One of the highlights of my 7-year-old son’s winter break was getting to visit his summer camp counselor. Cynthia, who directed the arts day camp that Nate attended in Cushing, Maine, is one of the kindest and most intuitive educators I have ever met. Some teachers just “get” your kid, and she is one of…
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Education
Organic Epicure
Portable kitchens bring edible education into classrooms
Food coverage is supported by a generous donation from Susan and Moses Libitzky. Carolyn Federman has become an expert in getting picky children to eat…
Talking With ...
Q&A: She teaches people with serious diseases how to help themselves
In 1979 Kate Lorig began researching and developing a program at the Stanford School of Medicine that emphasized self-help skills for people with…
Philanthropy
Moldaw Residences couple's generosity helps staff pursue dreams
Stanley Chen, an immigrant from China, just wanted to do “some little thing” to show his appreciation for the Jewish people he has known since coming to…
Youth Voice
It’s time for High Holidays to become official school holidays
This past October, rather than celebrating the two most holy holidays in my religion, I attended my high school classes to avoid falling behind. This is a…
Opinion
Why we must forge new paths in Jewish education
Not long ago, a young man at a protest rally held up a placard that read, “This is Why I Went to Hebrew School.” The policy he was protesting did not…
Bay Area
New SFSU president takes measured view of Israel fray
On her first day as president of San Francisco State University, Lynn Mahoney found herself in the middle of a simmering Israel controversy. Mahoney took…
Sports
Playoff-bound Kehillah girls volleyball on 12-match win streak
The varsity girls volleyball team at Kehillah Jewish High School in Palo Alto will enter next week’s Private School Athletic League playoffs as one of the…
Education
East Bay sisters’ anti-hate project wins top USC Shoah prize
“Throughout history, hateful actions have been driven by influential speakers and leaders, so we decided to use the same concept to battle against hate.”…