Tuesday, March 2, 2010
New Leaders Take Helm at 3 Camps
By Dikla Kadosh
For three local Jewish camps ushering in new leadership, summer 2010 will be a season of change. Habonim Dror Camp Gilboa in the San Bernardino . . .
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
How to Choose a Jewish School for Your Child
by Rabbi Elchanan J. Weinbach
The growth of Jewish day and high schools in America is testimony to their central role in Jewish continuity. Parents who are choosing Jewish day or . . .
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
High school tuition help still available
By Julie Gruenbaum Fax
Nearly 250 middle-income families considering a Jewish high school education for their teens have applied for tuition help from Builders of Jewish . . .
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Inspired Teens Share Their Worlds
by Jessica Pauline Ogilvie, Contributing Writer
“We only know the worth of religion when it’s taken away from us, only know the worth of God and music when it’s not there. We’re all here . . .
Friday, February 12, 2010
Dear Haredim, while you were sleeping, secular Jewish culture was thriving
Carlo Strenger, HAARETZ.com
At the Herzliya Conference, former Shas leader Aryeh Deri took part in a panel on education toward Jewish identity, and two of his points made it . . .
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Conference confronts ‘new reality’ for day schools
By Josh Lipowsky, JTA (The Jewish Standard)
In a time of economic uncertainty, when fund-raising campaigns are down and school tuitions are up, members of the North American day school . . .
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Campus Group Connects American, Israeli Business Interests
by Andrew Solomon
If you peruse the organizational directory of any major university, chances are you will come across groups devoted to almost anything. Here at the . . .
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Quebec cuts funding to Chasidic schools
JTA
Quebec has ended a 24-year arrangement that allowed fervently Orthodox Jewish students to study at a Montreal junior college at public . . .
Monday, November 30, 2009
A Brief History of Jews in Public Schools
By Rachel Heller
With the many LAUSD schools having spotty reputations, and given the array of private schools to choose from, Jewish support for Los Angeles public . . .
Monday, November 16, 2009
Faculty strikes at Philadelphia-area day school
JTA
Faculty at a suburban Philadelphia Jewish day school took to the picket line, carrying out their threat to . . .
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Shalhevet Choir, International Performers Share Stage at Concert Honoring Pearl
By JewishJournal.com
The Shalhevet High School Choir was one of eight groups performing Sunday, Oct. 25, at the eighth annual Daniel Pearl World Music Days festival . . .
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
JFS Program Gives Students New School Supplies
by Emily Kaplan, Contributing Writer
Jewish Family Service (JFS) of Los Angeles supplied 1,100 disadvantaged children in the Los Angeles Unified School District with new backpacks filled . . .
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Jewish Educators Honored With Awards
by Emily Kaplan, Contributing Writer
Four Jewish educators were surprised with $15,000 Milken Family Foundation Jewish Educator Awards on Oct. 13. Foundation Executive Vice President . . .
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Science Summer in IsraelYields Lessons Beyond the Lab
by Marissa Caan
I am a Jew, a Marlborough graduate, a Pacific Palisadian and now a freshman Yalie. Last summer, I was also a participant in the Dr. Bessie F. . . .
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
First Jewish Sports Specialty Camp Opens
by Lisa Armony, Contributing Writer
Young athletes will combine core sports training with a Jewish summer camp experience for the first time when the 6 Points Sports Academy opens its . . .
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Pluralistic Boarding School Combines Rigor With Community
by Lisa Armony, Contributing Writer
When it came to choosing a high school, you could say that Sabrina Livne-Kennedy did her . . .
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
The Challenge of Keeping Kids in Day Schools
By Julie Gruenbaum Fax
Claudine and Ira Unterman pulled one of their four children out of Orthodox day school a couple of years ago, when they concluded the school could . . .
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Joy, Discipline and Achievement:The Importance of Social-Emotional Learning
by Rabbi Laurence Scheindlin
Play dates are overrated. By the end of June make sure your mom has signed you up for next year’s after-school activities. That way you can fill . . .
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Seminaries getting $12 million boost to train educators
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Three Jewish seminaries across the denominational spectrum will receive a total of $12 million to help train new Jewish . . .
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Budget crunch forcing schools to cut, become creative
By Jacob Berkman, JTA
Rabbi Samuel Levine has a problem -- and it’s echoing throughout the Jewish day school . . .
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Milken Middle School Gets New Campus
By Julie Gruenbaum Fax
Students at Milken Community High School’s middle school were awarded a first-class upgrade when school opened Monday, as they left behind . . .
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Jewish Studies Pioneer Honored
By Tom Tugend
“I have a fantasy,” professor Zev Garber says, “that if there is a second coming of Jesus, he will have a concentration camp number on his . . .
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Center Provides Chasidut for All
By Orit Arfa
As the High Holy Days approach, some Jews might dread sitting for hours on end in shul, crowning God as their King while their minds inevitably . . .
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Judaism Through Arts for Adults With Special Needs
by Susie Kopecky, Contributing Writer
As her daughter Amy was nearing graduation two years ago, Pattie Earlix was crushed by the thought that her religious education was . . .
