Welcome! A Fourth Generation of the Shefer Family

Over the years our family has grown, all three of our children have married and produced children, so that by now we have more grandchildren than we can count on the fingers of two hands, and have had to enlarge our dining table several times to accommodate the growing family. [Dorothea Shefer-Vanson]

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Newsom Signs Bill Protecting K-12 Students from Antisemitism

Governor Gavin Newsom on Tuesday, Oct. 7, signed Assembly Bill 715 into law, groundbreaking legislation to counter antisemitism in California’s K-12 public schools. Authored by Assemblymembers Rick Chavez Zbur and Dawn Addis, sponsored by the Jewish Public Affairs Committee of California (JPAC), backed by 72 Jewish organizations statewide, and principally co-authored by the Chairs of the Jewish, Black, Latino, and AAPI Legislative Caucuses, AB 715 received broad bipartisan support in the Legislature, passing the Assembly 71-0 and the Senate 35-0. [Press Release]

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Students at Local Universities Celebrate Judaism, Israel

Students are standing taller, leaning into their heritage, and finding strength in one another. Across our campuses, neither Jewish star necklaces nor Israel events are tucked away. They’re worn and celebrated at the heart of campus life. [Karen Parry]

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Jewish Biography: Émile Durkheim, Early Sociologist

In 1895, Durkheim published The Rules of Sociological Method. In the same year, he founded the first European sociology department in Bordeaux. Three years later, he founded the country’s first social sciences journal, L’Année Sociologique (The Sociological Yearbook). [Alex Gordon]

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