The Friendship Circle of Los Angeles, which provides programs and camaraderie to Jewish children with special needs and their families, will hold its inaugural Friendship Walk on Nov. 14 with the goal of raising $100,000.
The Bronfman Youth Fellowships in Israel (BYFI) is accepting applications for its 25th summer program. The fellowship sends 26 teenagers from diverse backgrounds to Israel for five weeks of education and community experience, aiming to help them become active participants and leaders in Jewish culture and community. Fellows meet and study with Israeli and American leaders and educators, and spend a week with Israeli peers in the Bronfman Israeli Youth Fellowship. The fellowship continues in the fall with follow-up seminars.
For all those young Jewish bookworms out there, the Jewish Publication Society has come out with the guide “Best Jewish Books for Children and Teens” in time for Chanukah.
Six teachers in Los Angeles day schools are receiving mentorship and advanced degrees in education through the Legacy Heritage Teacher Training Fellowship and Give Back Fellowship at the Yeshiva University (YU) Institute for University-School Partnership.
Brandeis University’s ambitious JDATA project has the power to transform the process of understanding and funding Jewish education. Or it could be an expensive bust.
Last year, 19-year-old Max Chapnick ate plenty of vegetables.
For four L.A.-area Jewish day schools, the beginning of this school year also marks their second year teaching Facing History and Ourselves, a curriculum devoted to incorporating the messages of the Holocaust into everyday learning.
Dangle $500,000, and Jewish schools listen. At one point last week, Jewish schools held 14 of the top 25 spots to win the Kohl’s Cares Facebook popularity contest that will give away $10 million to the 20 schools that get the most votes. While the list is constantly changing, it seems Jewish schools are making a strong showing, especially Chabad schools. Four of the top five schools were Jewish — and three of those were Chabad schools. The top position, with nearly 64,000 votes, was held by Silverstein Hebrew Academy in Great Neck, N.Y.
Jewish teens will have the opportunity this school year to earn college credit for afterschool classes in subjects such as Hebrew language, Jewish law and Jewish history.
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