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Published on 03/09/1998 All articles from this issue

Jewish school benefits from donors' German restitution

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Town Crier Staff Report

The grandparents of a student at the non-profit Mid-Peninsula Jewish Community Day School in Palo Alto recently bestowed a gift of historical significance.

Upon learning they would receive restitution from the German government, Henry and Liz Lehmann of Baltimore decided to donate all the compensation to Jewish day schools, a portion of which will go to funding a new campus at the Palo Alto school. The amount of money involved was not disclosed.

The Lehmanns lived in the Palo Alto area for eight years. During the stay, Mr. Lehmann was treasurer of the school for its first five years, and his wife was acting principal in 1994 and taught in the school for a year thereafter. Their son, Len, and daughter-in-law, Vivian, have had two children attend the school with the third child also attending when he reaches school age.

"Day school education is the key to Jewish survival in the U.S. We are proud that each one of our 14 grandchildren attends a Jewish Day School and we are committed to supporting the establishment and sustenance of such schools," the Lehmanns said in a statement.

Founded in 1990, the Mid-Peninsula Jewish Community Day School is a community-based, nonprofit Jewish day school for kindergarten through fifth grades. The school provides a well-rounded education, where superior academic and Jewish learning complement daily curriculum.

About 40 of the school's 155 students live in the Los Altos area.

For more information, call 424-8482.