Families that need devices and Internet access can check them out on Friday, March 20 at two sites in the Scottsdale Unified School District. They want to ensure they have enough devices for families, so this first rollout is for families that do not have any devices or access to the Internet. There will be…
Photo: Jewish students and organizers applaud after Undergraduate Student Government in Tempe passed Resolution 12 on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019. Photo courtesy Ben Moffat, The State Press The Undergraduate Student Government of Tempe passed Resolution 12 on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019, at the Memorial Union Stage at Arizona State University in Tempe. The resolution aimed…
Photo: Holocaust survivor Charlotte Adelman speaking to students at Peoria Accelerated High School. Photo by Tony Fusco In 2018, The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany commissioned Schoen Consulting to conduct a comprehensive national study of Holocaust knowledge and awareness in the United States. The results from 1,350 interviews with American adults age18 and…
By Aliya Markowitz Shalom, everybody! My name is Aliya Markowitz and I’m from Tucson, AZ. For the past three and a half months, I’ve been lucky enough to call the lively neighborhood of Nachlaot, Jerusalem, my home. Next semester, I will be continuing my adventure in the artsy district of Florentine, Tel Aviv. Taking a…
Professional live theatre performances for student audiences of “The Diary of Anne Frank” are scheduled from Feb. 10 to 13 at the 900-seat Madison Center for the Arts at 5601 N. 16th Street in Phoenix. The Detroit-based Jewish Ensemble Theatre (JET) is the longest continuously operating professional Jewish theatre in North America. It has produced…
From the classroom to the internet, bullying can lead to children developing a poor self-image or lead to bullying others. In fact, members of Generation Z believe bullying is the biggest issue facing their generation, according to new data. A survey of American youth ages 6-17, commissioned by the Boy Scouts of America, the nation’s…
‘Israel is now more attractive than ever for students in North America and beyond,’ says Prof. Yaffa Zilbershats The Council for Higher Education in Israel (CHE) this week officially launched the national initiative “Study in Israel” to double the number of international students enrolled in Israeli colleges and universities, initially targeting students in North America,…
Photo: Attendees at the first iGen Parenting session. Marni Steinberg originally got the idea for iGen Parenting when she was listening to friends talking about the tribulations that their kids were going through in middle school. “I just felt like it would be great if there were some additional parenting resources to address these topics…
Photo: Kyle Polen is pictured here with the other U.S. Bessie Lawrence participants. He is on the right, sitting on the branch of the tree in the maroon shirt. Last month, local budding scientist Kyle Polen returned from four weeks on the Weizmann Institute’s campus in Rehovot, Israel. The Weizmann Institute of Science is one…
UPDATE: They Listened! In a public statement on the draft Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum, the California State Board of Education stated that “the current draft model curriculum falls short and needs to be substantially redesigned.” “Following the Instructional Quality Commission’s review and response to all public comments, a new draft will be developed for State…
