Are school trips worth the cost?

By Julie G Fax
Published on November 1, 2007

Discussion of the pro and cons of school trips.

It takes a shul: programs target Jewish literacy via congregants

By Iris Petroff
Published on October 19, 2006

A few years ago, the leadership of Temple Society of Concord, decided that we were doing many programs and activities, yet we were not sure where they were heading and whether we held the same vision of Jewish learning.

Shoah lessons drive curriculum

By Julie G Fax
Published on October 5, 2006

Community Briefs.

L.A. Hebrew High Marks 20-Year Peak

By Nancy Sokoler Steiner
Published on March 17, 2005

On the first rainless Sunday morning in weeks, hundreds of Los Angeles teens have forfeited the chance to soak up the sun and opted to learn instead.

Location Isn’t Everything

By Julie G Fax
Published on January 6, 2005

Several times during my visit with Rabbi Karmi Gross at Maimonides Academy, coaches and kids came to pull balls out of the corner of his tiny office in a prefab building smack in the middle of the schoolyard.

Paving the Way for Anti-Israel Studies

By Gaby Wenig
Published on October 16, 2003

The woman in the cover illustration is called "Mother Palestine." Inside, articles by controversial Israeli historians Benny Morris and Avi Shlaim, and Palestinian historian Nur Masalha, tell the tale of a bellicose colonial Israel that displaced innocent Arabs from their homes in 1948, and from then on prevented peace by provoking and murdering Palestinians.

Education Briefs

Published on October 16, 2003

For the first time in nearly 20 years, the Reform movement has introduced a new religious school curriculum.

Educators ForgeTel Aviv-L.A. Link

By David Margolis
Published on January 30, 2003

How do you incorporate Jewish identity and Israeli life issues into the curriculum of Israeli and Los Angeles day schools?

Students Get Religion

By Andrea Adelson
Published on September 5, 2002

The Sept. 11 terrorist attack propelled already soaring interest in religious studies courses at mainstream college campuses in Orange County and around the nation.

Teaching Peace

By Debra DeLee
Published on January 10, 2002

The publication of a report on Palestinian textbooks from the Center for Monitoring the Impact of Peace (CMIP) has triggered another round of stories that accept accusations from the group at face value without bothering to check the reliability of its work.

Preschool Packs a Rock Solid Rep

By Michael Aushenker
Published on September 21, 2000

The promise - and problems - are writ small at WJCC's popular pre-school. While the preschool's administration has undergone some instability, parents can not fault the Gibraltar-solid record of the teaching staff. Indeed, Michelle Labgold, the preschool's director, stands behind the nursery's long-standing scholastic reputation.

Sinai Temple Opens Center for Judaic Studies

By Rob Eshman
Published on October 16, 1997

With a faculty of noted scholars, Sinai Temple has adapted an "adult education" program with an eclectic curriculum that is carefully designed to satisfy a wide range of interests, from serious courses in Jewish spirituality, and discussions of the Jew's role in Society to special classes in Jewish rituals, and interactive sessions for improving synagogue skills, Hebrew reading and lessons in cantillation. Two seminars are scheduled: from October through January and February through May.