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Ethiopian named to Israel’s Council for Highter Education
An Ethiopian immigrant to Israel, who serves as the director of Tel Aviv University, is the first Ethiopian Jew appointed to Israel's Council for Higher Education.
This week in power: Florida, Romney’s kashrut, Super Bowl, Israeli show
Shorter summer challenges camps
“Early-start” is finally starting. After delaying implementation of a new, earlier school calendar last year, the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) will begin classes three weeks sooner this fall for the majority of students.
Four L.A. schools win PEJE Challenge Grant Awards
Four Los Angeles-area day schools were selected last month as winners of the 2011 Partnership for Excellence in Jewish Education (PEJE) Challenge Grant Award, making Los Angeles the city with the most winners.
This week in power: Florida, Newt, German anti-Semitism, Kosher Jesus
Head of school loves learning from kids
Rabbi Larry Scheindlin takes the mike. He squats behind a thick plastic sheet that forms the screen of a cardboard television set, and lobs questions in Hebrew to the first-graders assembled on a rug in front of him.
Shirley Levine, education icon, dies at 80
Shirley Levine, a leader in Jewish education who founded Abraham Joshua Heschel Day School in Northridge, the first non-denominational Jewish community day school in Los Angeles, died on Jan. 9. She was 80.
The passing of an educational giant: Shirley Levine / An appreciation
The Jewish community as well as the larger Los Angeles area has lost a giant in education in the passing this week of Shirley Levine. In an age where we debate how we gauge, appreciate and pay our educators, it is time to pause and celebrate one of the best that ever lived.
Maimonides students turn lemons into family aid
Students from Maimonides Academy raised $350 at three lemonade stands Dec. 11, to support families that the school has adopted through Jewish Family Service’s (JFS) Adopt-a-Family program. Maimonides, an Orthodox day school that teaches preschoolers to eighth-graders, has adopted one senior citizen and a family with four children.
This week in power: Iowa, Bibi’s year, Beit Shemesh followup, Fox poll
Who goes to Jewish adult ed?
Formal adult education in America is more than 100 years old as a popular concept, having started at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1907. As a Jewish concept, it is embedded in the Torah. Before going to the Holy of Holies in the Temple on Yom Kippur, the high priest would spend the night in study.
Retraining programs get unemployment bump
Courtney Myrick, 27, trained to be a massage therapist several years ago but found that customer service jobs paid the bills. After 10 years in the industry, however, jobs became scarce and less stable.
Study your heart out in Israel, no matter your age
Whether you’ve got a sudden hankering to explore your nascent Jewish identity or you miss your rabbinic training of yore, there’s probably a program of study for you in the Holy Land. Although many associate Israel study options with the post-high school “gap year,” this diverse array of programs welcome adults of all ages.
Are you ready for an MBA?
Thinking of returning to school for an MBA? If so, you have lots of company. Highly ranked MBA — master of business administration — programs remain extremely competitive, despite the economic downturn. This is true not only for the full-time and part-time MBA programs that are geared toward people who have between two and eight years of work experience, but also for executive MBA programs tailored for more seasoned workers.
This week in power: Ron Paul, Israeli policy, Beit Shemesh, TV station
Anti-Semitic harassment suit at UC Berkeley is dismissed
A federal court dismissed a lawsuit filed by two Jewish students against the University of California, Berkeley, alleging that the school did not protect them from anti-Semitic attacks.
Holiday Card Etiquette
Opinion: Good writing counts
Each autumn, the Milken Family Foundation throws one of the best luncheons of the year, and it’s not the fine kosher fare at the Luxe Sunset Boulevard hotel that draws us in.
This week in power: Obama, Prisoner release, Palestinian textbooks, Jews and Christmas
Baltimore-area philanthropies changing the way they fund day schools
Two Baltimore-based philanthropies are paring down a coordinated tuition grant program for area Jewish day schools but will still be giving to the schools.
This week in power: Gingrich, Tebow, YU Beacon, Matisyahu’s beard
A teacher’s slur roils La Cañada School District
In October, Cindy Wilcox, then a member of the La Cañada Unified School District’s (LCUSD) Board of Governors, made public that she had filed an official complaint against a teacher at the district’s high-performing public high school. The public reaction was mixed, immediate — and intense.
Berkeley Hillel leaders urge students to reconsider J Street rejection
Hillel leaders at the University of California, Berkeley, are urging the Jewish Student Union on campus to reconsider its rejection of J Street’s campus affiliate.
Schechter Institute opens new Jerusalem campus
The Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies opened its new Jerusalem campus.
Nobel winner Shechtman stresses education, entrepreneurship
Accepting his Nobel Prize, Israel's Dan Shechtman encouraged entrepreneurship among the young.
Berkeley’s Jewish student union says ‘no’ to J Street U
U.C. Berkeley’s Jewish Student Union includes groups such as Challah for Hunger, Bears for Israel and the Jewish Business Association.
School trips near Eilat canceled over terror threat
Israel’s Education Ministry has canceled school trips to parts of southern Israel following warnings of a terror attack.
This week in power: 2012 election, Egypt, Stripsearch, Kobe Bryant
This week in power: Egypt, Kibbutz, Jewish vote, Billboard
Israeli singer Noa sings for peace, not politics
Diversity Tour- Hungary
This week in power: Iran and Israel, Mic fallout, Nelson mystery, Baseball
The Russian way of educating children.
Gene Simmons to save the day
This week in power: Obama, Hot mic, Larry Taylor, Occupy Judaism
Interview with Mark Lazar after his lecture “Sexual Ethics in Judaism” Krakow, Poland
Why tzedakah should not be mistaken for charity.
Prof. Hartman about anti-semitism in Poland and anti-polonism in Israel
Awards recognize, reward 4 local Jewish educators
It’s a hard-knock life for teachers, who are trying their darnedest to teach children amid decreased attention spans, increased technological gadgets, fewer resources, job insecurity and myriad other challenges.
ADL successfully expands Holocaust education workshop
For nearly 30 years, Los Angeles secondary-school educators have attended the Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL) annual Holocaust Education Workshop as part of their professional development. During the month-long series, L.A.-area teachers learned the history of anti-Semitism, listened to survivors’ firsthand stories and visited local Holocaust institutions, leaving them better equipped to teach the Holocaust to their students.
The People of the Children’s Book
When Myra Clark-Siegel, wife of Israeli Consulate General David Siegel, packed their things for their Los Angeles mission, she sacrificed a few items. But she couldn’t leave behind her children’s favorite books, no matter that they weighed down the suitcases.
This week in power: Israel issue, Turkey quake, Tunisia election, OWS anti-Semitism
Declaring a place to call home
JewCLA?
I have a Jewish daughter in 12th grade, which means one thing: college applications. The fact that she is applying is a given; my husband and I have followed the long-standing Jewish tradition of brainwashing our children into believing that college is nothing more than grades 13 though 16.
This week in power: Shalit trade, Givat Hamatos, #OWS, Sarandon
Overcoming my homesickness…
This week in power: Shalit, Netanyahu, Mosque burning, #OWS service
Stephen S. Wise students visualize whirled peace
Blowing in the breeze, a pinwheel read, “In peace, there is no war. There is calm.” Nearby, another pinwheel read, “Kindness,” “Shalom” and “Day of Peace.”
N.J. again denies Hebrew-language charter school
The state of New Jersey for the third time has denied a proposal for a Hebrew-language charter high school in Highland Park.
N.J. day school receives $17 million donation
The Golda Och Academy in West Orange, N.J., has received a $17.2 million donation from the estate of philanthropist Eric F. Ross.
This week in power: Israel, Obama, Libyan synagogue, Banning circumcision bans
U.S. probing bias allegation at Columbia
The U.S. Department of Education is investigating Columbia University for allegedly discriminating against a Jewish student.
School battle escalates religious clash in Jerusalem suburb
This time it started with cries of “Sluts!” and “Shiksas!” and the throwing of eggs and bags of excrement at young girls who attend a recently opened Modern Orthodox elementary school in this Jerusalem suburb.
This week in power: U.N. aftermath, Obama voters, Rosh Hashana message, Perry dancing
Obama talks Middle East, education with rabbis
President Obama discussed the Middle East and education policy in a pre-Rosh Hashanah call with rabbis.
Teach For America trip gives teachers taste of Israeli schools
The daughter of a Jewish father and a Catholic mother, Rachel Swift Linn always felt Jewish, even after her parents divorced when she was young and she began living with her mother.
Fla. Jewish day school earns Blue Ribbon status
The Scheck Hillel Community Day School/Ben Lipson Hillel Community High School in North Miami Beach, Fla., was recognized as a 2011 National Blue Ribbon School.
‘Talk Israel’ tents coming to college campuses
The Jewish Agency for Israel and Hillel are erecting white tents on 20 campuses throughout North America to serve as forums to discuss Israel and the Middle East.
Jewish prof defends himself against anti-Semitism allegation
A Jewish professor in Toronto was forced to defend himself against allegations of anti-Semitism in an episode tinged with irony.
This week in power: Obama, Egypt, Mel Gibson, Kosher Facebook
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