The Geffen Academy at UCLA for years touted its state-of-the-art makerspace. But behind closed doors, the program was rife with safety violations that endangered the academy’s teenage pupils, according to students, faculty and public records.
“Do we really take the time to say, ‘What was the Balfour Declaration?’ instead of just knowing that it exists. We get to unpack things on a deeper level,” says Rabbi Erez Sherman of Sinai Temple.