Tuesday, April 10, 2012
An education revolution comes to Israel
by Judy Lash Balint, JointMedia News Service
A quiet revolution is taking place in the Israeli education system. When the next school year begins in September, a third stream of state-approved. . .
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Save the Academic Decathlon
By Bill Boyarsky
In a city where some of the very rich are willing to pay $1 billion-plus for the bankrupt Dodgers baseball team, why can’t anyone spare $500,000 to. . .
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Preschool combines Jewish curriculum, Montessori method
by Lisa Armony
At a table in the corner of Olam Jewish Montessori’s oversized classroom, a flour-covered 4-year-old chats nonstop as he mixes dough for challah.. . .
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Online program aids learning for Jewish special-needs kids
By Ryan E. Smith
Daniel Ozer-Ross studies hard. He does his homework. And it’s not enough.. . .
Thursday, March 8, 2012
ADL prepares students to face campus anti-Semitism
By Ryan Torok
A group of students received their task during a recent workshop at New Community Jewish High School: Craft a response to college students who liken. . .
Thursday, March 8, 2012
In love and defense
by Erica Solomon
I have a complicated relationship with Israel. My younger brother made aliyah last year and is currently serving as a paratrooper in an elite unit of. . .
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Ethiopian named to Israel’s Council for Highter Education
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An Ethiopian immigrant to Israel, who serves as the director of Tel Aviv University, is the first Ethiopian Jew appointed to Israel's Council for. . .
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Who goes to Jewish adult ed?
By Pini Herman
Formal adult education in America is more than 100 years old as a popular concept, having started at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1907. As. . .
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Retraining programs get unemployment bump
by Rachel Wizenfeld, Contributing Writer
Courtney Myrick, 27, trained to be a massage therapist several years ago but found that customer service jobs paid the bills. After 10 years in the. . .
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Study your heart out in Israel, no matter your age
by Rachel Wizenfeld, Contributing Writer
Whether you’ve got a sudden hankering to explore your nascent Jewish identity or you miss your rabbinic training of yore, there’s probably a. . .
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Are you ready for an MBA?
By Judy Gruen
Thinking of returning to school for an MBA? If so, you have lots of company. Highly ranked MBA — master of business administration — programs. . .
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Awards recognize, reward 4 local Jewish educators
by Rachel Wizenfeld, Contributing Writer
It’s a hard-knock life for teachers, who are trying their darnedest to teach children amid decreased attention spans, increased technological. . .
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
ADL successfully expands Holocaust education workshop
By Ryan Torok
For nearly 30 years, Los Angeles secondary-school educators have attended the Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL) annual Holocaust Education Workshop as. . .
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Making it easier for LGBT Jewish kids to be open, honest
By Ryan E. Smith
Someday, maybe every gay Jewish youth will have as easy a time coming out as Elias Rubin did.. . .
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
The People of the Children’s Book
By Orit Arfa
When Myra Clark-Siegel, wife of Israeli Consulate General David Siegel, packed their things for their Los Angeles mission, she sacrificed a few. . .
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Reform, Conservative St. Louis day schools to merge
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Two St. Louis Jewish day schools, a Reform and a Conservative, have voted to merge.. . .
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
N.J. again denies Hebrew-language charter school
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The state of New Jersey for the third time has denied a proposal for a Hebrew-language charter high school in Highland Park.. . .
Monday, October 10, 2011
N.J. day school receives $17 million donation
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The Golda Och Academy in West Orange, N.J., has received a $17.2 million donation from the estate of philanthropist Eric F. Ross.. . .
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
U.S. probing bias allegation at Columbia
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The U.S. Department of Education is investigating Columbia University for allegedly discriminating against a Jewish student.. . .
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Oakland day school raises $1 million in 10 months
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The Oakland Hebrew Day School in California has raised $1 million in 10 months to match a grant from an anonymous donor.. . .
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Teach For America trip gives teachers taste of Israeli schools
by MIchele Chabin, Contributing Writer
The daughter of a Jewish father and a Catholic mother, Rachel Swift Linn always felt Jewish, even after her parents divorced when she was young and. . .
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Fla. Jewish day school earns Blue Ribbon status
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The Scheck Hillel Community Day School/Ben Lipson Hillel Community High School in North Miami Beach, Fla., was recognized as a 2011 National Blue. . .
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Columbia warned over students’ dinner with Ahmadinejad
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An Israeli rights group has warned Columbia University of legal repercussions following an invitation to some students for a dinner with Iranian. . .
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Jewish prof defends himself against anti-Semitism allegation
JTA
A Jewish professor in Toronto was forced to defend himself against allegations of anti-Semitism in an episode tinged with irony.. . .
