Budget crunch forcing schools to cut, become creative
Rabbi Samuel Levine has a problem — and it’s echoing throughout the Jewish day school world.
Rabbi Samuel Levine has a problem — and it’s echoing throughout the Jewish day school world.
Just as it seemed his honeymoon governorship was degenerating into insults and whining, Arnold Schwarzenegger finally signed a $105 billion state budget on July 31, about a month late.
Ezra operates as a sequel to Ramah\’s Amitzim program, which serves children and teens with special needs. Both programs run under the umbrella program Ramah calls Tikva (Hebrew for \”hope\”). Kamin said hope is an understatement for what Ezra has done for her son this summer.
Two local synagogues are offering an opportunity for Jewish scholarship this summer, and a third is offering weekly Hebrew classes at all levels.
Leaving aside the question of whether it is the government\’s role to ensure ideological balance in academic settings, the bill unquestionably is a well-intentioned response to a serious problem.
The facility still under construction in Irvine is expansive and includes an infant-care facility, preschool, fitness center and gymnasium large enough to accommodate two basketball games. There are areas designated for workout classes, adult education and massage. When completed, there will be lockers for swimmers, space for an art exhibit, playground and Holocaust memorial.
Having read your editorial commentary in this week\’s issue, I was tempted to turn back to the front page to reassure myself that I was not reading the editorial page of the Los Angeles Times (\”Accord Allure,\” Dec. 5).
\”We now tax Californians 2.7 cents per capita for all public art support,\” Paul Minicucci said, noting that in Canada, which has 4 million fewer residents than California, the National Arts Council has a budget of $660 million. He said similar figures for European nations are \”simply off the charts.\”
Craig Taubman has a knack for inventing Jewish pop culture.
What do the Kurds have to do with Holocaust? More than you might think.