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11 paź 2024 · The Palo Alto school announced in a Sept. 19 Facebook post that it had changed its name to “The Kehillah School” after more than 20 years, and adopted a new logo and mission statement. In a joint statement, the head of school and board chair said the name change better represents the “exceptional nature” of the school to prospective ...
9 paź 2024 · SF Peninsula Jewish school receives backlash after name change 02:46. A Jewish school in Palo Alto is receiving backlash from members of its community for dropping a key word from its name.
9 paź 2024 · A Jewish school in Palo Alto is receiving backlash from members of its community for dropping a key word from its name. Kelsi Thorud reports.
4 mar 2024 · ELLIS ISLAND. In the mid-20th century, a peculiar phenomenon unfolded among Jewish families in the United States—the changing of surnames. While the prevailing belief held that Ellis Island officials assigned more palatable names to immigrants, my exploration uncovers a deeper reality.
6 lis 2023 · A German kindergarten’s longstanding discussion around changing its name from “Anne Frank” to “World Explorer” was criticized by Jewish community members and local politicians in recent days amid the backdrop of the Israel-Hamas war.
15 gru 2020 · After two postponements, the Atlanta Board of Education voted Dec. 14 to change the name of Henry W. Grady High School to Midtown High School. Alumni of Grady, which counts many Jewish students among its graduates, shared their opinions about the name change with the AJT.
In 2021, a school in the German municipality of Elxleben briefly considered dropping the name "Anne Frank," before deciding to keep the name after an "indignant" reaction from the local Jewish...
