Al Ashley: Strengthening day schools

By Rachel Heller
Published on January 3, 2013

When Al Ashley first began peeking inside Los Angeles’ Jewish day schools to review their business practices, it was partly for personal reasons: He wanted to make sure his three children would get a sound education.

The history in Jewish education

By David Suissa
Published on January 2, 2013

Money has a way of dominating issues. This is true of politics and presidential elections, and it’s also true of Jewish education. Just say the words “Jewish education,” and the first word you’ll typically hear is “unaffordable.”

Milken honors educators

By Ryan Torok
Published on December 5, 2012

“We are planting seeds — not me, but all of us.” With those words of hope offered to her fellow teachers, Lidia Turner, a seventh- and eighth-grade Hebrew teacher at the David Saperstein Middle School of Milken Community High School, accepted the Milken Family Foundation’s 2012 Jewish Educator Award during an assembly at her school on Sept. 21.

Kenneth Schaefler, Special-Ed Proponent, dies at 68

Published on March 22, 2011

Foundation gives teachers respect

By Julie Gruenbaum Fax
Published on December 15, 2010

The Milken Family Foundation and BJE (Builders of Jewish Education) awarded four Jewish day school educators $15,000 prizes at their annual Jewish Educator Awards Luncheon last week, a feel-good event that brings out the Jewish community’s top brass and a wide swath of the denominational spectrum.