The Jewish philanthropic Koret Foundation has announced $50 million in grants to 12 Bay Area colleges and universities, including $12 million to UC Berkeley and $11.7 million to Stanford, the two largest dispersals. The foundation made a similar round of grants in 2016. The new grants will support programs that help schools recover from the…
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Philanthropy
Covid-19 can’t stop these East Bay Jewish teen fundraisers
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Education
Graduation 2020: Jewish schools planning to celebrate with virtual kvelling
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Religion
Shuly Rubin Schwartz named first woman chancellor of JTS
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Education
Kehillah high school team wins national ‘Moot Beit Din’
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Education
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Education
Oakland school board votes to support ethnic studies curriculum
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Bay Area
Class dismissed: Jewish LearningWorks CEO David Waksberg retires
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Local Voice
Why Jews should support the state’s high school ethnic studies curriculum
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