Hillel portal offers another option for college scholarship search By Larry Sokoloff Jan 21, 2022 Jewish students looking for college scholarships know it can be time-consuming and often overwhelming. Luckily, some of the legwork has been done already, with Bay Area institutions managing Jewish-specific scholarships and Hillel International offering a web portal for college scholarships throughout the U.S. and Canada. Some of the scholarships lead to unexpected places, such as… Read More
Education Castro Valley schools approve 'liberated' ethnic studies curriculum The Castro Valley school board unanimously approved a contract Wednesday night with a controversial consortium of ethnic studies teachers who have… By Gabe Stutman Jan 20, 2022
Bay Area Stanford to investigate claim that it had Jewish quotas in 1950s That Ivy League schools placed quotas on the number of Jews admitted to their classes through much of the first half of the 20th century has long been… By Shira Hanau, JTA Jan 12, 2022
Education A ‘first day’ of Jewish education — in Russian Natalia Tsvibel is a whirling dervish of a teacher. Moving quickly around the room at the Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto, eyes wide and arms spread wider,… By Sue Fishkoff Dec 29, 2021
Talking With ... Q&A: He teaches immigrant teens who live on their own Abraham Falk-Rood, 32, teaches English at Rudsdale Newcomer High School in Oakland. All of his students are immigrants ages 16 to 19, many of whom crossed… By Liz Harris Oct 26, 2021
U.S. Texas Jews alarmed by school official's statement on Holocaust Jews in the Texas school district where an administrator told teachers that a new state law meant they should include “opposing” views of the Holocaust in… By Ben Sales, JTA Oct 20, 2021
Bay Area Early lessons in philanthropy inspired group for teen girls When Emma Mayerson was a teen growing up in Berkeley, she wasn’t quite sure how she fit in Jewishly. “I wasn’t necessarily the Jew that… By Dan Schifrin Oct 18, 2021
U.S. Texas official: State law requires teaching ‘opposing’ view on Holocaust Teachers in a Texas school district were told last week that a new state law requiring them to present multiple perspectives about “widely debated and… By Philissa Cramer, JTA Oct 15, 2021
Education This Bay Area 16-year-old confronted antisemitism on the TEDx stage Whoever thinks fighting antisemitism is only for adults should meet activist Jasper Vyda. Vyda, a 16-year-old junior at Oakland’s College Preparatory… By Mark Lawton Oct 13, 2021