(Press Release) Teens in Jewish youth philanthropy programs become active leaders grounded in Jewish values, ethics, and identity, and bring a new perspective on Jewish giving that strengthens connections across their communities. These findings and others are detailed in a new report, Cultivating the Next Generation of Giving, commissioned by Honeycomb and conducted by ORS […]
JERUSALEM (Press Release) — On Tuesday, President of Israel Isaac Herzog, Hebrew University President Prof. Asher Cohen, Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Leon, and Jose Mugrabi, a prominent art collector, laid the cornerstone for Einstein House, adjacent to the Hebrew University campus on Givat Ram in Jerusalem. The Einstein House will house exhibits of the legacy, work,
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For children just learning the alphabet, Jewish author Rachel Teichman’s rhyming couplets no doubt will be a delight, perhaps inspiring a sugar high whenever they gleefully recite their ABC’s. [Donald H. Harrison]
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For Torah High School, the quarters on the third floor of Beth Israel’s education building are tailor-made. For Beth Israel, the Orthodox high school is not only a rent-paying tenant but also is the source of volunteers who help teach in the Reform congregation’s preschool. [Donald H. Harrison]
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This is a third-person memoir written for children so they can understand the attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) that some of them and author Shankman share. It starts off with a boy named Peter getting in trouble for the umpteenth time in his classroom for telling a joke instead of reciting an answer to a question. [Donald H. Harrison]
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HAIFA, Israel (Press Release) — University of Haifa rose significantly in this year’s Times Higher Education Impact Rankings, an index that measures academic institutions’ fulfillment of the social and environmental sustainability goals established by the United Nations. The University is ranked in the 100-200 cluster in the 2023 report, jumping from the 201-300 group in
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Spike, the alligator, was discovered 32 years ago in Los Angeles in someone’s bathtub. If an alligator is discovered in the wild, and in need of rescue because of an injury, it is released back to the wild after being nursed to health. However, in the case of alligators found illegally in domestic settings, they are taken to live permanently at rescue centers because the circumstances of their breeding are unknown. Alligators that are in-bred by unscrupulous breeders may carry defective genes that should not be released into the wild alligator gene pool, Kerschner explained. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Every Jewish parent and grandparent would kvell if their 11-year-old kid could write the way that Siena (Sisi) Kleiner-Fisman does. And every Jewish parent and grandparent would shrei gevalt if their child had to endure what Sisi went through starting when she was 3 years old. [Donald H. Harrison]
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NEW YORK (Press Release) — The Bronfman Fellowship has selected its 37th cohort of intellectually curious 11th-graders from across North America, among them the founder of InvestNow Clubs, a nonprofit which brings investment clubs to schools in historically disadvantaged communities; a published author whose historical research has been featured in publications such as Scholastic’s Best
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With only one day of Jewish American Heritage Month remaining, the San Diego Unified School Board on Tuesday, May 30, unanimously recognized May as Jewish American Heritage Month and encouraged “staff, students, and community members to raise awareness and educate future generations about Jewish Americans and their role in the diverse fabric of our country and communities and in the American experience.” [Donald H. Harrison]
Elkins was one of three presenters at a Tikun Leil Shavuot, a Shavuot night study session at Tifereth Israel Synagogue. The others were Marcia Tatz Wollner, who spoke about book banning and burning through the ages, and Dr. Seth Krosner, M.D., a critical care surgery specialist, who discussed what Jewish texts have to say about decisions concerning end of life and abortions. [Donald H. Harrison]
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When an acquaintance suggested that she try yoga, Gadd was skeptical at first. “How can that help me?” she asked. “Just come and see,” counseled the acquaintance. Moving her body in specific ways, according to the directions of her yoga instructor, “led to clarity of thought,” she said. Mindfulness helped her “dissipate the stress, the mental shpilkes, something like giving your dog exercise so it can calm down,” Gadd recalled. She found that she left the yoga sessions feeling better, without need for medications. “Deep breathing and so forth can create physiological changes,” she explained. [Donald H. Harrison]
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By Kayla Swartzberg San Diego Hebrew Day School’s Head of School Rabbi Simcha Weiser says it best: “Without a Jewish day school, continuity of Jewish life would not be sustainable.” “Now, this clarity is obvious to all.” This past week, the Jewish day school celebrated its 60th anniversary hosting a Diamond Jubilee Gala. With good
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Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education
Back in 1874, California pioneer Henry Ebe donated two acres of land for the school that his and his wife Susan’s 11 children would eventually attend. At Susan’s insistence, he made a condition of his donation that the school be called the “New Jerusalem Elementary School.” [Donald H. Harrison]
Short History of the ‘New Jerusalem’ School and Airport in Tracy Read More »
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