Sheldon Pavel puffed on his pipe as he sat in his air-conditioned office, wearing shorts, sneakers and a burgundy Central High School T-shirt. With students gone for the summer and just six weeks to go until his official retirement after 28 years at the helm of one of the nation's oldest and most venerated public high schools, Pavel could be...
Other than sleepovers, 8-year-old Peri Albert has never really been away from home. For that reason, the Cheltenham third-grader admits, she's a little nervous about heading off to a mini-session at Camp Galil this summer, but it's also "kind of exciting." "People told me what it was going to be about," she said, "and I just wanted to try it...
The Narberth-based Gerda and Kurt Klein Foundation, which for the past 14 years has used the lessons of the Holocaust to promote tolerance and community service among students, is closing its doors this month. The foundation has partnered with Time Inc.'s student program and the Southern Poverty Law Center and has distributed some 150,000 teaching kits over the years, reaching...
Jay Leberman, longtime head of the Raymond and Ruth Perelman Jewish Day School, is leaving his post at the end of the next school year to become an associate director of KIVUNIM, a Jerusalem-based experiential learning program for teens and teachers. After years of infusing children with Zionism, Leberman said, it was time to heed his own message -- especially...
Two recent graduates from Cherry Hill High School East -- both national youth group leaders --are featured in a video going viral that urges Jewish youth across North America and Israel to stand up against bullying. The video, which can be viewed at cjtonline.org , was the work of the Coalition of Jewish Teens, an umbrella group formed earlier this...
Sivan 13, 5773
