Last fall, Berkeley’s Graduate Theological Union made history by inaugurating its first non-Christian president — an Orthodox-trained rabbi — to lead the esteemed consortium for the advanced study of religion. The ceremony took place on Oct. 24 at UC Berkeley’s International House, where Rabbi Daniel Lehmann delivered his inaugural address. The convocation, though conducted with…
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Education
Revised ethnic studies curriculum mitigates Jewish bias concerns
After an outcry from the state’s largest Jewish organizations, more than 20 Jewish interest groups, the California Legislative Jewish Caucus, the…
Parenting
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California
Sides clash over competing California State University ethnic studies requirements
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Editorial
The geometry of Covid-19
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Israel
Israel will allow foreign students to enter country to begin studies
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Education
Schools scramble as Covid wreaks havoc on reopening plans
When the Brandeis School of San Francisco shifted all of its instruction online on March 17, after the state announced the coronavirus lockdown, Jessica…
Local Voice
We need an ethnic studies curriculum that respects all minorities
This letter was written by three recent high school graduates active in AJC, the American Jewish Committee. On July 24, it will be sent to Jose Iniguez,…
Education
With college on hold, new Palo Alto Jewish internship open for recent grads
With large numbers of 2020 Jewish high school graduates deferring their enrollment to college — in order to avoid one semester, and perhaps two, dominated…