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Education
Two new school buildings help build community
Students at two Los Angeles Modern Orthodox schools — Gindi Maimonides Academy and Shalhevet High School — will soon begin their first full year in brand-new spaces.
LAUSD board president Steve Zimmer talks about getting back to basics
Steve Zimmer was first elected to the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) board in 2009 after coming to town as a Teach for America trainee and then teaching for 17 years.
Temple collaboration sparks new approach to religious school
With “Midrash Manicures” among their new course offerings, a few Conservative religious schools are hoping to counter student apathy and stem the tide of declining enrollment.
Teaching the teachers
In 2007, Michael Zeldin spoke to the Jewish Journal about DeLeT (Day School Leadership Through Teaching; it also means “door” in Hebrew), the education program designed to train prospective Jewish day school teachers at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR).
A crusader for California’s kids
For nearly 20 years, Robina Suwol has been on a mission to protect California’s kids from dangerous pesticides, toxins and chemicals.
Einstein Charter Schools expand to Beverly Hills
The Albert Einstein Academy of Letters, Arts and Sciences (AEA) marked the start of the 2015-16 school year with the opening of its new Odyssey Academy, a school serving kindergarten through fifth grades in Beverly Hills on the site of Temple Emanuel’s former day school.
Irvine Hebrew Day School turns one
According to Karin Hepner, Orange County is home to more than 100,000 Jewish residents and, until one year ago, just two Jewish day schools.