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Wednesday April 4, 2007

Shorts: Bay Area

Parents Place launches child trauma institute

Parents Place, a program of Jewish Family and Children’s Services, has launched its new Child Trauma Training Institute (CTI), a resource and training center for early childhood mental health clinicians.

Sixty clinicians will take part in the yearlong program, which will include monthly seminars and biweekly group consultations. CTI is designed for mental health clinicians who want to gain skills in providing treatment to young children and their families who have been exposed to trauma.

All participants’ training costs will be underwritten with scholarships. A one-time $100 fee per participant for training materials is required. Funding for CTI scholarships is provided by grants from the Ingrid D. Tauber Philanthropic Fund, the Lisa & John Pritzker Family Fund, individual donations and fees. Interested applicants should contact CTI Director Lesley Sternin at (415) 359-2476 or LesleyS@jfcs.org.

Record fundraising for Palo Alto JCC auction

The Albert L. Schultz Jewish Community Center raised roughly $200,000 in its auction, far exceeding its totals in recent years.

Around $50,000 in straight donations for the JCC’s camp scholarship fund also was amassed at the Sunday, March 18 dinner and auction.

Auction items ranged from restaurant gift certificates to clothing to a luxury suite at a San Francisco Giants game.

For more information, visit www.paloaltojcc.org

Homework pays off for Yavneh Day School

Yavneh Day School in Los Gatos recently renewed its accreditation with the California Association of Independent Schools (CAIS), the state’s leading accrediting body for private, not-for-profit schools.

The rigorous process required faculty, parents and board members to compile a 700-page report about the school’s operation — from governance to finances to faculty credentials to curricula. The accreditation process culminated in a three-day, on-site visit in February by an accreditation team.

Faculty, administration, parents and trustees were lauded for their commitment to the school and advancements in nearly every area of operation. The students received especially high praise for their enthusiasm for the school, enthusiasm for learning and commitment to social action.

“We were inspired by the students at Yavneh,” said Eve Fein, head of Morasha Jewish Day School and chair of the Visiting Accreditation Team. “They showed a tremendous commitment to tikkun olam and social action.”

Hillel official speaks to Midwest gays

Paul Cohen, director of campus advancement for Northern California’s Hillels, was the keynote speaker at a weekend conference of gay Jewish students in St. Louis.

Cohen addressed the National Union of Jewish LGBTIQQ Students on Friday, March 23 at St. Louis Hillel. The longtime San Franciscan discussed steps that can be made to integrate lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and other students into the overall campus Hillel community.

Shmaltz brews chosen fruit

Shmaltz Brewing Company, makers of HE’BREW — the Chosen Beer, just released a special pomegranate ale called Origin.

Origin is a rich, complex, balanced imperial amber ale, according to Shmaltz brewers. Each batch contains 10,000 pomegranates. In Jewish tradition, pomegranates symbolize righteousness, with seeds said to number 613, the total number of commandments in the Torah.

HE’BREW was born and is based in San Francisco, though the beer is brewed and bottled in New York.

J. local-voice contributor named to regional Campus Watch post

Cinnamon Stillwell, a contributing local-voice columnist for j. and a contributor to the San Francisco Chronicle’s Web site, has been named Northern California representative for Campus Watch.

The organization, founded by Philadelphia-based Mideast scholar Daniel Pipes, monitors pro-Islamist and anti-Israel behavior on college campuses. While some have derided its tactics as McCarthy-like, defenders portray it as challenging endemic anti-Israeli biases in university classrooms.

Stillwell, an avowed conservative, resides in San Francisco. She will continue her monthly columns for sfgate.com in addition to her new workload for Campus Watch.

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