, she said no

by Liz Harris June 23, 2021June 23, 2021
A middle school student at Brandeis Marin at an outdoor classroom, February 2021. (Photo/Anya Shuteroff)
Posted inEducation

Our Pandemic Year: Jewish day schools had to relearn the ABCs of teaching

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 16, 2021March 16, 2021
the jcc as seen from the street
Posted inNews

Los Gatos JCC and Jewish Federation of Silicon Valley merge into ‘Jewish Silicon Valley’

by Dan Pine December 2, 2020
Kehillah Jewish High School graduation in 2019. (Photo/Alex Johnson)
Posted inEducation

Graduation 2020: Jewish high schools and day schools planning to celebrate with virtual kvelling

Laura Pall by Laura Paull June 2, 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
Former Brandeis Marin student Ethan Lamstein studied Israeli street artists before his school's trip to Israel.
Posted inIsrael at 70

School Israel trips evolve to keep up with society, and with teens

by Rob Gloster September 26, 2018October 2, 2018
Students in Yavneh Day School's Hebrew immersion program (Photo/Joy Null)
Posted inEducation

Kol hakavod! School’s Hebrew immersion program is a hit

by Rob Gloster November 9, 2017November 8, 2017

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