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Rabbi Peretz Named Ziegler School's Interim Dean, "Survivors' Play at Museum of Tolerance
17+ hour, 42+ min ago (838+ words) Rabbi Cheryl Peretz has accepted the position of interim dean of American Jewish University's Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies, effective July 1. "Rabbi Cheryl Peretz has served American Jewish University and the Ziegler School with distinction for more than 25 years," AJU…...
Let's Just Say It: Anti-Zionism Is Racism
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (1213+ words) On Thurs, Nov. 13, the Consortium for Palestine Studies and the Palestinian Student Union will host a conference at UCLA that will revisit "Zionism as a form of racism." Yes, you read that right. After accusing Zionism of the worst sins…...
New Virtual Pathway a Bold Shift for Reform Judaism's Rabbinical School
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (490+ words) Rabbi Dr. Karen Reiss Medwed, Ph. D. , is Interim Vice Provost for Academic Initiatives and Seminary Support at Hebrew Union College, and Teaching Professor Emerita of Northeastern University Best known for her "Everything is Energy" podcast, transformational coach and meditation teacher…...
When Protecting Jewish Students Becomes a Litmus Test, Voters Must Answer
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (424+ words) In this election season, candidates for office are being asked whether they are taking Jewish money or seeking to change Assembly Bill 715, the landmark bill to protect Jewish children in public K-12 education against antisemitism....
Antizionism is Anti-America, Anti-World and Anti-Truth
4+ mon, 6+ day ago (1316+ words) Jew-haters must have felt some ambivalence after 6 million Jews perished in the Holocaust. How are we going to demonize these guys now? I thought about those Jew-haters as I watched scenes of mangled Jewish bodies in the must-see film "Nuremberg....
Jewish After School Accelerator: Helping LA Families Make Jewish Connections
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (435+ words) Children from pre-K through fifth grade are picked up from school and brought to participating synagogues, where they receive help with homework, learn Hebrew, study Jewish holidays, have snack time and build friendships with other Jewish students....
The Fight for a Jewish Charter School Isn't a Christian Nationalist Plot
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (148+ words) Jewish efforts to secure access to public funding on the same terms as other educational institutions are not only as American as apple pie; they are as Jewish as matzah balls....
End of an Era: Kadima Day School to Close After 56 Years
3+ day, 17+ hour ago (697+ words) The announcement follows a difficult year in which the school struggled to raise funds to ensure its continued operation....
The Sarah Lawrence Response Is the Problem
5+ day, 8+ hour ago (706+ words) What the email does not do, across hundreds of words, is name antisemitism. It does not name a single Jewish student. It does not acknowledge that any of the specific incidents the Committee documented occurred. The institutional response to a…...
Los Angeles Teen Wins Second Place in International Bible Contest
1+ week, 2+ day ago (953+ words) Fifteen-year-old Jack (Akiva) Shrier of YULA High School in Los Angeles earned second place at this year's Chidon Ha Tanach in Israel" a Bible contest considered one of Israel's most prestigious academic competitions. The contest has been held in Jerusalem…...