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Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Never Again Means Now

by Jeremy Gordon and David Raban, Tribe Contributors

he Jewish people have a long history of persecution and victimization. Our sufferings as a people have undeniably shaped who we are as individuals and as a people today. Throughout the world, people are still being silenced and exterminated, just as millions of us were in Europe 65 years ago.

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

The Fight for Gilad Shalit

by Judith Greenbaum

On July 25, 2006, Hamas terrorists penetrated into Israeli territory through an underground tunnel that runs from the Gaza town of Rafah to Kibbutz Kerem Shalom.

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Student-Created Film Aims to Teach Holocaust Anew

By Dikla Kadosh

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Innovative Hebrew School Evokes Student Enthusiasm

By Rachel Heller

Innovative Hebrew School Evokes Student Enthusiasm

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Budget Shortfall Threatens Academic Decathlon

By Rachel Heller

Budget Shortfall Threatens Academic Decathlon

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Institute Uncovers Bias in K-12 History Textbooks

By Lilly Fowler

Institute Uncovers Bias in K-12 History Textbooks

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Financial Help Available for Summer Camp Sign-Ups

By Rachel Heller

Growing up in Danbury, Conn., Prissi Cohen didn’t give much thought to Judaism until she started going to summer camp at age 9. Then, the eight weeks she’d spend immersed in friends, sports and Hebrew songs became a thrill she looked forward to year after year.

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Cell Phone Safety Is a Parental Responsibility

by Marian Merritt

Cell Phone Safety Is a Parental Responsibility

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Milken Teams Qualify in Space Contest

Education Briefs

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

As Economy Tanks, Schools Seek Survival Tactics

By Rachel Heller

On a chilly night in early December, crowds of parents filed into the auditorium at Kadima Hebrew Academy/Kadima Heschel West Middle School, chatting and clutching cups of coffee. The atmosphere was almost festive as finance committee chair Brett Grauman stood at the podium, framed by blue tinsel Stars of David.

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

‘GED’-ing Out Early Saves Tuition

By Rachel Heller

Most of the kids in Jacob Schiff’s classes at Santa Monica College don’t realize he’s the youngest one there. Last semester, for instance, several students in a math class got a shock when they asked him whom he planned to vote for in the presidential election.

Thursday, January 8, 2009

LimmudLA gears up for second conference

By Julie G Fax

LimmudLA is hoping that about 800 Southern Californians will sign up to attend the second annual weekendlong event, scheduled to take place Feb. 13-16 at the Costa Mesa Hilton

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Will recession fuel a return to public schools?

By Bill Boyarsky

Throughout the Los Angeles Unified School District, the recession is prompting middle-class parents to take a look at public middle and high schools they have long disdained.

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Scholarships help keep middle-income kids in Jewish schools

By Julie G Fax

Amid the cascade of bad economic news of the past few months, five Jewish high schools in Los Angeles received some good news last week.

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Q&A with Howard Blume: What’s next for LAUSD with Brewer gone?

By Julie G Fax

" , , , Forces that have been impatient with the pace of reform feel that they have won a victory, because they were never entirely sold on Superintendent Brewer, although he vigorously defends his record . . ."

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Kadima cuts costs via Community Tuition Partnership

By Rachel Heller

The Community Tuition Partnership, which will take effect in the 2009-2010 academic year, will lower costs for the entire K-8 student body

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Thanks, Cal State —thanks a lot

By Laura Donney, Tribe Contributor

When we hear that the one option that has always been guaranteed to us is now an uncertain variable, we can do nothing but doubt. When competition rages from all angles, and the safety we counted on no longer exists, we can do nothing but give up, right?

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

UCLA chancellor Gene Block tackles economy, civic responsibility

By Tom Tugend

Block is known to his colleagues as a workaholic and multitasker but also wins praise for his patience and optimism. He displayed his patience and humor during an hour-long interview at his UCLA office and needs all his optimism to tackle the problems at hand.

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Mosques and synagogues reach across divide

By Tom Tugend

Starting next week, 50 synagogues and 50 mosques throughout the United States and Canada will get together for three days of "twinning" and intensive discussions.

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Post-election healing — kumbaya in class and at the beach

By Julie G Fax

Now that the election is over and campaign exaggerations can give way to reality, in schools, and everywhere else, people are making efforts to put things back into perspective. While a lot of healing may still be needed before that sort of unity can move beyond a Saturday night at the beach, one uniting factor all agree on is that this election brought a new level of political awareness and passion across party lines and across ages.

Friday, October 31, 2008

Counselors in demand as college applications soar

By Rachel Heller

A growing number of families are turning to private consultants to allay the competition that marks modern college admissions, local consultants and school officials say.

Friday, October 31, 2008

Briefs: New site helps parents check schools, New Jew science lab opens

With more than 150 Jewish day schools, religious schools and early childhood centers in the Los Angeles area, it can be tough for parents to pinpoint the right place to send their children. Now, Internet-savvy families can browse the options on one pastel-hued Web site

Friday, October 31, 2008

$10 million in scholarships helps day school flourish

By Lisa Armony, Contributing Writer

The start of the new academic year at Irvine's Tarbut V'Torah Community Day School (TVT) ushered in what could be a new era in its outreach to Orange County's Jewish community.

Friday, October 31, 2008

Touro College offers West Coast alternative

By Lindsay Kuhn, Contributing Writer

" . . . I chose Touro College over other secular colleges in Los Angeles, because I wanted to stay in a Jewish environment and be able to receive my degree from a respectable accredited university . . . "