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Debbie Togliatti hands preschoolers fresh peas from the garden. (Courtesy OFJCC)
Posted inBay Area

Inch by inch, this ‘gardenista’ helped preschoolers grow at the Palo Alto JCC

by Dan Pine June 16, 2026June 16, 2026

After 40 bloomin’ years on the job, Debbie Togliatti is hanging up her trowel.  The gardening specialist at the Oshman Family JCC preschool — or, as she calls herself, “gardenista” […]

An ad for the ulpan from 2000⁩.
Posted inFrom the Archives

USF’s Hebrew ulpan has infused learning with joy for decades

Rahel Knight (Courtesy) by Rahel Knight June 15, 2026June 15, 2026
Swiss winger Fabian Rieder plays with San Diego Jewish Academy students. (Courtesy of San Diego Jewish Academy)
Posted inSports

Swiss World Cup team plays ball on California Jewish day school’s soccer field

Louis Keene by Louis Keene June 12, 2026June 12, 2026
Olives trees
Posted inBay Area

JCC East Bay ready to take root on Oakland campus with August preschool opening

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi June 9, 2026June 10, 2026
The SUHSD main office in Redwood City. (Ardenmachro via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0)
Posted inEducation

Peninsula school district makes sweeping policy changes to settle antisemitism suit

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi June 1, 2026June 1, 2026
“Thank You HaShem,” reads the decorated top of a mortarboard at Jewish Community High School of the Bay Class of 2025's graduation ceremony. (Lisa Duncan)
Posted inEducation

What a day school education meant to these graduates

by J. Staff May 29, 2026May 29, 2026
A composite of the candidates for Calif. Superintendent of Public Instruction, who appeared in a May 17 online forum put on by Jewish California. (Screenshots via Zoom/Jewish California)
Posted inPolitics

Candidates for state superintendent split on defending K-12 antisemitism law in court

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi May 19, 2026May 19, 2026
A building on the campus of Middlebury College. (PenelopeIsMe via Wikimedia CC BY-SA 3.0)
Posted inU.S.

Middlebury College Hillel votes to rebrand, distancing from parent group on Israel

Louis Keene by Louis Keene May 13, 2026May 13, 2026
A "smart mezuzah" designed by engineering student Tofic Esses won first place at the first annual Craig Exhibition of Jewish Engineering at UC Berkeley. (Courtesy)
Posted inIdeas

Light-up mezuzah snags first Jewish engineering prize at Cal

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb May 6, 2026May 6, 2026
San Francisco Unified School District central offices
Posted inEducation

Ethnic studies curriculum that sidesteps Israel adopted by S.F. schools

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss May 6, 2026May 21, 2026

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