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Knowledge in a time of competing realities
Sam Wineburg, Ph.D., is the Margaret Jacks Professor of Education, History and American Studies at the Stanford Graduate School of Education, Wineburg,…
Education
Pot entrepreneurs and more at JCHS
Given that high school is generally the time kids first experiment with smoking pot, it’s not every day that a high school invites two of its alumni back…
Education
Jewish high school adds 'salaam' to its vocabulary
Updated: 12:34 p.m., September 5, 2018 Hebrew is no longer the only Semitic language being taught at Jewish Community High School of the Bay. Now students…
Dance
Bringing exercise and creativity together through dance
It is emblematic of her long life as a dancer and choreographer that when Kathryn Roszak teaches an adult fitness class at the East Bay JCC, it’s going to…
Education
Teaching ethics, changing school culture earns teen $36k Diller award
Michaela Weinstein had seen enough — swastikas drawn on textbooks and desks, Nazi salutes in her school’s hallways, racist images on Instagram targeting…
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…