Michaela Weinstein had seen enough — swastikas drawn on textbooks and desks, Nazi salutes in her school’s hallways, racist images on Instagram targeting young black women — and decided it was time to fight back. Then a freshman at Albany High School, she talked with a close friend and the duo determined that the best…
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Education
Mixed & Matched
Is b’nai mitzvah prep too demanding on families’ time?
Dear Dawn: I am Jewish, and my husband was Catholic but no longer identifies with any religion. I care strongly about raising our children Jewish, and my…
Education
Saving S.F.'s only Hebrew ulpan program
Anne Germanacos studied Hebrew at the University of San Francisco’s summer ulpan in 2007 and 2008 as she prepared for her first trip to Israel. A decade…
Bay Area
‘Here’s lookin’ at you, kid’: Bay Area teen studies Arabic in Morocco
When Naomi Moskowitz graduated from Jewish Community High School in June, she had already completed two intensive Arabic summer courses at UC Berkeley and…
Education
Tehiyah school community 'devastated' by closure
Updated July 25 with new information. Suffering from dire financial woes, Tehiyah Day School in El Cerrito is shutting down. At a meeting on July 17, the…
Education
Hebrew back on at Lowell High School
The Hebrew program at San Francisco’s Lowell High School is fully funded again, at least for now. In 2015, J. and the student newspaper reported that the…
Education
It's time to unify the East Bay Jewish schools
While reading J. recently, I noticed that the three Jewish middle schools of the East Bay graduated a total of 38 students. First, yasher koach to the…
Education
Kevah study groups moving to Lehrhaus
In a major move by two local adult Jewish educational programs, Lehrhaus Judaica is acquiring Kevah’s Small Groups program. The change will take…
Kids & Family
Wilderness Torah expands as adherents age into parenthood
Nature Deficit Disorder. It’s a thing. And Berkeley-based Wilderness Torah wants to teach Jewish parents the antidote: Send the kids outdoors. Since its…