Feast on this: First-timers gobble up Jewish insight
Friday, April 4, 2008
The Strangest Books You've Never Read
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Peninsula set to 'feast' on Jewish learning
Friday, January 19, 2007
Soviet Jewry activist chosen to head BJE
Friday, June 8, 2007
Faces: Hello / Goodbye
Friday, May 25, 2007
The People Of The Books
Friday, April 27, 2007
New, unique program in Jewish service learning
Thursday, March 15, 2007
BJE feast caters to young adults hungry to learn
Friday, March 2, 2007
Blog-roll Update: Bureau of Jewish Education
Oy-Bay! Friday, March 2, 2007
'Feast' Wrap-Up
Oy-Bay! Friday, March 2, 2007
Y-Love: in the J and on the YouTube
Oy-Bay! Friday, March 2, 2007
Teacher training initiatives at heart of Israel education
Friday, February 2, 2007
NYBJE recruits head of SFBJE
Friday, February 2, 2007
Peninsula set to 'feast' on Jewish learning
Friday, January 19, 2007
SFSU, BJE, and spark launch nation's first Jewish service learning certificate
Friday, January 12, 2007
BJE is in search of a new Executive Director. Click here to learn more.
Deconstructing the Asian Jewish experience
Friday, December 8, 2006
Israeli author ponders the whys of American aliyah
Friday, December 1, 2006
Co-op links young, independent Jewish professionals
Friday, November 24, 2006
American Jews Feel Effects of War in Middle East
Originally Aired: August 14, 2006 on Newshour with Jim Lehrer, KQED
Bar mitzvah at camp a dream come true for Pleasant Hill boy
Friday, August 11, 2006
Diller Teens bring Israeli friends to the Bay
Friday, August 11, 2006
BJE wins j's coveted Readers' Choice Awards in two categories: #1 Local Jewish Agency and #1 Fundraiser!
BJE's Jewish Community Library comes in a close second for "Best Place for Jewish Lectures."
Tuesday, August 8, 2006
Israeli teens to share stories
Thursday, August 3, 2006
Havurah High gives teens a place to talk - and make a difference
Friday, July 28, 2006
Bay Area teens spend few days helping rebuild New Orleans
Friday, June 23, 2006
High-tech show takes viewers inside girls' trip to Israel
Friday, June 16, 2006
BJE celebrates Robert Sherman's 'Bob Mitzvah'
Friday, June 9, 2006
Students aid housing reconstruction in New Orleans
Monday, June 5, 2006
BJE's Peninsula Havurah High offers unique educational experience & turns teens into leaders
Mom helps bring camp experience to disabled
Friday, April 14, 2006
Got the intellectual munchies? Try the 'Feast of Jewish Learning'
Friday, February 24, 2006
Teens take on leadership roles through community service
Friday, February 3, 2006
BJE Recognizes Jane & Richard Springwater as 12th Annual Phantom Ball Honorees. Click here to view the invitation.
BJE thanks our annual campaign contributors. Click here to see the ad in 'j.'
BJE salutes our community's award-winning educators! Click here to see our ad in 'j.'
BJE invites the entire Bay Area to thank our Jewish educators! Click here to see our ad in 'j.'
The Helen Diller Family Awards of Excellence in Jewish Education
The Helen Diller Family Awards of Excellence in Jewish Education were established in January 2001 to recognize exceptional educators at institutions offering pre-collegiate programs in Jewish education. The Jewish Community Endowment Fund presents the winners with a $10,000 award and $2,500 for their nominating institution.
This year's award winners are:
Congregational or Community School: Sacha Kopin, Contra Costa Midrasha and Temple Sinai Religious School
Day School: Shirley Goldstein, Yavneh Day School and Marni Shapiro, Brandeis Hillel Day School - Marin
Early Childhood Education: Patricia Perez, JCCSF Helen Diller Family Preschool
Informal Education: Emily Scheinberg, The Contemporary Jewish Museum
The Harold Grinspoon Foundation and Jewish Life Network/Steinhardt Foundation
The Harold Grinspoon Foundation and Jewish Life Network/Steinhardt Foundation partner with local agencies and federations throughout North America to recognize, honor and support outstanding classroom Jewish educators. The Bureau of Jewish Education and the SF-based Jewish Community Federation are the selected local partners.
This year's award winner Is:
Gabi Lazar, 4th grade lead teacher, weekday Torah teacher and Israel Education consultant, Congregation Emanu-El, San Francisco.
2007 JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION AWARD OF EXCELLENCE for Agency Staff Member of the Year
BJE's very own Flora Kupferman, Special Education Consultant
2007 ZISOVICH AWARD FOR HOLOCAUST EDUCATION
BJE's very own Yaron Lipschitz, on behalf of Shalhevet
The Legacy Heritage Innovation Project will award grants of up to $30,000 to synagogues which on a regular basis are integrating adult, family, and children's education into congregational Shabbat practice, developing models and "best practices" which might be replicated or adapted for use by other congregations.
Grants were renewed this year for Congregations Rodef Sholom and Netivot Sholom.
A new Grant was awarded to Congregation Sha'ar Zahav.
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