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  • BHDS Pride in All Our Families

    BHDS families marched next to other independent schools during the recent San Francisco Pride Celebration and Parade, dedicated to LGBT education and celebration."It is so powerful for our students, faculty and staff to experience a reflection of themselves, their families or their friends," said Bruce Werber, head of campus in San Francisco...

  • BHDS Enhances Diversity Curriculum

    As part of our commitment to making BHDS a safe and welcoming community for all, we are launching an integrated diversity curriculum designed for grades K-5 with some components adapted to middle school. This new curriculum will include teacher training and parent education opportunities, in addition to student learning modules. “We are thrilled to offer this strengthened and updated training for our entire community,” said Mairin Weiner, school counselor. “Few issues connect so clearly with our core values of integrity, kindness and service than teaching about diversity, tolerance and acceptance,” she added...

Diverse Community

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 Judaism spells out, in intricate detail, how we are meant to show that love within a diverse environment. 

At Brandeis Hillel Day School we aim to live by this wisdom and instill in our students, faculty and parents the importance of respect and shared values regarding kindness and inclusion.

We Reflect Our Community

As a reflection of the diversity of the Bay Area Jewish population, the Brandeis Hillel student body represents a multiplicity of backgrounds. Every family, regardless of Jewish or non-Jewish background, structure, socioeconomic circumstances or ethnicity is welcomed into the school community.  

We are very proud of the fact the our community is comprised of families from all kinds of Jewish backgrounds and affiliations, interfaith and multicultural families, single parents, parents and their adopted children, as well as a wide range of socioeconomic backgrounds and family structures. 

Diversity in Curriculum

Throughout the curriculum, we seek opportunities to explore diversity and for students to see their family lifestyles reflected. Whether it is the creation of a family quilt, the celebration of Martin Luther King's birthday, or a discussion of a Jewish holiday, students share their experiences and broaden their perspective of the world around them.